prabhavanti yadÄ sattve
mano-buddhÄ«ndriyÄṇi ca
tadÄ ká¹›ta-yugaá¹ vidyÄj
jñÄne tapasi yad ruciḥ
prabhavanti - they are predominantly manifest; yadÄ - when; sattve - in the mode of goodness; manaḥ - the mind; buddhi - intelligence; indriyÄṇi - senses; ca - and; tadÄ - then; ká¹›ta-yugam - the age of Ká¹›ta; vidyÄt - should be understood; jñÄne - in knowledge; tapasi - and austerity; yat - when; ruciḥ - pleasure.
When the mind, intelligence and senses are solidly fixed in the mode of goodness, that time should be understood as Satya-yuga, the age of truth. People then take pleasure in knowledge and austerity.
The word kṛta means “performed†or “executed.†Thus in the age of truth all religious duties are duly performed, and people take great pleasure in spiritual knowledge and austerity. Even in the Kali-yuga, those who are situated in the mode of goodness take pleasure in the cultivation of spiritual knowledge and the regulated performance of austerity. This sublime state of existence is possible for one who has conquered sex desire.
