Shloka 94

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

Devanagari script

इत्येतल्लक्षणं प्रोक्तं युगानां वै समासतः अतीतानागतानां हि सर्वमन्वन्तरेषु वै

Transliteration

ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ yugānāṃ vai samāsataḥ atītānāgatānāṃ hi sarvamanvantareṣu vai

Translation

Ainsi, en bref, ont été exposées les caractéristiques des yuga — de ceux qui sont passés et de ceux qui viendront — telles qu’elles se manifestent, en vérité, au cours de tous les manvantara.

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• etat: this

• lakṣaṇam: characteristic, defining mark

• proktam: has been spoken/declared

• yugānām: of the yugas (ages)

• vai: indeed

• samāsataḥ: in summary, briefly

• atīta-anāgatānām: of the past and the future

• hi: surely/indeed

• sarvam: all, entirely

• manvantareṣu: in the manvantaras (periods ruled by Manus)

• vai: indeed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)