Shloka 81
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
मन्वन्तराधिकारेषु तिष्ठन्ति मुनयस्तु वै यथा दावप्रदग्धेषु तृणेष्विह ततः क्षितौ
Transliteration
manvantarādhikāreṣu tiṣṭhanti munayastu vai yathā dāvapradagdheṣu tṛṇeṣviha tataḥ kṣitau
Translation
मन्वन्तराधिकारेषु मुनयः खलु तिष्ठन्ति; यथा दावदग्धेषु तृणेषु भूमौ किञ्चित् शेषं भवति, तथा ते तपःसमाधौ पतिभक्तौ च स्थिताः कालपरिवर्तनेष्वपि धैर्येण तिष्ठन्ति।
Word by Word
manvantara-adhikāreṣuin the authorities/jurisdictions of the Manvantaras
manvantara-adhikāreṣu:
tiṣṭhantithey stand/abide
tiṣṭhanti:
munayaḥthe sages
munayaḥ:
tu vaiindeed, certainly
tu vai:
yathājust as
yathā:
dāva-pradagdheṣuwhen burned by a forest-fire
dāva-pradagdheṣu:
tṛṇeṣuin/among the grasses
tṛṇeṣu:
ihahere (in this world)
iha:
tataḥthereafter/then
tataḥ:
kṣitauon the earth
kṣitau:
Speaker
Suta Goswami