🪷 ŚB 1.18.43

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

अलक्ष्यमाणे नरदेवनाम्नि रथाङ्गपाणावयमङ्ग लोक: । तदा हि चौरप्रचुरो विनङ्‍क्ष्य- त्यरक्ष्यमाणोऽविवरूथवत् क्षणात् ॥ ४३ ॥

Transliteration

alakṣyamāṇe nara-deva-nāmni rathāṅga-pāṇāv ayam aṅga lokaḥ tadā hi caura-pracuro vinaṅkṣyaty arakṣyamāṇo ’vivarūthavat kṣaṇāt
Synonyms
alakṣyamāṇe — being abolished; nara-deva — monarchical; nāmni — of the name; ratha-aṅga-pāṇau — the representative of the Lord; ayam — this; aṅga — O my boy; lokaḥ — this world; tadā hi — at once; caura — thieves; pracuraḥ — too much; vinaṅkṣyati — vanquishes; arakṣyamāṇaḥ — being not protected; avivarūtha-vat — like lambs; kṣaṇāt — at once.

Translation

My dear boy, the Lord, who carries the wheel of a chariot, is represented by the monarchical regime, and when this regime is abolished the whole world becomes filled with thieves, who then at once vanquish the unprotected subjects like scattered lambs.

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