Shloka 88
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
एतदेव तु सर्वेषां युगानां लक्षणं स्मृतम् एषां चतुर्युगाणां च गुणिता ह्येकसप्ततिः
Transliteration
etadeva tu sarveṣāṃ yugānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ smṛtam eṣāṃ caturyugāṇāṃ ca guṇitā hyekasaptatiḥ
Translation
ਇਹੀ ਸਭ ਯੁਗਾਂ ਦਾ ਲੱਛਣ ਯਾਦ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। ਅਤੇ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਚਤੁਰਯੁਗਾਂ ਦੀ ਕੁੱਲ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਜੋੜ ਕੇ ਇਕਹੱਤਰ ਕਹੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
etatthis
etat:
evaindeed/alone
eva:
tubut/indeed
tu:
sarveṣāmof all
sarveṣām:
yugānāmof the yugas (world-ages)
yugānām:
lakṣaṇamcharacteristic/defining mark
lakṣaṇam:
smṛtamremembered/traditionally taught
smṛtam:
eṣāmof these
eṣām:
caturyugāṇāmof the four-yuga cycles (caturyugas)
caturyugāṇām:
caand
ca:
guṇitāmultiplied/totaled/reckoned
guṇitā:
hiindeed
hi:
ekasaptatiḥseventy-one
ekasaptatiḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana chronology to the sages of Naimisharanya)