yadā lobhas tv asantoṣo
māno dambho 'tha matsaraḥ
karmaṇāṁ cāpi kāmyānāṁ
dvāparaṁ tad rajas-tamaḥ

 yadā - when; lobhaḥ - greed; tu - indeed; asantoṣaḥ - dissatisfaction; mānaḥ - false pride; dambhaḥ - hypocrisy; atha - and; matsaraḥ - envy; karmaṇām - of activities; ca - and; api - also; kāmyānām - selfish; dvāparam - the age of Dvāpara; tat - that; rajaḥ-tamaḥ - predominated by a mixture of the modes of passion and ignorance.


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When greed, dissatisfaction, false pride, hypocrisy and envy become prominent, along with attraction for selfish activities, such a time is the age of Dvāpara, dominated by the mixed modes of passion and ignorance.

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