Yugas and classes of people: lineage of sages - Verse 29
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 32 · Verse 29
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Sanskrit Original
धारणर्थो धृतिश्चैव धातुः शब्दे प्रकीर्त्तितः। अधारणामहत्त्वे च अधर्म इति चोच्यते।।
dhāraṇartho dhṛtiścaiva dhātuḥ śabde prakīrttitaḥ| adhāraṇāmahattve ca adharma iti cocyate||
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Sūta said: The root ^Dhṛ is used in the sense of Dhāraṇa (Holding, Sustaining) and (Dharma means that which sustains us). In the sense of Adhāraṇā (non-sustenance) and Amahatva (Nongreatness) the word Adharma is mentioned.