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Shloka 34

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

शुक्लदन्ताजिनाक्षाश् च मुण्डाः काषायवाससः शूद्रा धर्मं चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते समुपस्थिते

śukladantājinākṣāś ca muṇḍāḥ kāṣāyavāsasaḥ śūdrā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti yugānte samupasthite

Quando o fim da era se aproximar, até os Śūdra tomarão os sinais dos ascetas—dentes brancos, peles de cervo e rosários, com a cabeça raspada e vestes cor de ocre (kāṣāya)—e praticarão o que é chamado de “dharma”.

śukla-dantawhite-tusked/with white teeth
śukla-danta:
ajinadeerskin
ajina:
akṣāḥrosary beads (rudrākṣa/akṣa-beads)
akṣāḥ:
caand
ca:
muṇḍāḥshaven-headed
muṇḍāḥ:
kāṣāya-vāsasaḥwearing ochre robes
kāṣāya-vāsasaḥ:
śūdrāḥŚūdras
śūdrāḥ:
dharmamdharma/religious conduct
dharmam:
cariṣyantiwill practice/undertake
cariṣyanti:
yuga-anteat the end of the yuga
yuga-ante:
samupasthitewhen it has arrived/when it is imminent
samupasthite:

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)