अपरे तु युगे देवि पुण्यं पापञ्च मानसम् । नृणामासीत् कलौ पुण्यं केवलं न तु दुष्कृतम् ॥ ६९ ॥
aparē tu yugē dēvi puṇyaṁ pāpañca mānasam | nṛṇāmāsīt kalau puṇyaṁ kēvalaṁ na tu duṣkṛtam || 69 ||
Translation
In the other ages, O Goddess, both merit and sin were in the mind; in the Kali age only merit is in the mind, not wrongdoing.
Word by word
- aparē
- in the other
- tu
- but
- yugē
- age
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- puṇyaṁ
- merit
- pāpañca
- and sin
- mānasam
- mental
- nṛṇāmāsīt
- for people there was
- kalau
- in the Kali age
- kēvalaṁ
- only
- na
- not
- duṣkṛtam
- wrongdoing
Meaning
"The other ages" is glossed as Satya, Tretā and the rest: in this age a wrong only thought of is not counted.