Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.193
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3.193.1
युधिष्ठिरस्तु कौन्तेयो मार्कण्डेयं महामुनिम् ।
पुन- पप्रच्छ सामात्यो भविष्यां जगतो गतिम् ॥ ३.१९३.१ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, together with his ministers, asked the great sage Mārkaṇḍeya again about the future course of the world.
3.193.2
आश्चर्यभूतं भवतः श्रुतं नो वदतांवर ।
मुने भार्गव यद्वृत्तं युगादौ प्रभवाप्ययौ ॥ ३.१९३.२ ॥
O best of speakers, O sage of the Bhṛgu line, what you have told us is wondrous—what happened at the beginning of the age, the origin and the dissolution.
3.193.3
अस्मिन्कलियुगे त्वस्ति पुनः कौतूहलं मम ।
समाकुलेषु धर्मेषु किंनु शेषं भविष्यति ॥ ३.१९३.३ ॥
In this Kali age my curiosity is roused again: when the laws of dharma are thrown into confusion, what will remain?
3.193.4
किंवीर्या मानवास्तत्रकिमाहारविहारिणः ।
किमायुषः किंवसना भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.४ ॥
At the end of the age, what strength will men have there, what food and conduct, what lifespan, and what clothing will they wear?
3.193.5
कां च काष्ठां समासाद्य पुनः संपत्स्यते कृतम् ।
विस्तरेण मुने ब्रूहि विचित्राणीह भाषसे ॥ ३.१९३.५ ॥
Having reached what state will the Kṛta age be established again? O sage, tell it in detail—you speak wondrous things here.
3.193.6
इत्युक्तः स मुनिश्रेष्ठः पुनरेवाभ्यभाषत ।
रमयन्वृष्णिशार्दूलं पाण्डवांस्च महानृषिः ॥ ३.१९३.६ ॥
Thus addressed, that foremost of sages, the great seer, spoke again, delighting the tiger of the Vṛṣṇis and the Pāṇḍavas.
3.193.7
शृणु राजन्मया दृष्टं यत्पुरा श्रुतमेव च ।
अनुभूतं च राजेनद्रदेवदेवप्रसादजम् ॥ ३.१९३.७ ॥
Listen, O king: what I have seen and heard before, and what I have experienced, O lord of kings, born of the grace of the god of gods.
3.193.8
भविष्यं सर्वलोकस्य वृत्तान्तं भरतर्षभ ।
कलुषं कालमासाद्य कथ्यमानं निबोध मे ॥ ३.१९३.८ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, understand from me the account of the future of the whole world, which is being told as the defiled age arrives.
3.193.9
कृते चतुष्पात्सकलो निर्व्याजोप्राधिवर्जितः ।
वृषः प्रतिष्ठितो धर्मो मनुष्ये भरतर्षभ ॥ ३.१९३.९ ॥
In the Kṛta age, O bull of the Bharatas, dharma stood among men complete and four-footed, like a bull, free of deceit and pretense.
3.193.10
अधर्मपादविद्धस्तु त्रिभिरंशैः प्रतिष्ठितः ।
त्रेतायां द्वापरेऽर्धेन व्यामिश्रो धर्म उच्यते ॥ ३.१९३.१० ॥
But dharma, pierced by the feet of adharma, stood on three parts; in the Tretā age, and in the Dvāpara age, dharma is said to be mixed, by half.
3.193.11
त्रिभिरंशैरधर्मस्तु लोकानाक्रम्य तिष्ठति ।
तामसं युगमासाद्य तदा भरतसत्तम ॥ ३.१९३.११ ॥
But adharma, with three parts, overruns the worlds and stands; then, O best of the Bharatas, when the dark age has arrived.
3.193.12
चतुर्थांशेन धर्मस्तु मनुष्यानुपतिष्ठति ।
आयुर्वीर्यं मनो बुद्धिर्बलं तेजश्च पाण्डव ॥ ३.१९३.१२ ॥
But dharma, with a quarter, rests upon men: life, vigor, mind, intellect, strength and radiance, O Pāṇḍava.
3.193.13
मनुष्याणआमनुयुगं ह्रप्तन्तीति निबोध मे ।
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश्चैव युधिष्ठिर ॥ ३.१९३.१३ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, understand from me that the lifespan of men will decline down to each yuga of Manu: brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras alike.
3.193.14
व्याजैर्धर्मं चरिष्यन्ति धर्मवैतंसिका नराः ।
सत्यं संक्षेप्स्यते लोके नरैः पण्डितमानिभिः ॥ ३.१९३.१४ ॥
Men who are deceivers of dharma will practise dharma by pretences, and truth will be diminished in the world by men who think themselves learned.
3.193.15
सत्यहान्या ततस्तेषामायुरल्पं भविष्यति ।
आयुषः प्रक्षयाद्विद्यां न शक्ष्यन्त्युपशिक्षितुम् ॥ ३.१९३.१५ ॥
Then, through the loss of truth, their lifespan will become short; and with the wasting of life they will not be able to learn knowledge thoroughly.
3.193.16
विद्याहीनानविज्ञानाल्लोभोप्यभिभविष्यति ।
लोभमोहपरा मूढाः कामासक्ताश् मानवाः ॥ ३.१९३.१६ ॥
Greed will also overpower those who lack knowledge and understanding; men will be deluded, bent on greed and delusion, and attached to desire.
3.193.17
वैरबद्धा भविष्यन्ति परस्परवधैषिणः ।
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः संकीर्यन्ते परस्परम् ॥ ३.१९३.१७ ॥
Bound by enmity, they will seek one another's destruction; brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas will become intermingled with one another.
3.193.18
शूद्रतुल्या भविष्यन्ति तपःसत्यविवर्जिताः ।
अन्त्या मध्या भविष्यन्ति मध्याश्चान्त्या न संशयः ॥ ३.१९३.१८ ॥
Devoid of austerity and truth, they will become equal to śūdras; the lowest will become the middling and the middling the lowest, without doubt.
3.193.19
ईदृशो भविता लोको युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ।
वस्त्राणां प्रवरा शाणी धान्यानां कोरदूपकः ॥ ३.१९३.१९ ॥
Such will the world be when the end of the age draws near: the finest of garments will be coarse cloth, and the finest of grains the kodo millet.
3.193.20
भार्यामित्राश्च पुरुषा भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ।
मत्स्यामिषेण जीवन्तो दुहन्तश्चाप्यजैडकम् ॥ ३.१९३.२० ॥
At the destruction of the age men will regard their wives as friends, living on fish flesh and milking goats and sheep.
3.193.21
गोषु नष्टासु पुरुषा येऽपि नित्यं धृतव्रताः ।
तेऽपिलोभसमायुक्ता भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.२१ ॥
When the cows are lost, even men who have always kept their vows will become endowed with greed at the destruction of the age.
3.193.22
अन्योन्यं परिमुष्णन्तो हिंसयन्तश्च मानवाः ।
अजपा नास्तिकाः स्तेना भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.२२ ॥
At the destruction of the age, men will rob and harm one another, will not recite japa, will be unbelievers and thieves.
3.193.23
सरित्तीरेषु कुद्दालैर्वापयिष्यनति चौपधीः ।
ताश्चाप्यल्पफलास्तेषां भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.२३ ॥
At the destruction of the age, people will sow crops on river banks with hoes, and even those will yield little fruit for them.
3.193.24
श्राद्धे दैवे च पुरुषा येऽपि नित्यं धृव्रताः ।
तेऽपिलोभसमायुक्ता भोक्ष्यन्तीह परस्परम् ॥ ३.१९३.२४ ॥
Men who have always kept their vows at the ancestral rite and the rite to the gods will also, filled with greed, eat with one another here.
3.193.25
पिता पुत्रस् भोक्ता च पितुः पुत्रस्तथैव च ।
अतिक्रान्तानि भोज्यानि भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.२५ ॥
The father will become the eater of the son, and the son of the father, likewise; at the dissolution of the age, forbidden things will become food.
3.193.26
न व्रतानि चरिष्यन्ति ब्राह्मणा वेदनिन्दकाः ।
न यक्ष्यन्ति न होष्यन्ति हेतुवादविमोहिताः।
निम्नेष्वीहां करिष्यनति हेतुवादविमोहिताः ॥ ३.१९३.२६ ॥
Brahmins who revile the Vedas will not keep vows; deluded by sophistic argument they will neither sacrifice nor make oblations; deluded by sophistic argument they will strive in low places.
3.193.27
निम्ने कृषिं करिष्यन्ति योक्ष्यन्ति धुरि धेनुक्राः ।
एकहायनवत्सांश्च वाहयिष्यन्ति मानवाः ॥ ३.१९३.२७ ॥
In low land people will do agriculture; cow-milkers will yoke bulls to the yoke-pole, and men will make yearling calves carry burdens.
3.193.28
पुत्रः पितृवधं कृत्वा पिता पुत्रवधं तथा ।
स्त्रियोऽपि पतिपुत्रादीन्वधिष्यनति युगक्षये।
निरुद्वेगो बृहद्बादी न निन्दामुपलप्स्यते ॥ ३.१९३.२८ ॥
Having killed his father, a son; and likewise a father having killed his son; women too will kill their husbands, sons and others at the end of the age. The fearless great-armed one will obtain no reproach.
3.193.29
म्लेच्छभूतं जगत्सर्वं निष्क्रियं दानवर्जितम् ।
भविष्यति निरानन्दमनुत्सवमथो तथा ॥ ३.१९३.२९ ॥
The whole world will become barbarous, without rites, devoid of gifts; it will be joyless and also without festivals.
3.193.30
प्रायशः कृपणानां हि तथा बन्धुमतामपि ।
विधवानां च वित्तानि हरिष्यन्तीह मानवाः ॥ ३.१९३.३० ॥
Mostly the wealth of the wretched, of those who have kin, even, and of widows, men will seize here.
3.193.31
स्वल्पवीर्यबलाः स्वाधा लोभमोहपरायणाः ।
तत्कथादानसंतुष्ट शिष्टानामपि बान्धवाः ॥ ३.१९३.३१ ॥
Men of little valour and strength, self-willed, devoted to greed and delusion, content only with talk of such things and with giving; even the kinsmen of the virtuous will be like this.
3.193.32
परिग्रहंकरिष्यति मायाचारपरिग्रहाः ।
संघातयन्तः तय राजानः पापबुद्धयः ॥ ३.१९३.३२ ॥
They will take as their own possessions gained through deceit; and kings of evil mind, forming alliances, will likewise do so.
3.193.33
परस्परवधोयुक्ता मूर्खाः पण्डितमानिनः ।
भविष्यन्ति युगस्यान्ते क्षत्रिया लोककण्टकाः ॥ ३.१९३.३३ ॥
Foolish warrior-kings, intent on slaying one another, thinking themselves wise, will become thorns to the world at the end of the age.
3.193.34
अरक्षितारो लुब्धाश् मानाहंकारदर्पिताः ।
केवलं दण्डरुचयो भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.३४ ॥
Unprotecting, greedy, puffed up with pride and self-conceit, delighting only in punishment, they will be at the ruin of the age.
3.193.35
आक्रम्याक्रम्य साधूनां दारांश्चापि धनानि च ।
भोक्ष्यन्ते निरनुक्रोसा रुदतामपि भारत ॥ ३.१९३.३५ ॥
O Bhārata, attacking again and again, they will enjoy the wives and wealth of the virtuous without compassion, even while others weep.
3.193.36
न कन्यां याचे कश्चिन्नापि कन्या प्रदीयते ।
स्वयंग्रहा भविष्यन्ति युगान्ते समुपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.३६ ॥
No one will ask for a maiden, nor will a maiden be given away; when the end of the age has come, people will choose their own spouses.
3.193.37
राजानश्चाप्यसंतुष्टाः परार्तान्मूढचेतसः ।
सर्वोपायैर्हरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.३७ ॥
Kings, too, discontented and confused in mind, will seize the wealth of others by every means when the end of the age has come.
3.193.38
म्लेच्छीभूतं जगत्सर्वं भविष्यति न संशयः ।
हस्तो हस्तं परिमुषेद्युगान्ते समुपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.३८ ॥
The whole world will become barbarous, there is no doubt; when the end of the age has come, hand will steal from hand.
3.193.39
सत्यं संक्षिप्यते लोके नरैः पण्डितमानिभिः ।
स्थविरा बालमतयो बालाः स्थविरबुद्धयः ॥ ३.१९३.३९ ॥
Truth will be diminished in the world by men who think themselves wise; the elders will have the minds of children, and the children the wisdom of elders.
3.193.40
भीरुस्था शूरमानी शूरा भीरुविषादिनः ।
न विश्वसन्ति चान्योन्यं युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.४० ॥
Cowards will boast of being heroes, and heroes will be cowardly and despondent; when the end of the age has come, they will not trust one another.
3.193.41
नैकभार्यं जगत्सर्वं लोभमोहव्यवस्थितम् ।
अधर्मो वर्धते तत्र न तु धर्मः प्रवर्तते ॥ ३.१९३.४१ ॥
The whole world will not keep to one wife, but will be established in greed and delusion; there unrighteousness will grow, and righteousness will not prevail.
3.193.42
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्या नशिष्यन्ति जनाधिप ।
एकवर्णस्तदा लोको भविष्यति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.४२ ॥
O lord of men, brahmins, kshatriyas, and vaishyas will perish; then at the destruction of the age the world will be of one varna.
3.193.43
न क्षंस्यति पिता पुत्रं पुत्रश्च पितरं तथा ।
भार्याश्च पतिशुश्रूषां न करिष्यन्ति संक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.४३ ॥
At the dissolution of the age, a father will not forgive his son, nor a son his father; and wives will not serve their husbands.
3.193.44
ये यवान्ना जनपदा गोधूमान्नास्तथैव च ।
तान्देशान्संश्रयिष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.४४ ॥
Those lands whose food is barley, and likewise those whose food is wheat, the people will resort to those lands when the end of the age has come.
3.193.45
स्वैराहाराश्च पुरुषा योषितश्च विशांपते ।
अन्योन्यं न सहिष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.४५ ॥
O lord of the people, men and women will be self-willed in their eating, and when the end of the age has come they will not bear with one another.
3.193.46
म्लेच्छभूतं जगत्सर्वं भविष्यति युधिष्ठिर ।
श्राद्धे न देवान्न पितॄँस्तर्पयिष्यन्ति मानवाः ॥ ३.१९३.४६ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, the whole world will become like barbarians; men will not satisfy the gods, nor the ancestors, in the śrāddha rite.
3.193.47
न कश्चित्कस्यचिच्छ्रोता न कश्चित्कस्यचिद्गुरुः ।
तमोग्रस्तस्तदा लोको भविष्यति जनाधिप ॥ ३.१९३.४७ ॥
No one will be a listener to anyone, and no one a teacher to anyone; O lord of men, then the world will be seized by darkness.
3.193.48
परमायुश्च भविता तदा वर्षाणि षोडश ।
ततः प्राणान्विमोक्ष्यन्ति युगान्ते समुपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.४८ ॥
Then the maximum lifespan will be sixteen years; then, when the end of the age has come, people will give up their life-breaths.
3.193.49
पञ्चमे वाऽथ षष्ठे वा वर्षे कन्या प्रसूयते ।
सप्तवर्षाष्टवर्षाश्च प्रजास्यन्ति नरास्तदा ॥ ३.१९३.४९ ॥
In the fifth or sixth year a girl will give birth, and then men of seven or eight years will beget children.
3.193.50
पत्यौ स्त्री तु तदा राजन्पुरुषो वा स्त्रियं प्रति ।
युगान्ते राजशार्दूल न तोषमुपयास्यति ॥ ३.१९३.५० ॥
Then, O king, a wife will find no contentment in her husband, nor a man in his wife, at the end of the age, O tiger among kings.
3.193.51
अल्पद्रव्या वृथालिङ्गा हिंसा च प्रभविष्यति ।
न कश्चित्कस्यचिद्दाता भविष्यति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.५१ ॥
People of little wealth and false marks will arise, and violence will prevail; at the destruction of the age no one will be a giver to anyone.
3.193.52
अट्टशूला जनपदाः शिवशूलाश्चतुष्पथाः ।
केशशूलाः स्त्रियश्चापि भविष्यनति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.५२ ॥
At the destruction of the age the countries will have watchtowers as stakes, the crossroads will have Śiva-stakes, and women too will have hair as stakes.
3.193.53
म्लेच्छाचाराः सर्वमभक्षा दारुणा सर्वकर्मसु ।
भाविन पश्चिमे काले मनुष्या नात्र संशयः ॥ ३.१९३.५३ ॥
In the last age, men will be of barbarian conduct, eating everything, cruel in all their deeds; there is no doubt of this.
3.193.54
क्रयविक्रयकाले च सर्वः सर्वस्य वञ्चनम् ।
युगान्ते भरतश्रेष्ठ वित्तलोभात्करिष्यति ॥ ३.१९३.५४ ॥
At the time of buying and selling, each will deceive everyone; at the end of the age, O best of the Bharatas, they will do so out of greed for wealth.
3.193.55
ज्ञानानि चाप्यविज्ञाय करिष्यन्ति क्रियास्तथा ।
आत्मच्छन्देन वर्तन्ते युगान्ते समुपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.५५ ॥
Though they will not know true knowledge, they will act in the same way. When the end of the age has arrived, they will conduct themselves at their own pleasure.
3.193.56
स्वभावात्क्रूरकर्माणश्चान्योन्यमभिशंसिनः ।
भवितारो जनाः सर्वे संप्राप्ते तु युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.५६ ॥
By nature, all people will be cruel in their deeds and will slander one another. When the destruction of the age has come, such will they be.
3.193.57
आरामांश्चैव वृक्षांश्च नाशयिष्यन्ति निर्व्यथाः ।
भविता संशयो लोके जीवितस्य हि देहिनाम् ॥ ३.१९३.५७ ॥
Without compunction they will destroy groves and trees too. In the world there will be doubt about the life of embodied beings.
3.193.58
तथा लोभाभिभूताश्च भविष्यन्ति नरा नृप ।
ब्राह्मणांश्च हनिष्यन्ति ब्राह्मणस्वोपभोगिनः ॥ ३.१९३.५८ ॥
Likewise, O king, men will be overcome by greed, and those who enjoy the wealth of brahmins will kill brahmins.
3.193.59
हाहाकृता द्विजाश्चैव भयार्ता वृषलार्दिताः ।
त्रातारमलाभन्तो वै भ्रमिष्यनति महीमिमाम् ॥ ३.१९३.५९ ॥
Crying out in lament, tormented by fear, harassed by the lowborn, the twice-born, finding no protector, will wander this earth.
3.193.60
जीवितान्तकराः क्रूरा रौद्राः प्राणिविहिंसकाः ।
यदा भविष्यन्ति नरास्तदा संक्षेप्स्यते युगम् ॥ ३.१९३.६० ॥
When there will be men who bring the end of life, cruel, fierce, harmers of living beings, then the age will be cut short.
3.193.61
आश्रयिष्यन्ति च नदी पर्वतान्विषमाणि च ।
प्रधावमाना वित्रस्ता द्विजाः कुरुकुलोद्वह ॥ ३.१९३.६१ ॥
They will take refuge in rivers, mountains and rough places, twice-born men running in terror, bearer of the Kuru lineage.
3.193.62
दस्युभिः पीडिता राजन्काका इव द्विजोत्तमाः ।
कुराजभिश्च सततं करभारप्रपीडिताः ॥ ३.१९३.६२ ॥
O king, the best of the twice-born, tormented by robbers, will be like crows, and constantly crushed by the burden of taxes from wicked kings.
3.193.63
धैर्यं त्यक्त्वा महीपाल दारुणे युगसंक्षये ।
विकर्माणि करिष्यन्ति शूद्राणां परिचारकाः ॥ ३.१९३.६३ ॥
O protector of the earth, in the terrible destruction of the age, abandoning steadfastness, the servants of śūdras will perform forbidden deeds.
3.193.64
शूद्रा धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यन्ति ब्राह्मणाः पर्युपासकाः ।
श्रोतारश्च भविष्यन्ति प्रामाण्येन व्यवस्थिताः ॥ ३.१९३.६४ ॥
Śūdras will teach dharma, and brahmins, attending upon them and established by their authority, will become listeners.
3.193.65
विपरीतश्च लोकोऽयं भविष्यत्यधरोत्तरः ।
एडूकान्पूजयिष्यन्ति वर्जयिष्यन्ति देवताः।
शूद्राश्च प्रभविष्यन्ति न द्विजा युगसंक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.६५ ॥
This world will become reversed and turned upside down. People will honour the edūkas and shun the gods. At the destruction of the age, śūdras will prevail, not the twice-born.
3.193.66
आश्रमेषुमहर्षीणां ब्राह्मणावसथेषु च ।
देवस्थानेषु चैत्येषु नागानामालयेषु च ॥ ३.१९३.६६ ॥
In the hermitages of the great seers, in the dwellings of brahmins, in the shrines of the gods, at the sacred mounds, and in the abodes of the nāgas.
3.193.67
एडूकचिह्ना पृथिवी न देवगृहभूषिता ।
भविष्यति युगे क्षीणे तद्युगान्तस्य लक्षणम् ॥ ३.१९३.६७ ॥
When the age has declined, the earth will be stained and not adorned with temples of the gods; that is the sign of the end of the age.
3.193.68
दा रौद्रा धर्महीना मांसादाः पानपास्तथा ।
भविष्यन्ति नरा नित्यं तदा संक्षेप्स्यते युगम् ॥ ३.१९३.६८ ॥
Then men will always be cruel, fierce, devoid of dharma, flesh-eaters and drinkers; then the age will be shortened.
3.193.69
पुष्पं पुष्पे यदा राजन्फले वा फलमाश्रितम् ।
प्रजास्यति महाराज तदा संक्षेप्स्यते युगम् ॥ ३.१९३.६९ ॥
When flower follows upon flower and fruit upon fruit, O king, O great king, then the age will be shortened.
3.193.70
अकालवर्षी पर्जन्यो भविष्यति गते युगे ।
अक्रमेण मनुष्याणां भविष्यनति तदा क्रियाः ॥ ३.१९३.७० ॥
When the age has passed, the rain-cloud will rain out of season; then the actions of men will be out of order.
3.193.71
विरोधमथ यास्यनति वृषला ब्राह्मणैः सह ।
मही म्लेच्छजनाकीर्णा भविष्यति ततोऽचिरात् ॥ ३.१९३.७१ ॥
Then the low-born will set themselves in opposition to the brahmins; soon the earth will be filled with barbarian peoples.
3.193.72
करभारभयाद्विप्रा भजिष्यन्ति दिशो दश ।
अन्यायवर्तिनश्चापि भविष्यनति नराधिपाः ॥ ३.१९३.७२ ॥
Out of fear of the burden of taxes, brahmins will scatter to the ten directions; and kings too will be men who act unjustly.
3.193.73
निर्विशेषा जनपदास्तथा विष्टिकरार्दिताः ।
आश्रमानुपलप्स्यन्ति फलमूलोपजीविनः ॥ ३.१९३.७३ ॥
Likewise the countries, undistinguished and afflicted by forced labour and taxes, will no longer find the hermitages, and those who live on fruits and roots.
3.193.74
एवं पर्याकुले लोके मर्यादा न भविष्यति ।
ब्राह्मणःक्षत्रियावैश्याः परित्यक्ष्यन्ति सत्क्रियाम्
न स्थास्यन्त्युपदेशे च शिष्या विप्रियकारिणः ॥ ३.१९३.७४ ॥
When the world is thus thrown into confusion, there will be no proper order; brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas will abandon due observance, and pupils who act unwelcomely will not stand firm in instruction.
3.193.75
आचार्योपनिधिश्चैव भर्त्स्यते तदनन्तरम् ।
अर्थयुक्त्या प्रवात्स्यन्ति मित्रसंबन्धिबान्धवाः ॥ ३.१९३.७५ ॥
Afterwards the teacher's deposit too will be scorned; for gain, friends, kinsmen and relatives will go far away.
3.193.76
अभावः सर्वभूतानां युगान्ते संभविष्यति ।
दिशः प्रज्वलिता सर्वा नक्षत्राण्यप्रभाणि च ॥ ३.१९३.७६ ॥
At the end of the age there will be an absence of all beings; all the directions will blaze, and the stars will be without light.
3.193.77
प्रधूपितानि ज्योतींषि वाताः पर्याकुलास्तथा ।
उल्कापाताश्च बहवो महाभयनिदर्शकाः ॥ ३.१९३.७७ ॥
The luminaries will be smoke-shrouded and the winds agitated; and many meteors will fall, signs of great terror.
3.193.78
षङ्भिरन्यैश्च सहितो भास्करः प्रतपिष्यति ।
तुमुलाश्चापि निर्ह्रादा दिग्दाहाश्चापि सर्वशः।
कबन्धान्तर्हितो भानुरुदयास्तमने तदा ॥ ३.१९३.७८ ॥
The sun, together with six others, will blaze; there will be tumultuous crashes everywhere and conflagrations in the quarters; and at rising and setting the sun will be hidden by a headless trunk, that is, a cloud.
3.193.79
अकालवर्षी भगवान्भविष्यति सहस्रदृक् ।
सस्यानि च न रोक्ष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.७९ ॥
The blessed thousand-eyed one (Indra) will send rain out of season, and when the end of the age has come, the crops will not sprout.
3.193.80
अभीक्ष्णं क्रूरवादिन्यः परुषा रदितप्रियाः ।
भर्तॄणां वचने चैव न स्थास्यन्ति ततः स्त्रियः ॥ ३.१९३.८० ॥
Women will constantly speak cruel and harsh words, having lost their fondness, and will not abide by their husbands' words.
3.193.81
पुत्राश्च मातापितरौ हनिष्यन्ति युगक्षये ।
सूदयिष्यन्ति च पतीन्स्त्रियः पुत्रानपाश्रिताः ॥ ३.१९३.८१ ॥
At the destruction of the age, sons will kill mother and father, and women who depend on their sons will slay their husbands.
3.193.82
अपर्वणि महाराज सूर्यं राहुरुपैष्यति ।
युगान्ते हुतभुक्वापि सर्वतः प्रज्वलिष्यति ॥ ३.१९३.८२ ॥
O great king, at an improper time Rāhu will seize the sun, and at the end of the age fire too will blaze up on every side.
3.193.83
पानीयं भोजनं चापि याचमानास्तदाऽध्वगाः ।
न लप्स्यन्ते निवासं च निरस्ताः पथि शेरते ॥ ३.१९३.८३ ॥
Then travelers, begging for water and food, will not obtain them, nor a place to stay; cast out, they will lie down on the road.
3.193.84
निर्घातवायसा नागाः शकुनाः समृगद्विजाः ।
रूक्षा वाचो विमोक्ष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.८४ ॥
When the end of the age has come, thunderbolt-portent crows, elephants, birds, together with beasts and birds, will utter harsh cries.
3.193.85
मित्रसंबन्धिनश्चापि संत्यक्ष्यनति नरास्तदा ।
जनं परिजनं चापि यागान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.८५ ॥
Then men will even abandon friends and kin, people and household members too, when the end of the age has come near.
3.193.86
अथ देशान्दिशश्चापि पत्तनान्यापणानि च ।
क्रमशः संलयिष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ॥ ३.१९३.८६ ॥
Then countries and quarters, towns and markets too will gradually dissolve, when the end of the age has come near.
3.193.87
हा तात हा सुतेत्येवं तदा वाच सुदारुणाः ।
विक्रोशमानश्चान्योन्यं जनो गां पर्यटिष्यति ॥ ३.१९३.८७ ॥
Crying "Alas, father! Alas, son!" with such terrible words, calling out to one another, then people will wander over the earth.
3.193.88
मोवादिनस्तथा शूद्रा ब्राह्मणाः प्राकृतप्रियाः ।
पाषण्डजनसंकीर्णा भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥ ३.१९३.८८ ॥
Liars, and likewise shudras and brahmins, will be dear to common people; in the decay of the age, mixed with heretics.
3.193.89
ततस्तुमुलसंघाते वर्तमाने युगक्षये ।
द्विजातिपूर्वको लोकः क्रमेण प्रभविष्यति ॥ ३.१९३.८९ ॥
Then, while a tumultuous struggle is raging in the decay of the age, the world, led by the twice-born, will gradually arise again.
3.193.90
ततः कालान्तरेऽन्यस्मिन्पुनर्लोकविवृद्धये ।
भविष्यति पुनर्दैवमनुकूलं यदृच्छया ॥ ३.१९३.९० ॥
Then at another time, for the renewal of the world, fate will become favorable again of its own accord.
3.193.91
यदा सूर्यश्च चन्द्रश्च तथा तिष्यबृहस्पती ।
एकराशौ समेष्यन्ति प्रपत्स्यति तदा कृतम् ॥ ३.१९३.९१ ॥
When the sun and the moon, likewise Tiṣya and Bṛhaspati, come together in one sign, then the Kṛta age will arise.
3.193.92
कालवर्षी च पर्जन्यो नक्षत्राणि शुभानि च ।
प्रदक्षिणा ग्रहाश्चापि भविष्यन्त्यनुलोमगाः।
क्षेमं सुभिक्षमारोग्यं भविष्यति निरामयम् ॥ ३.१९३.९२ ॥
Rain-clouds will fall in due season, the lunar mansions will be auspicious, and the planets too will move rightward in favorable courses; there will be security, abundance of food, health, and freedom from disease.
3.193.93
कल्की विष्णुयशा नाम द्विजः कालप्रचोदितः ।
उत्पत्स्यते महावीर्यो महाबुद्धिपराक्रमः ॥ ३.१९३.९३ ॥
A brahmin named Kalki, Viṣṇuyaśas by name, impelled by time, will be born; he will be of great valor, of great intellect and prowess.
3.193.94
संभूतः संभलग्रामे ब्राह्मणावसथे शुभे ।
महात्मा वृत्तसंपन्नः प्रजानां हितकृन्नृप ॥ ३.१९३.९४ ॥
Born in the village of Sambhala, in an auspicious brahmin's dwelling, he will be a great-souled one, endowed with good conduct, O king, a doer of welfare for the people.
3.193.95
मनसा तस्य सर्वाणि वाहनान्यायुधानि च ।
उपस्तास्यन्ति योधाश्च शस्त्राणि कवचानि च ॥ ३.१९३.९५ ॥
By his mind alone, all his vehicles and weapons, his warriors, arms and armor will attend upon him.
3.193.96
स धर्मविजयी राजा चक्रवर्ती भविष्यति ।
सचेमं संकुलं लोकं प्रसादमुपनेष्यति ॥ ३.१९३.९६ ॥
He will be a king victorious through dharma, a universal monarch; and he will bring this disordered world to favor and tranquility.
3.193.97
उत्थितो ब्राह्मणो दीप्तः क्षयान्तकृदुदारधीः ।
संक्षेपको हि सर्वस्य युगस्य परिवर्तकः ॥ ३.१९३.९७ ॥
A radiant brahmin will arise, bringer of the end of destruction, of noble intellect; he will condense and transform the whole age.
3.193.98
स सर्वत्र गतान्क्षुद्रान्ब्राह्मणैः परिवारितः ।
उत्सादयिष्यति तदा सर्वम्लेच्छगणान्द्विजः ॥ ३.१९३.९८ ॥
Surrounded by brahmins, that twice-born one will then uproot all the base hosts of barbarians who have spread everywhere.