अतएव मया प्रोक्तं दुष्कृते प्रवले कलौ । कुलाचारोऽपि सत्येन कर्त्तव्यो व्यक्तभावतः ॥ ७८ ॥
ataēva mayā prōktaṁ duṣkṛtē pravalē kalau | kulācārō’pi satyēna karttavyō vyaktabhāvataḥ || 78 ||
Translation
That is why I said that in the strong, sinful Kali age kulācāra too must be practised with truth, in an open manner.
Word by word
- ataēva
- that is why
- mayā
- by me
- prōktaṁ
- it was said
- duṣkṛtē
- sinful
- pravalē
- strong
- kalau
- in the Kali age
- kulācārō’pi
- kulācāra too
- satyēna
- with truth
- karttavyō
- must be practised
- vyaktabhāvataḥ
- openly
Meaning
Duṣkṛta is glossed as sinful.