Shloka 19

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

Devanagari script

यतयश् च भविष्यन्ति बहवो ऽस्मिन्कलौ युगे पुरुषाल्पं बहुस्त्रीकं युगान्ते समुपस्थिते

Transliteration

yatayaś ca bhaviṣyanti bahavo 'sminkalau yuge puruṣālpaṃ bahustrīkaṃ yugānte samupasthite

Translation

Neste Kali‑yuga, muitos aparecerão como renunciantes; e, quando o fim da era se aproximar, os homens serão poucos e as mulheres serão muitas.

Word by Word

• यतयः: renunciants/ascetics

• च: and

• भविष्यन्ति: will arise/will be

• बहवः: many

• अस्मिन्: in this

• कलौ: in Kali

• युगे: age

• पुरुष-अल्पम्: few men/scarcity of men

• बहु-स्त्रीकम्: many women/abundance of women

• युग-अन्ते: at the end of the age

• समुपस्थिते: when it has arrived/when it is at hand

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)