Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.3.22

tapaḥ-satya-dayā-dāneṣv

ardhaḿ hrasvati dvāpare

hiḿsātuṣṭy-anṛta-dveṣair

dharmasyādharma-lakṣaṇaiḥ

SYNONYMS

tapaḥ — of austerity; satya — truth; dayā — mercy; dāneṣu — and charity; ardham — one half; hrasvati — diminishes; dvāpare — in the age of Dvāpara; hiḿsā — by violence; atuṣṭi — dissatisfaction; anṛta — untruth; dveṣaiḥ — and hatred; dharmasya — of religion; adharma-lakṣaṇaiḥ — by the qualities of irreligion.

TRANSLATION

In Dvāpara-yuga the religious qualities of austerity, truth, mercy and charity are reduced to one half by their irreligious counterparts — dissatisfaction, untruth, violence and enmity.

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