न मिथ्याभाषिणः केचित् न प्रमादरताः क्वचित् । न चौरा न परद्रोहकारका न दुराशयाः ॥ २५ ॥
na mithyābhāṣiṇaḥ kēcit na pramādaratāḥ kvacit | na caurā na paradrōhakārakā na durāśayāḥ || 25 ||
Translation
None spoke falsely, none was ever careless; there were no thieves, none who harmed others, none of evil intent.
Word by word
- na
- not, no
- mithyābhāṣiṇaḥ
- speakers of falsehood
- kēcit
- any
- pramādaratāḥ
- given to carelessness
- kvacit
- ever
- caurā
- thieves
- paradrōhakārakā
- those who injure others
- durāśayāḥ
- of evil intent
Meaning
The virtues of the first age, put negatively: none of the faults of later times.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Na…: na pramādaratāḥ, not given to carelessness, that is, attentive. Na durāśayāḥ: not of evil intention.