Shloka 55

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

Devanagari script

नात्यर्थं धार्मिका ये च तान् सर्वान् हन्ति सर्वतः वर्णव्यत्यासजाताश् च ये च ताननुजीविनः

Transliteration

nātyarthaṃ dhārmikā ye ca tān sarvān hanti sarvataḥ varṇavyatyāsajātāś ca ye ca tānanujīvinaḥ

Translation

Diejenigen, die nicht wahrhaft im Dharma gegründet sind, vernichtet er von allen Seiten; und er vernichtet auch die aus der Verwirrung der Stände (Varna) Geborenen, samt denen, die von ihnen abhängig leben.

Word by Word

• na: not

• atyartham: truly/excessively (in the sense of firmly)

• dhārmikāḥ: righteous, followers of dharma

• ye: who

• ca: and

• tān: them

• sarvān: all

• hanti: kills/destroys

• sarvataḥ: from all sides, everywhere

• varṇa-vyatyāsa: reversal/mixture/confusion of varṇas (social orders)

• jātāḥ: born/arisen

• ca: and

• ye: who

• ca: and

• tān-anujīvinaḥ: those who subsist by them, dependents/followers living off them

Speaker

Suta Goswami