Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

बहुयाजनको लोको भविष्यति परस्परम् नाव्याहृतक्रूरवाक्यो नार्जवी नानसूयकः

Transliteration

bahuyājanako loko bhaviṣyati parasparam nāvyāhṛtakrūravākyo nārjavī nānasūyakaḥ

Translation

लोको बहुयाजनकः परस्परं भविष्यति। न च क्रूरवाक्यं नाव्याहृतं, न अर्जवी न च अनसूयकः—दोषपाशैर्बद्धो जनः॥

Word by Word

• बहु-याजनकः: performing many sacrifices/rites

• लोकः: people/the world

• भविष्यति: will become/will be

• परस्परम्: mutually/among one another

• न: not

• अव्याहृत-क्रूर-वाक्यः: one who refrains from harsh speech (here: they will not refrain)

• न: not

• आर्जवी: straightforwardness/uprightness

• न: not

• अनसूयकः: free from envy/jealousy (here: they will not be free from envy)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)