Shloka 36
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
योग्यकर्मण्युपरते लोके निष्क्रियतां गते कीटमूषकसर्पाश् च धर्षयिष्यन्ति मानवान्
Transliteration
yogyakarmaṇyuparate loke niṣkriyatāṃ gate kīṭamūṣakasarpāś ca dharṣayiṣyanti mānavān
Translation
जब लोक उचित कर्म से विरत होकर निष्क्रियता में डूब जाएगा, तब कीट, मूषक और सर्प भी मनुष्यों को सताएँगे और दबा देंगे।
Word by Word
yogya-karmaniin proper/fit duties
yogya-karmani:
uparatehaving ceased/withdrawn
uparate:
lokein the world
loke:
niṣkriyatāminto inaction/idleness
niṣkriyatām:
gatehaving gone/entered
gate:
kīṭainsects/worms
kīṭa:
mūṣakarats/mice
mūṣaka:
sarpāḥserpents/snakes
sarpāḥ:
caand
ca:
dharṣayiṣyantiwill harass/assault/overpower
dharṣayiṣyanti:
mānavānhuman beings
mānavān:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya; contextual attribution)