🪷 ŚB 1.18.45

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

Sanskrit

तदार्यधर्म: प्रविलीयते नृणां वर्णाश्रमाचारयुतस्त्रयीमय: । ततोऽर्थकामाभिनिवेशितात्मनां शुनां कपीनामिव वर्णसङ्कर: ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

tadārya-dharmaḥ pravilīyate nṛṇāṁ varṇāśramācāra-yutas trayīmayaḥ tato ’rtha-kāmābhiniveśitātmanāṁ śunāṁ kapīnām iva varṇa-saṅkaraḥ
Synonyms
tadā — at that time; ārya — progressive civilization; dharmaḥ — engagement; pravilīyate — is systematically vanquished; nṛṇām — of humankind; varṇa — caste; āśrama — orders of society; ācāra-yutaḥ — composed in a good manner; trayī-mayaḥ — in terms of the Vedic injunction; tataḥ — thereafter; artha — economic development; kāma-abhiniveśita — fully absorbed in sense gratification; ātmanām — of men; śunām — like dogs; kapīnām — like monkeys; iva — thus; varṇa-saṅkaraḥ — unwanted population.

Translation

At that time the people in general will fall systematically from the path of a progressive civilization in respect to the qualitative engagements of the castes and the orders of society and the Vedic injunctions. Thus they will be more attracted to economic development for sense gratification, and as a result there will be an unwanted population on the level of dogs and monkeys.

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