Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28


Sanskrit:

यदा कर्मसु काम्येषु भक्तिर्यशसि देहिनाम् ।तदा त्रेता रजोवृत्तिरिति जानीहि बुद्धिमन् ॥ २८ ॥

ITRANS:

yadā karmasu kāmyeṣubhaktir yaśasi dehināmtadā tretā rajo-vṛttiriti jānīhi buddhiman

Translation:

O most intelligent one, when the conditioned souls are devoted to their duties but have ulterior motives and seek personal prestige, you should understand such a situation to be the age of Tretā, in which the functions of passion are prominent.

Purport: