Shloka 30
Adhyāya 188: Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of Yuga-Decline and the Restoration Motif
Kali-yuga to Kalki
त्रसानां स्थावराणां च यच्चेड़ं यच्च नेड़ति । तस्य सर्वस्य सम्प्राप्त: काल: परमदारुण:,“सम्पूर्ण जंगमों तथा स्थावर पदार्थो्में जो हिल-डुल सकते हैं और जो हिलने- डुलनेवाले नहीं हैं, उन सबके लिये अत्यन्त भयंकर समय आ पहुँचा है
trasānāṃ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca yac cedam yac ca neḍati | tasya sarvasya samprāptaḥ kālaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: “Bagi segala makhluk—yang bergerak dan yang tidak bergerak, apa jua yang di sini dapat bergetar dan apa jua yang tidak dapat—Kini telah tiba Sang Kala, Waktu yang paling dahsyat.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
All existence—whether mobile or immobile—falls under the sovereignty of Kāla (Time). The verse stresses inevitability: no category of being is exempt from change, decline, and the consequences that ripen in their proper season.
Mārkaṇḍeya is describing the onset of a terrifying phase of Time affecting the entire world—everything that moves and everything that does not—signaling an approaching calamity or cosmic upheaval within his discourse.