Shloka 71
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
वर्णाश्रमपरिभ्रष्टाः संकटं घोरमास्थिताः एवं कष्टमनुप्राप्ता अल्पशेषाः प्रजास्तदा
Transliteration
varṇāśramaparibhraṣṭāḥ saṃkaṭaṃ ghoramāsthitāḥ evaṃ kaṣṭamanuprāptā alpaśeṣāḥ prajāstadā
Translation
ਵਰਨ-ਆਸ਼ਰਮ ਦੇ ਧਰਮ ਤੋਂ ਭਟਕ ਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਜਾ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਸੰਕਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੈ ਗਈ। ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੁੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਪੀੜਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਜੀਵ ਬਹੁਤ ਘੱਟ ਰਹਿ ਗਏ—ਕੇਵਲ ਥੋੜ੍ਹਾ ਜਿਹਾ ਅਵਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਬਚਿਆ।
Word by Word
वर्णाश्रम (varṇāśrama)the ordered disciplines of social-spiritual life
वर्णाश्रम (varṇāśrama):
परिभ्रष्टाः (paribhraṣṭāḥ)fallen away, deviated
परिभ्रष्टाः (paribhraṣṭāḥ):
संकटम् (saṅkaṭam)calamity, distress
संकटम् (saṅkaṭam):
घोरम् (ghoram)dreadful, terrifying
घोरम् (ghoram):
आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ)having entered, having come to
आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ):
एवम् (evam)thus
एवम् (evam):
कष्टम् (kaṣṭam)hardship, suffering
कष्टम् (kaṣṭam):
अनुप्राप्ताः (anuprāptāḥ)having attained, having undergone
अनुप्राप्ताः (anuprāptāḥ):
अल्पशेषाः (alpaśeṣāḥ)with only a small remainder left
अल्पशेषाः (alpaśeṣāḥ):
प्रजाः (prajāḥ)creatures, people, subjects
प्रजाः (prajāḥ):
तदा (tadā)then, at that time
तदा (tadā):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)