SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
kula kshayE praNaSyanthi kula dharmA: sanAthanA: |
dharmE nashtE kulam kruthsnam adharmO’bhibhavathyutha ||
word-by-word meaning
kula kshayE – when the race is destroyed
sanAthanA: – ancient
kula dharmA: – practices/virtues
praNaSyanthi – are destroyed
dharmE nashtE – when the practices/virtues are destroyed
kruthsnam kulam – the whole race
adharma: utha – vice too
abhibhavathi – takes over and prevails
Simple Translation
When the race is destroyed, the ancient practices/virtues are destroyed. When the practices/virtues are destroyed, vice takes over the whole race and prevails.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
When race declines, its eternal canons of righteousness (dharma) also decline; when righteousness declines, rampant irreligion (or wickedness = adharma) prevails.
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