Shloka 33

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणा: सर्वभक्षाश्न॒ भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे । अजपा ब्राह्मणास्तात शूद्रा जपपरायणा:

Transliteration

brāhmaṇāḥ sarvabhakṣāśn̥a bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge | ajapā brāhmaṇās tāta śūdrā japaparāyaṇāḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ในกลียุค พราหมณ์จะเป็นผู้กินได้ทุกสิ่ง กินตามที่มีอยู่ โอ ผู้เป็นที่รัก! พราหมณ์จะไร้ชปะ ส่วนศูทรจะยึดมั่นในชปะ”

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वभक्षाशिनः: eaters of all (indiscriminately)
• सर्वभक्षाशिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वभक्ष + आशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural

• कलौ: in the Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• युगे: in the yuga/age
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अजपाः: non-chanters; not engaged in japa
• अजपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-जप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तात: O dear one / O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शूद्राः: Śūdras
• शूद्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जपपरायणाः: devoted to japa
• जपपरायणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप + परायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brāhmaṇas
• śūdras
• Kali yuga
• japa (mantra-recitation)