Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

युगस्वभावाः संध्यास्तु तिष्ठन्तीह तु पादशः संध्यास्वभावाः स्वांशेषु पादशस्ते प्रतिष्ठिताः

Transliteration

yugasvabhāvāḥ saṃdhyāstu tiṣṭhantīha tu pādaśaḥ saṃdhyāsvabhāvāḥ svāṃśeṣu pādaśaste pratiṣṭhitāḥ

Translation

Ici, les périodes de transition (sandhyās) demeurent quart par quart, portant le caractère même des yugas; et les yugas, de même, sont établis quart par quart dans leurs propres portions, portant le caractère des sandhyās.

Word by Word

• yuga-svabhāvāḥ: having the nature of the yugas

• saṃdhyāḥ: junction-periods (dawn/dusk between yugas)

• tu: indeed

• tiṣṭhanti: abide/stand

• iha: here (in this cosmic order)

• pādaśaḥ: by quarters/stepwise

• saṃdhyā-svabhāvāḥ: having the nature of the sandhyās

• sva-aṃśeṣu: in their own portions/segments

• te: they (those yugas/sandhyās)

• pratiṣṭhitāḥ: firmly established/grounded

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmic order to the sages of Naimisharanya)