Shloka 69

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

Devanagari script

प्रत्यन्तानुपसेवन्ते हित्वा जनपदान् स्वकान् सरित्सागरकूपांस्ते सेवन्ते पर्वतांस् तथा

Transliteration

pratyantānupasevante hitvā janapadān svakān saritsāgarakūpāṃste sevante parvatāṃs tathā

Translation

اپنے آباد علاقوں کو چھوڑ کر وہ سرحدی و دور افتادہ خطّوں کا رخ کرتے ہیں؛ دریاؤں، سمندروں اور کنوؤں کو ترک کر کے پہاڑوں میں بھی پناہ لیتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• प्रत्यन्तान्: borderlands/frontier regions

• उपसेवन्ते: resort to/seek shelter in

• हित्वा: abandoning

• जनपदान्: countries/settled lands

• स्वकान्: their own

• सरित्: rivers

• सागर: ocean/sea

• कूपान्: wells

• ते: they

• सेवन्ते: dwell in/resort to

• पर्वतान्: mountains

• तथा: likewise/also

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It contrasts outer instability with the need for inner refuge; Linga-worship directs the pashu to the steady Pati (Shiva) when worldly supports—lands and waters—become unreliable.

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

By implication, Shiva-tattva is the unshaken ground beyond changing places; when people flee to borders and mountains, the teaching points to the true, immutable refuge as Shiva, the Lord who loosens pāśa.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Not a specific rite is named; the takeaway aligns with Pāśupata discipline—turning from external dependence to inner steadiness through Shiva-smaraṇa, vrata, and Linga-upāsanā as the means to overcome bondage in Kali.