Shloka 55

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

Devanagari script

नात्यर्थं धार्मिका ये च तान् सर्वान् हन्ति सर्वतः वर्णव्यत्यासजाताश् च ये च ताननुजीविनः

Transliteration

nātyarthaṃ dhārmikā ye ca tān sarvān hanti sarvataḥ varṇavyatyāsajātāś ca ye ca tānanujīvinaḥ

Translation

Ceux qui ne sont pas véritablement établis dans le dharma, il les anéantit de toutes parts ; et il anéantit aussi ceux nés de la confusion des ordres sociaux, ainsi que ceux qui vivent en dépendant d’eux.

Word by Word

• na: not

• atyartham: truly/excessively (in the sense of firmly)

• dhārmikāḥ: righteous, followers of dharma

• ye: who

• ca: and

• tān: them

• sarvān: all

• hanti: kills/destroys

• sarvataḥ: from all sides, everywhere

• varṇa-vyatyāsa: reversal/mixture/confusion of varṇas (social orders)

• jātāḥ: born/arisen

• ca: and

• ye: who

• ca: and

• tān-anujīvinaḥ: those who subsist by them, dependents/followers living off them

Speaker

Suta Goswami