Shloka 55
युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति
Devanagari script
वेदशाखाप्रणयनं धर्माणां संकरस् तथा वर्णाश्रमपरिध्वंसः कामद्वेषौ तथैव च
Transliteration
vedaśākhāpraṇayanaṃ dharmāṇāṃ saṃkaras tathā varṇāśramaparidhvaṃsaḥ kāmadveṣau tathaiva ca
Translation
বেদের নানা শাখা বিস্তার লাভ করবে; ধর্মে সংকর ও বিভ্রান্তি হবে; বর্ণ-আশ্রমের শৃঙ্খলা ভেঙে পড়বে; আর কাম ও দ্বেষ প্রবল হবে।
Word by Word
वेदशाखा (veda-śākhā)branches/recensions of the Veda
वेदशाखा (veda-śākhā):
प्रणयनम् (praṇayanam)producing/propagating/setting forth
प्रणयनम् (praṇayanam):
धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām)of duties/laws/sacred norms
धर्माणाम् (dharmāṇām):
संकरः (saṅkaraḥ)mixing, confusion, adulteration
संकरः (saṅkaraḥ):
तथा (tathā)and/also
तथा (tathā):
वर्णाश्रम (varṇāśrama)the varṇa and āśrama system
वर्णाश्रम (varṇāśrama):
परिध्वंसः (paridhvaṃsaḥ)destruction, collapse
परिध्वंसः (paridhvaṃsaḥ):
काम (kāma)desire
काम (kāma):
द्वेषौ (dveṣau)hatred/aversion
द्वेषौ (dveṣau):
तथैव (tathaiva)just so/likewise
तथैव (tathaiva):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)