परस्परवधोयुक्ता मूर्खाः पण्डितमानिनः। भविष्यन्ति युगस्यान्ते क्षत्रिया लोककण्टकाः
At the end of the age, Kshatriyas, ignorant but thinking themselves wise, will be intent on mutual slaughter and become thorns to the world.
अरक्षितारो लुब्धाश् मानाहंकारदर्पिताः। केवलं दण्डरुचयो भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये
Unprotective, greedy, filled with pride and arrogance, they will delight only in punishment at the end of the age.
आक्रम्याक्रम्य साधूनां दारांश्चापि धनानि च। भोक्ष्यन्ते निरनुक्रोसा रुदतामपि भारत
Seizing again and again the wives and wealth of the virtuous, they will consume them without compassion, even as they weep, O Bharata.
न कन्यां याचे कश्चिन्नापि कन्या प्रदीयते। स्वयंग्रहा भविष्यन्ति युगान्ते समुपस्थिते
No one will ask for a maiden, nor will a maiden be given; at the end of the age, marriages will occur by self-choice.
राजानश्चाप्यसंतुष्टाः परार्तान्मूढचेतसः। सर्वोपायैर्हरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते
Kings, dissatisfied and with deluded minds, will seize the wealth of others by every means when the end of the age arrives.
म्लेच्छीभूतं जगत्सर्वं भविष्यति न संशयः। हस्तो हस्तं परिमुषेद्युगान्ते समुपस्थिते
The whole world will become like foreigners, without doubt; at the end of the age, one hand will steal from another.
सत्यं संक्षिप्यते लोके नरैः पण्डितमानिभिः। स्थविरा बालमतयो बालाः स्थविरबुद्धयः
Truth will diminish in the world among those who think themselves wise; the old will have the minds of children, and children will have the understanding of the old.
भीरुस्था शूरमानी शूरा भीरुविषादिनः। न विश्वसन्ति चान्योन्यं युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते
The timid will pretend to be brave, and the brave will be despondent like the timid; at the end of the age, people will not trust one another.
नैकभार्यं जगत्सर्वं लोभमोहव्यवस्थितम्। अधर्मो वर्धते तत्र न तु धर्मः प्रवर्तते
The whole world will be ruled by greed and delusion, with many wives; unrighteousness will increase there, and righteousness will not prevail.
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्या नशिष्यन्ति जनाधिप। एकवर्णस्तदा लोको भविष्यति युगक्षये
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas will perish, O ruler of men; at the end of the age, the world will become of a single class.
न क्षंस्यति पिता पुत्रं पुत्रश्च पितरं तथा। भार्याश्च पतिशुश्रूषां न करिष्यन्ति संक्षये
A father will not forgive his son, nor will a son forgive his father; wives will no longer serve their husbands at the end of the age.
ये यवान्ना जनपदा गोधूमान्नास्तथैव च। तान्देशान्संश्रयिष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते
Those lands where barley and wheat are the staple foods—people will seek refuge there when the age draws to a close.
स्वैराहाराश्च पुरुषा योषितश्च विशांपते। अन्योन्यं न सहिष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते
Men and women will eat as they please, O lord of the people; when the age ends, they will no longer tolerate each other.
म्लेच्छभूतं जगत्सर्वं भविष्यति युधिष्ठिर। श्राद्धे न देवान्न पितॄँस्तर्पयिष्यन्ति मानवाः
The whole world will become like foreigners, O Yudhishthira; at ancestral rites, people will no longer satisfy the gods or the ancestors.
न कश्चित्कस्यचिच्छ्रोता न कश्चित्कस्यचिद्गुरुः। तमोग्रस्तस्तदा लोको भविष्यति जनाधिप
No one will listen to anyone, nor will anyone be a teacher to another; the world will be engulfed in darkness, O lord of men.
परमायुश्च भविता तदा वर्षाणि षोडश। ततः प्राणान्विमोक्ष्यन्ति युगान्ते समुपस्थिते
Then, the maximum lifespan will be sixteen years; after that, at the end of the age, people will give up their lives.
पञ्चमे वाऽथ षष्ठे वा वर्षे कन्या प्रसूयते। सप्तवर्षाष्टवर्षाश्च प्रजास्यन्ति नरास्तदा
In the fifth or sixth year, a girl will give birth; at seven or eight years, men will beget children in those times.
पत्यौ स्त्री तु तदा राजन्पुरुषो वा स्त्रियं प्रति। युगान्ते राजशार्दूल न तोषमुपयास्यति
At the end of the age, O tiger among kings, neither wife toward husband nor man toward woman will find satisfaction.
अल्पद्रव्या वृथालिङ्गा हिंसा च प्रभविष्यति। न कश्चित्कस्यचिद्दाता भविष्यति युगक्षये
People will have little wealth, false appearances, and violence will prevail; at the end of the age, no one will give to anyone.
अट्टशूला जनपदाः शिवशूलाश्चतुष्पथाः। केशशूलाः स्त्रियश्चापि भविष्यनति युगक्षये
Towns will be filled with thieves, crossroads with murderers, and women will become like snatchers at the end of the age.
म्लेच्छाचाराः सर्वमभक्षा दारुणा सर्वकर्मसु। भाविन पश्चिमे काले मनुष्या नात्र संशयः
People will follow foreign customs, eat forbidden things, and be harsh in all their actions in the final age—of this there is no doubt.
क्रयविक्रयकाले च सर्वः सर्वस्य वञ्चनम्। युगान्ते भरतश्रेष्ठ वित्तलोभात्करिष्यति
At the time of buying and selling, everyone will cheat everyone, O best of the Bharatas, driven by greed for wealth at the end of the age.
ज्ञानानि चाप्यविज्ञाय करिष्यन्ति क्रियास्तथा। आत्मच्छन्देन वर्तन्ते युगान्ते समुपस्थिते
Without true understanding, people will perform rituals and acts; when the age ends, they will act only according to their own desires.
स्वभावात्क्रूरकर्माणश्चान्योन्यमभिशंसिनः। भवितारो जनाः सर्वे संप्राप्ते तु युगक्षये
By nature, all people will be cruel in their deeds and speak ill of each other when the age comes to its end.
आरामांश्चैव वृक्षांश्च नाशयिष्यन्ति निर्व्यथाः। भविता संशयो लोके जीवितस्य हि देहिनाम्
Without hesitation, they will destroy gardens and trees; there will be doubt in the world about the value of life itself.
तथा लोभाभिभूताश्च भविष्यन्ति नरा नृप। ब्राह्मणांश्च हनिष्यन्ति ब्राह्मणस्वोपभोगिनः
So too, O king, men will be overcome by greed; they will kill Brahmins and seize the possessions meant for Brahmins.
हाहाकृता द्विजाश्चैव भयार्ता वृषलार्दिताः। त्रातारमलाभन्तो वै भ्रमिष्यनति महीमिमाम्
The twice-born, crying out in distress and tormented by outcastes, will wander the earth in search of a protector, but find none.
जीवितान्तकराः क्रूरा रौद्राः प्राणिविहिंसकाः। यदा भविष्यन्ति नरास्तदा संक्षेप्स्यते युगम्
When people become deadly, cruel, fierce, and killers of living beings, then the age will come to its close.
आश्रयिष्यन्ति च नदी पर्वतान्विषमाणि च। प्रधावमाना वित्रस्ता द्विजाः कुरुकुलोद्वह
Terrified and fleeing, O best of the Kurus, the twice-born will take refuge in rivers, mountains, and rugged places.
दस्युभिः पीडिता राजन्काका इव द्विजोत्तमाः। कुराजभिश्च सततं करभारप्रपीडिताः
Oppressed by bandits, O king, the foremost of the twice-born will be like crows, and constantly burdened by the Kurus' taxes.