Shloka 64

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

Devanagari script

उपहिंसन्ति चान्योन्यं प्रणिपत्य परस्परम् अराजके युगवशात् संशये समुपस्थिते

Transliteration

upahiṃsanti cānyonyaṃ praṇipatya parasparam arājake yugavaśāt saṃśaye samupasthite

Translation

Под властью века — когда нет праведного правителя и поднялось сомнение — люди внешне кланяются друг другу, но внутренне вредят взаимно, превращая общение в скрытое насилие.

Word by Word

• उपहिंसन्ति: they injure/afflict

• च: and

• अन्योन्यं: one another

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed/prostrated

• परस्परम्: mutually/to each other

• अराजके: when there is no king/rightful governance

• युगवशात्: due to the force/compulsion of the (degenerate) age

• संशये: in doubt/uncertainty

• समुपस्थिते: having arisen/being present

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)