Shloka 65

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

Devanagari script

प्रजास्ता वै ततः सर्वाः परस्परभयार्दिताः व्याकुलाश् च परिभ्रान्तास् त्यक्त्वा दारान् गृहाणि च

Transliteration

prajāstā vai tataḥ sarvāḥ parasparabhayārditāḥ vyākulāś ca paribhrāntās tyaktvā dārān gṛhāṇi ca

Translation

Alors toutes ces créatures, tourmentées par la peur les unes des autres, furent saisies d’agitation et errèrent dans la confusion—abandonnant même leurs épouses et leurs demeures.

Word by Word

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ): creatures/subjects

• ताः (tāḥ): those

• वै (vai): indeed

• ततः (tataḥ): then/thereupon

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ): all

• परस्पर-भय-आर्दिताः (paraspara-bhayārditāḥ): afflicted by mutual fear

• व्याकुलाः (vyākulāḥ): distressed/agitated

• च (ca): and

• परिभ्रान्ताः (paribhrāntāḥ): roaming in bewilderment

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā): having abandoned

• दारान् (dārān): wives/spouses

• गृहाणि (gṛhāṇi): homes/households

• च (ca): and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)