In that Treta age kings should act according to ways that follow virtue lessened by a fourth part. In the Dvapara age, they act according to ways conforming with virtue decreased by half, and in the age following, according to ways conforming with virtue decreased by threefourths.
पादोनेनापि धर्मेण गच्छेत् त्रेतायुगे तथा। द्वापरे तु द्विपादेन पादेन त्वधरे युगे॥