Shloka 49
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
युगस्वभावाः संध्यास्तु तिष्ठन्तीह तु पादशः संध्यास्वभावाः स्वांशेषु पादशस्ते प्रतिष्ठिताः
Transliteration
yugasvabhāvāḥ saṃdhyāstu tiṣṭhantīha tu pādaśaḥ saṃdhyāsvabhāvāḥ svāṃśeṣu pādaśaste pratiṣṭhitāḥ
Translation
युगस्वभावाः संध्याः इह पादशः तिष्ठन्ति; संध्यास्वभावाः अपि स्वांशेषु युगाः पादशः प्रतिष्ठिताः॥
Word by Word
yuga-svabhāvāḥhaving the nature of the yugas
yuga-svabhāvāḥ:
saṃdhyāḥjunction-periods (dawn/dusk between yugas)
saṃdhyāḥ:
tuindeed
tu:
tiṣṭhantiabide/stand
tiṣṭhanti:
ihahere (in this cosmic order)
iha:
pādaśaḥby quarters/stepwise
pādaśaḥ:
saṃdhyā-svabhāvāḥhaving the nature of the sandhyās
saṃdhyā-svabhāvāḥ:
sva-aṃśeṣuin their own portions/segments
sva-aṃśeṣu:
tethey (those yugas/sandhyās)
te:
pratiṣṭhitāḥfirmly established/grounded
pratiṣṭhitāḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the cosmic order to the sages of Naimisharanya)