Shloka 5

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

Devanagari script

विप्राणां कर्म दोषेण प्रजानां जायते भयम् नाधीयन्ते तदा वेदान् न यजन्ति द्विजातयः

Transliteration

viprāṇāṃ karma doṣeṇa prajānāṃ jāyate bhayam nādhīyante tadā vedān na yajanti dvijātayaḥ

Translation

വിപ്രന്മാരുടെ കർമ്മദോഷം മൂലം പ്രജകളിൽ ഭയം ജനിക്കുന്നു. അപ്പോൾ ദ്വിജർ വേദാധ്യയനം ചെയ്യുകയില്ല; യജ്ഞവും നടത്തുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• विप्राणाम्: of the Brahmins (vipras)

• कर्म: prescribed rites/duties

• दोषेण: by the fault/defect

• प्रजानाम्: of the subjects/creatures (people)

• जायते: arises/is born

• भयम्: fear

• न: not

• अधीयन्ते: they study/recite (the Veda)

• तदा: then

• वेदान्: the Vedas

• न: not

• यजन्ति: they sacrifice/perform yajña

• द्विजातयः: the twice-born (dvijas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)