Shloka 62

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

Devanagari script

उत्साद्य पार्थिवान् सर्वान् म्लेच्छांश्चैव सहस्रशः तत्र संध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके

Transliteration

utsādya pārthivān sarvān mlecchāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ tatra saṃdhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte tu yugāntike

Translation

Nachdem er alle irdischen Könige gestürzt und ebenso die mleccha-Scharen zu Tausenden zerschlagen hatte, wenn der dämmernde Anteil des Zeitalters herannaht — am Rand des Yuga-Endes — wird die Welt zur Auflösung getrieben.

Word by Word

• उत्साद्य: having uprooted/overthrown

• पार्थिवान्: earthly rulers/kings

• सर्वान्: all

• म्लेच्छान्: mlecchas/foreign or non-Vedic forces

• च एव: and indeed

• सहस्रशः: by thousands/in countless multitudes

• तत्र: then/thereupon

• संध्यांशके: in the twilight-fraction (transition period) of the yuga

• काले: at the time

• सम्प्राप्ते: when it has arrived

• तु: indeed/then

• युगान्तिके: at the yuga-ending/near the end of the age

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames yuga-sandhi (the twilight of an age) as a time of upheaval; Linga-worship is implied as the stable refuge in Mahadeva (Pati) when worldly sovereignties collapse.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By depicting the yuga’s end as an inevitable turning-point, it points to Shiva-tattva as the transcendent governor of time (kāla) and dissolution—Pati who withdraws the manifest order beyond kings, tribes, and power.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No single rite is named, but the verse supports the Pashupata emphasis on vairāgya (dispassion) and taking refuge in Shiva through Linga-upāsanā and inner steadiness during yuga-sandhi turmoil.