Shloka 68

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

Devanagari script

हित्वा पुत्रांश् च दारांश् च विवादव्याकुलेन्द्रियाः अनावृष्टिहताश्चैव वार्तामुत्सृज्य दूरतः

Transliteration

hitvā putrāṃś ca dārāṃś ca vivādavyākulendriyāḥ anāvṛṣṭihatāścaiva vārtāmutsṛjya dūrataḥ

Translation

अनावृष्टिहताः विवादव्याकुलेन्द्रियाः पुत्रान् दारांश्च हित्वा, वार्तामुत्सृज्य दूरतः प्रयान्ति।

Word by Word

• hitvā: having abandoned

• putrān: sons

• ca: and

• dārān: wives

• ca: and

• vivāda: disputes/quarrels

• vyākula: disturbed, agitated

• indriyāḥ: senses

• anāvṛṣṭi: absence of rain/drought

• hatāḥ: smitten, afflicted

• ca eva: and indeed

• vārtām: livelihood/means of subsistence (trade, agriculture)

• utsṛjya: having given up, renounced

• dūrataḥ: from afar/far away

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It shows the worldly collapse caused by anāvṛṣṭi (drought), implying the need to seek Pati (Shiva) through linga-upāsanā as refuge when vārtā (livelihood) and family supports fail.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

By highlighting the fragility of pasha-bound life—sense-turmoil and conflict—it indirectly points to Shiva-tattva as the stable Pati beyond upheaval, the shelter for the pashu when bondage intensifies.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific rite is named in this line; the takeaway is vairāgya forced by crisis—an opening for Pāśupata-style sense-restraint and turning from vārtā toward Shiva-centered sādhana.