Shloka 70

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन पृथिवी पीड्यमाना दुरात्मभि:

Translation

Then, as time passed, the Earth was oppressed by wicked men through their acts of tyranny. Because of that inversion of order, she soon began to sink toward Rasātala, for at that time the kṣatriyas—appointed as guardians of dharma—were not protecting her in the prescribed way.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्

• कालेन: by time / in course of time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पीड्यमाना: being oppressed/afflicted
• पीड्यमाना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Passive, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दुरात्मभिः: by evil-souled (people)
• दुरात्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच