Shloka 6
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
उत्सीदन्ति नराश्चैव क्षत्रियाश् च विशः क्रमात् शूद्राणां मन्त्रयोगेन संबन्धो ब्राह्मणैः सह
Transliteration
utsīdanti narāścaiva kṣatriyāś ca viśaḥ kramāt śūdrāṇāṃ mantrayogena saṃbandho brāhmaṇaiḥ saha
Translation
Mit der Zeit verfallen die Menschen — auch Kṣatriyas und Vaiśyas — Stufe um Stufe. Und durch fehlgeleiteten Gebrauch von Mantras werden Śūdras mit Brāhmaṇas verbunden, sodass die Grenzen der sozialen Ordnung nach Dharma verwirren.
Word by Word
ut-sīdantifall into decline, sink down
ut-sīdanti:
narāḥpeople, men
narāḥ:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
kṣatriyāḥthe warrior-rulers
kṣatriyāḥ:
caand
ca:
viśaḥthe vaiśyas (commoners/merchant-agricultural class)
viśaḥ:
kramātgradually, in sequence
kramāt:
śūdrāṇāmof the śūdras
śūdrāṇām:
mantra-yogenaby the joining/application of mantras (mantra-practice)
mantra-yogena:
saṁbandhaḥassociation, connection
saṁbandhaḥ:
brāhmaṇaiḥ sahatogether with brāhmaṇas
brāhmaṇaiḥ saha:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya; contextual description of decline in dharma)