Shloka 37

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

Devanagari script

सुभिक्षं क्षेममारोग्यं सामर्थ्यं दुर्लभं तदा कौशिकीं प्रतिपत्स्यन्ते देशान्क्षुद्भयपीडिताः

Transliteration

subhikṣaṃ kṣemamārogyaṃ sāmarthyaṃ durlabhaṃ tadā kauśikīṃ pratipatsyante deśānkṣudbhayapīḍitāḥ

Translation

Alors, lorsque l’abondance de nourriture, la sécurité, la santé et la vigueur deviendront difficiles à obtenir, les contrées tourmentées par la peur de la faim se tourneront vers Kauśikī comme refuge, pour protection et rétablissement.

Word by Word

• सुभिक्षम्: plentiful food/abundance

• क्षेमम्: safety/welfare

• आरोग्यम्: health/freedom from disease

• सामर्थ्यम्: strength/capacity

• दुर्लभम्: difficult to obtain/rare

• तदा: then/at that time

• कौशिकीम्: Kauśikī (the Goddess as protective Shakti)

• प्रतिपत्स्यन्ते: will take refuge in/approach

• देशान्: regions/countries

• क्षुत्-भय-पीडिताः: afflicted by the fear of hunger (famine-stricken).

Speaker

Suta Goswami