Shloka 1
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे एकोनचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः शक्र उवाच तिष्ये मायामसूयां च वधं चैव तपस्विनाम् साधयन्ति नरास्तत्र तमसा व्याकुलेन्द्रियाः
Transliteration
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge ekonacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ śakra uvāca tiṣye māyāmasūyāṃ ca vadhaṃ caiva tapasvinām sādhayanti narāstatra tamasā vyākulendriyāḥ
Translation
ดังนี้ ในศรีลิงคมหาปุราณะ ภาคปูรวะ เริ่มบทที่สี่สิบ. ศักระ (อินทรา) กล่าวว่า: “ในยุคติษยะ (กาลี) มนุษย์ผู้มีอินทรีย์สับสนด้วยตมัส ย่อมกระทำมายา ความริษยา และถึงกับฆ่าฤๅษีผู้บำเพ็ญตบะได้”
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇein the auspicious Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe:
pūrvabhāgein the first section (Pūrvabhāga)
pūrvabhāge:
ekona-catvāriṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥthe fortieth chapter
ekona-catvāriṃśaḥ adhyāyaḥ:
śakra uvācaŚakra (Indra) said
śakra uvāca:
tiṣyein the Tiṣya age (Kali-yuga)
tiṣye:
māyāmdeception/illusion (crafty guile)
māyām:
asūyāmenvy/jealous fault-finding
asūyām:
caand
ca:
vadhamkilling
vadham:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
tapasvināmof ascetics/penitents
tapasvinām:
sādhayantithey carry out/bring about
sādhayanti:
narāḥpeople/men
narāḥ:
tatrathere/in that age
tatra:
tamasāby tamas (darkness, inertia, delusion)
tamasā:
vyākula-indriyāḥwith agitated/confounded senses.
vyākula-indriyāḥ:
Speaker
Śakra (Indra)