Shloka 41

Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma

Devanagari script

उत्पद्यन्ते तदा ते वै सम्प्राप्ते तु कलौ युगे अधीयन्ते तदा वेदाञ् शूद्रा धर्मार्थकोविदाः

Transliteration

utpadyante tadā te vai samprāpte tu kalau yuge adhīyante tadā vedāñ śūdrā dharmārthakovidāḥ

Translation

Wenn das Kali-Yuga ganz eingetroffen ist, dann treten sie wahrlich hervor: Śūdras, die die Veden studieren und kundig werden in den Zielen von dharma und artha.

Word by Word

• उत्पद्यन्ते: arise/come into being

• तदा: then

• ते: they

• वै: indeed

• सम्प्राप्ते: when it has arrived/come to pass

• तु: and/but

• कलौ युगे: in the Kali age

• अधीयन्ते: study/recite/learn

• तदा: then

• वेदान्: the Vedas

• शूद्राः: Śūdras

• धर्मार्थकोविदाः: those knowledgeable/skilled in dharma and artha

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)