Shloka 84

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

Devanagari script

सुखमायुर्बलं रूपं धर्मो ऽर्थः काम एव च युगेष्वेतानि हीयन्ते त्रींस्त्रीन् पादान् क्रमेण तु

Transliteration

sukhamāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ dharmo 'rthaḥ kāma eva ca yugeṣvetāni hīyante trīṃstrīn pādān krameṇa tu

Translation

Felicidade, longevidade, força, beleza, dharma, artha (prosperidade) e até kāma (desejo)—nos yuga sucessivos, tudo isso diminui passo a passo, em devida ordem, perdendo três partes a cada vez.

Word by Word

• सुखम्: happiness

• आयुः: lifespan

• बलम्: strength

• रूपम्: beauty/form

• धर्मः: dharma/righteous order

• अर्थः: prosperity/means

• कामः: desire/pleasure

• एव च: and indeed

• युगेषु: in the yugas

• एतानि: these

• हीयन्ते: decline/diminish

• त्रीन् त्रीन् पादान्: by three parts/quarters each time

• क्रमेण: gradually/in sequence

• तु: indeed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)