ऊर्ध्वसस्याभवद् भूमिः सस्यानि फलवन्ति च ॥
यथर्तुवर्षी पर्जन्यो बहुपुष्पफला द्रुमाः ॥
वाहनानि प्रहृष्टानि मुदिता मृगपक्षिणः ॥
गन्धवन्ति च माल्यानि रसवन्ति फलानि च ॥
वणिग्भिश् चावकीर्यन्त नगराण्य् अथ शिल्पिभिः ॥
शूराश् च कृतविद्याश् च सन्तश् च सुखिनो ऽभवन् ॥
नाभवन् दस्यवः के चिन् नाधर्मरुचयो जनाः ॥
प्रदेशेष्व् अपि राष्ट्राणां कृतं युगम् अवर्तत ॥
दानक्रियाधर्मशीला यज्ञव्रतपरायणाः ॥
अन्योन्यप्रीतिसंयुक्ता व्यवर्धन्त प्रजास् तदा ॥
मानक्रोधविहीनाश् च जना लोभविवर्जिताः ॥
अन्योन्यम् अभ्यवर्धन्त धर्मोत्तरम् अवर्तत ॥
ūrdhvasasyābhavad bhūmiḥ sasyāni phalavanti ca ||
yathartuvarṣī parjanyo bahupuṣpaphalā drumāḥ ||
vāhanāni prahṛṣṭāni muditā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ ||
gandhavanti ca mālyāni rasavanti phalāni ca ||
vaṇigbhiś cāvakīryanta nagarāṇy atha śilpibhiḥ ||
śūrāś ca kṛtavidyāś ca santaś ca sukhino 'bhavan ||
nābhavan dasyavaḥ ke cin nādharmarucayo janāḥ ||
pradeśeṣv api rāṣṭrāṇāṃ kṛtaṃ yugam avartata ||
dānakriyādharmaśīlā yajñavrataparāyaṇāḥ ||
anyonyaprītisaṃyuktā vyavardhanta prajās tadā ||
mānakrodhavihīnāś ca janā lobhavivarjitāḥ ||
anyonyam abhyavardhanta dharmottaram avartata ||
'The earth became covered with tall crops, and the crops were fruitful; Parjanya rained in due season, and the trees were abundant with flowers and fruit. The draft animals were vigorous, and the beasts and birds were joyful; the garlands were fragrant and the fruits succulent. The cities teemed with merchants and artisans; heroes, the learned, and the righteous alike became happy. There was not a single robber, nor any people inclined to unrighteousness; even in the farthest reaches of the kingdoms the Krita Yuga reigned. Inclined to charity, to rites and dharma, devoted to sacrifices and vows, united in mutual affection, the subjects prospered then. And the people, free from pride and anger, devoid of greed, uplifted one another; and above all else dharma prevailed.'
299f8dde5574 · 发布于 2026年7月12日 16:30:26 UTC
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Here scripture depicts the golden age (Krita Yuga) that comes to reign under righteous rule. It is telling that this prosperity spans every level of existence at once: nature (timely rain, fertility, abundant fruit), creatures (joyful animals and birds), commerce (merchants, artisans), people (heroes, scholars, the righteous -- all happy), and, above all, morality (no robbers, no one inclined to unrighteousness). This unveils the Vedic teaching on the four yugas: the Krita Yuga is less an epoch in a sequence of ages than a state of the world in which dharma reigns unchallenged. The list of the subjects' virtues is significant -- charity (dana), rites, sacrifices, vows, mutual love, freedom from pride, anger, and greed -- this is the moral countenance of the golden age. Especially telling are the words 'uplifted one another': in a righteous society, one person's good multiplies the good of all. Before us stands the image of an ideal order, brought about by rule grounded in dharma, and a foreshadowing that the breach of dharma will bring the world down from the golden age into turmoil -- which will become the engine of the drama to come.