Shloka 17
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
सेवावसरम् आलोक्य द्वारे तिष्ठन्ति वै द्विजाः वाहनस्थान् समावृत्य शूद्राञ्शूद्रोपजीविनः
Transliteration
sevāvasaram ālokya dvāre tiṣṭhanti vai dvijāḥ vāhanasthān samāvṛtya śūdrāñśūdropajīvinaḥ
Translation
सेवावसरमालोक्य द्वारे तिष्ठन्ति वै द्विजाः; वाहनस्थान् समावृत्य शूद्राः शूद्रोपजीविनश्च तत्र तिष्ठन्ति।
Word by Word
sevā-avasaraman occasion/opportunity for service
sevā-avasaram:
ālokyahaving observed, seeing
ālokya:
dvāreat the door/gate
dvāre:
tiṣṭhantistand, remain
tiṣṭhanti:
vaiindeed
vai:
dvijāḥthe twice-born (Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya)
dvijāḥ:
vāhana-sthānplaces for vehicles/mounts
vāhana-sthān:
samāvṛtyahaving covered/occupied/surrounded
samāvṛtya:
śūdrānŚūdras
śūdrān:
śūdra-upajīvinaḥthose who subsist by/through Śūdras (dependents or service-linked persons)
śūdra-upajīvinaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)