पशुभावदिव्यभावौ स्वयमेव निवारितौ । कलौ न पशुभावोऽस्ति दिव्यभावः कुतो भवेत् ॥ ५३ ॥
paśubhāvadivyabhāvau svayamēva nivāritau | kalau na paśubhāvō’sti divyabhāvaḥ kutō bhavēt || 53 ||
Translation
But the paśu and divya dispositions you yourself have forbidden: in the Kali age there is no paśu disposition, so how could there be the divya?
Word by word
- paśubhāvadivyabhāvau
- the paśu and divya dispositions
- svayamēva
- by you yourself
- nivāritau
- are forbidden
- kalau
- in the Kali (age)
- na
- not
- paśubhāvō’sti
- is there the paśu disposition
- divyabhāvaḥ
- the divya disposition
- kutō
- how
- bhavēt
- could there be
Meaning
The next two verses show what the paśu and the divya must do, to show why neither is possible in the Kali age.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 52, which explains verses 52 and 53 together.