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

そのとき、あらゆる生きものは互いへの恐れに苦しめられ、心乱れて取り乱し、迷いさまよい—妻や家までも捨て去った。

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)