Shloka 31

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

Devanagari script

अल्पोदका चाल्पफला भविष्यति वसुंधरा गोप्तारश्चाप्यगोप्तारः सम्भविष्यन्त्यशासनाः

Transliteration

alpodakā cālpaphalā bhaviṣyati vasuṃdharā goptāraścāpyagoptāraḥ sambhaviṣyantyaśāsanāḥ

Translation

大地は水少なく、実りも乏しくなる。守護者が現れても真の守り手ではなく、規律なき支配者が起こり、正しい統治を欠く。その時、パーシュ（束縛された魂）はパーシャ（縛め）にいよいよ締めつけられる。ゆえに、リンガ礼拝（liṅga-upāsanā）によってパティ—主シヴァ—に帰依することこそ、揺るがぬ安定への確かな道である。

Word by Word

• अल्प-उदका: having little water

• च: and

• अल्प-फला: having scant fruits/produce

• भविष्यति: will become/will be

• वसुंधरा: the earth

• गोप्तारः: protectors/guardians (rulers)

• च अपि: and also

• अगोप्तारः: non-protectors/false guardians

• सम्भविष्यन्ति: will arise/will come into existence

• अशासनाः: without discipline/governance, lawless, lacking righteous rule

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)