SB 3.11.21

TEXT 21

TEXT

धर्मश्चतुष्पान्मनुजान् कृते समनुवर्तते ।
स एवान्येष्वधर्मेण व्येति पादेन वर्धता ॥ २१ ॥

dharmas catuspan manujan

krte samanuvartate

sa evanyesv adharmena

vyeti padena vardhata

dharmah-religion; catuspat-complete four dimensions; manujan-mankind; krte-in the Satya-yuga millennium; samanuvartate-properly maintained; sah-that; eva-certainly; anyesu-in other; adharmena-by the influence of irreligion; vyeti-declined; padena-by one part; vardhata-gradually increasing proportionately.

TRANSLATION

O Vidura, in the Satya-yuga millennium mankind properly and completely maintained the principles of religion, but in other millenniums religion gradually decreased by one part as irreligion was proportionately admitted.

PURPORT

In the Satya-yuga millennium, complete execution of religious principles prevailed. Gradually, the principles of religion decreased by one part in each of the subsequent millenniums. In other words, at present there is one part religion and three parts irreligion. Therefore people in this age are not very happy.