Shloka 64

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

Devanagari script

उपहिंसन्ति चान्योन्यं प्रणिपत्य परस्परम् अराजके युगवशात् संशये समुपस्थिते

Transliteration

upahiṃsanti cānyonyaṃ praṇipatya parasparam arājake yugavaśāt saṃśaye samupasthite

Translation

യുഗവശാൽ രാജാവില്ലായ്മയും സംശയവും ഉയർന്നപ്പോൾ, ആളുകൾ പുറമേ പരസ്പരം നമസ്കരിച്ചാലും ഉള്ളിൽ ഒരുമറ്റൊരാളെ ഉപദ്രവിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• उपहिंसन्ति: they injure/afflict

• च: and

• अन्योन्यं: one another

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed/prostrated

• परस्परम्: mutually/to each other

• अराजके: when there is no king/rightful governance

• युगवशात्: due to the force/compulsion of the (degenerate) age

• संशये: in doubt/uncertainty

• समुपस्थिते: having arisen/being present

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)