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Shloka 34

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

विपरीते तदा लोके पूर्वरूपं क्षयस्य तत्‌ । बहवो म्लेच्छराजान: पृथिव्यां मनुजाधिप,नरेश्वर! इस प्रकार जब लोगोंके विचार और व्यवहार विपरीत हो जाते हैं, तब प्रलयका पूर्वरूप आरम्भ हो जाता है। उस समय इस पृथ्वीपर बहुत-से म्लेच्छ राजा राज्य करने लगते हैं

viparīte tadā loke pūrvarūpaṁ kṣayasya tat | bahavo mleccharājānaḥ pṛthivyāṁ manujādhipa ||

वैशंपायन म्हणाले—जेव्हा लोकांचे विचार व आचार उलटे होतात, तेव्हा तेच क्षयाचे पूर्वलक्षण ठरते. हे मनुजाधिप! त्या वेळी पृथ्वीवर अनेक म्लेच्छ राजे राज्य करू लागतात.

विपरीतेwhen (things are) contrary
विपरीते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootविपरीत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पूर्वरूपम्the fore-sign/precursor-form
पूर्वरूपम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्वरूप
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
क्षयस्यof destruction/decay
क्षयस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
बहवःmany
बहवः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
म्लेच्छराजानःmleccha-kings (foreign/barbarian rulers)
म्लेच्छराजानः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootम्लेच्छराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पृथिव्याम्on the earth
पृथिव्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
मनुजाधिपO lord of men
मनुजाधिप:
TypeNoun
Rootमनुजाधिप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नरेश्वरO king/lord of men
नरेश्वर:
TypeNoun
Rootनरेश्वर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
M
mleccha kings
E
earth (pṛthivī)
W
world/society (loka)
D
destruction/decline (kṣaya)

Educational Q&A

When collective thought and behavior turn contrary to dharma, it signals impending societal decline; unrighteous or culturally alienated rule is presented as a symptom of that inversion.

Vaiśampāyana describes ominous portents of degeneration: as people’s conduct becomes perverse, the world moves toward dissolution, and many mleccha rulers rise to power on earth.