Shloka 6
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
उत्सीदन्ति नराश्चैव क्षत्रियाश् च विशः क्रमात् शूद्राणां मन्त्रयोगेन संबन्धो ब्राह्मणैः सह
Transliteration
utsīdanti narāścaiva kṣatriyāś ca viśaḥ kramāt śūdrāṇāṃ mantrayogena saṃbandho brāhmaṇaiḥ saha
Translation
ക്രമേണ ജനങ്ങൾ—ക്ഷത്രിയരും വൈശ്യരും പോലും—അവനതിയിലേക്കു പോകുന്നു. മന്ത്രങ്ങളുടെ (അയോഗ്യ) പ്രയോഗം മൂലം ശൂദ്രർ ബ്രാഹ്മണരുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെടുന്നു.
Word by Word
ut-sīdantifall into decline, sink down
ut-sīdanti:
narāḥpeople, men
narāḥ:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
kṣatriyāḥthe warrior-rulers
kṣatriyāḥ:
caand
ca:
viśaḥthe vaiśyas (commoners/merchant-agricultural class)
viśaḥ:
kramātgradually, in sequence
kramāt:
śūdrāṇāmof the śūdras
śūdrāṇām:
mantra-yogenaby the joining/application of mantras (mantra-practice)
mantra-yogena:
saṁbandhaḥassociation, connection
saṁbandhaḥ:
brāhmaṇaiḥ sahatogether with brāhmaṇas
brāhmaṇaiḥ saha:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya; contextual description of decline in dharma)