स क्रियाक्रमकालस्य कृतादेः क्षय आगते । मोहमालोच्य लोकानां कारुण्यमगमत् प्रभुः ॥ ६ ॥
sa kriyākramakālasya kṛtādēḥ kṣaya āgatē | mōhamālōcya lōkānāṁ kāruṇyamagamat prabhuḥ || 6 ||
Translation
When the time of ordered rites, the Kṛta age and those after it, came to wane, the Lord beheld the delusion of the worlds and was moved to compassion.
Word by word
- sa
- he
- kriyā
- of rites
- krama
- ordered
- kālasya
- the time
- kṛtādēḥ
- the Kṛta age and those after it
- kṣayē
- (kṣaye) waning
- āgatē
- when ... came to
- mōham
- the delusion
- ālōcya
- beholding
- lōkānāṁ
- of the worlds
- kāruṇyam
- to compassion
- agamat
- was moved
- prabhuḥ
- the Lord
Meaning
The commentary explains the phrase: Kṛta and the ages after it are the times suited to carrying out the means to heaven and liberation. As those times weaken, ignorance takes hold. So the fuller teaching is called for by decline. Knowledge is not given out because the times are good. In the reckoning of this story it comes because people have grown worse at everything else.