Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

सस्यचौरा भविष्यन्ति दृढचैलाभिलाषिणः चौराश्चोरस्वहर्तारो हर्तुर्हर्ता तथापरः

Transliteration

sasyacaurā bhaviṣyanti dṛḍhacailābhilāṣiṇaḥ caurāścorasvahartāro harturhartā tathāparaḥ

Translation

Tornar-se-ão ladrões de grãos, cobiçando vestes espessas e dispendiosas. Ladrões roubarão ladrões; um salteador despojará outro, e outro ainda saqueará o saqueador—assim se multiplicará o laço (pāśa) na era do declínio, quando o pashu (a alma atada) esquece a regra de Pati (o Senhor).

Word by Word

• sasya-caurāḥ: thieves of grain/harvest

• bhaviṣyanti: will become/will arise

• dṛḍha: stout/strong

• caila: garments/cloth

• abhilāṣiṇaḥ: desirous/craving

• caurāḥ: thieves

• cora-sva: a thief's property

• hartāraḥ: stealers/takers

• hartuḥ: of the stealer/of one who steals

• hartā: the stealer/robber

• tathā: likewise

• aparaḥ: another (one).

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Kali-yuga as an age where greed and mutual predation intensify; Linga-worship is implied as a remedial return to Pati (Shiva), reducing pāśa through devotion, restraint, and dharmic living.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By contrast: when souls (pashus) lose alignment with Pati, disorder spreads. Shiva-tattva stands as the steady sovereign principle of order and liberation, against which the instability of desire-driven life is revealed.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Not a specific rite, but the ethical foundation required for Shiva-puja and Pashupata discipline—sense-restraint, non-stealing (asteya), and curbing craving—so the pashu can loosen pāśa and turn toward Pati.