भूयो ऽभवं वैश्यकुले व्यथार्तो जातिस्मरस् तीर्थवरप्रसादात् ततो ऽतिनिर्विण्णमना गतो ऽहं कोकामुखं संयतवाक्यचित्तः
Again, I was born in a merchant's family, afflicted and remembering my past lives, by the grace of the supreme sacred place; then, with a mind utterly weary, I went to the mouth of the Kokā river, controlling my speech and thoughts.
व्रतं समास्थाय कलेवरं स्वं संशोषयित्वा दिवम् आरुरोह तस्माच् च्युतस् त्वद्भवने च जातो जातिस्मरस् तात हरिप्रसादात्
Having undertaken a vow and dried up my own body, I ascended to heaven; falling from there, I was born in your house, O dear one, remembering my past lives, by Hari's grace.
सो ऽहं समाराध्य मुरारिदेवं कोकामुखे त्यक्तशुभाशुभेच्छः इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा पितरं प्रणम्य गत्वा च कोकामुखम् अग्रतीर्थम्
Having worshipped the god who is the enemy of Mura, at Kokāmukha, abandoning desire for good and evil, he spoke thus, bowed to his father, and went to Kokāmukha, the foremost sacred place.
इत्थं स कामदमनः सहपुत्रपौत्रः कोकामुखे तीर्थवरे सुपुण्ये त्यक्त्वा तनुं दोषमयीं ततस् तु गतो दिवं सूर्यसमैर् विमानैः
Thus, restraining his desires, together with his sons and grandsons, at Kokāmukha, the excellent and supremely holy pilgrimage site, he abandoned his body, full of faults, and then departed to heaven in celestial chariots equal to the sun.
एवं मयोक्ता परमेश्वरस्य माया सुराणाम् अपि दुर्विचिन्त्या स्वप्नेन्द्रजालप्रतिमा मुरारेर् यया जगन् मोहम् उपैति विप्राः
Thus I have spoken of the supreme lord's māyā, which even the gods find difficult to comprehend, resembling a dream or illusion, by which the world falls into delusion, O brāhmins.
अस्माभिस् तु श्रुतं व्यास यत् त्वया समुदाहृतम् प्रादुर्भावाश्रितं पुण्यं माया विष्णोश् च दुर्विदा
We have heard, Vyāsa, what you have recounted, concerning the auspicious manifestations and the difficult-to-understand māyā of Viṣṇu.
श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे त्वत्तो यथावद् उपसंहृतिम् महाप्रलयसंज्ञां च कल्पान्ते च महामुने
We wish to hear from you, in proper detail, about the dissolution and the so-called great destruction at the end of the kalpa, O great sage.
श्रूयतां भो मुनिश्रेष्ठा यथावद् अनुसंहृतिः कल्पान्ते प्राकृते चैव प्रलये जायते यथा
Listen, O best of sages, to the proper account of dissolution at the end of the kalpa and in the natural destruction, as it occurs.
अहोरात्रं पितॄणां तु मासो ऽब्दं त्रिदिवौकसाम् चतुर्युगसहस्रे तु ब्रह्मणो ऽहर् द्विजोत्तमाः
A day and night of the ancestors is a month; a year for the dwellers in heaven; and a day of Brahmā, O best of twice-born, is a thousand sets of four ages.
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश् चेति चतुर्युगम् दैवैर् वर्षसहस्रैस् तु तद् द्वादशाभिर् उच्यते
Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali are the four ages; each is said to be twelve thousand divine years.
चतुर्युगाण्य् अशेषाणि सदृशानि स्वरूपतः आद्यं कृतयुगं प्रोक्तं मुनयो ऽन्त्यं तथा कलिम्
All the sets of four ages are alike in their essential nature; the first is called the Kṛta age by sages, and the last is Kali.
आद्ये कृतयुगे सर्गो ब्रह्मणा क्रियते यतः क्रियते चोपसंहारस् तथान्ते ऽपि कलौ युगे
In the first, the Kṛta age, creation is made by Brahmā; and likewise, at the end, in the Kali age, dissolution is made.
कलेः स्वरूपं भगवन् विस्तराद् वक्तुम् अर्हसि धर्मश् चतुष्पाद् भगवान् यस्मिन् वैकल्यम् ऋच्छति
O Lord, you should describe in detail the nature of Kali, in which dharma, the four-footed, suffers impairment.
कलिस्वरूपं भो विप्रा यत् पृच्छध्वं ममानघाः निबोधध्वं समासेन वर्तते यन् महत्तरम्
O brāhmins, you ask me about the nature of Kali; listen in brief to what is most significant in its course.
वर्णाश्रमाचारवती प्रवृत्तिर् न कलौ नृणाम् न साम-ऋग्यजुर्वेदविनिष्पादनहैतुकी
In Kali, people do not act according to the conduct of varṇa and āśrama; nor is there proper production of Sāma, Ṛg, and Yajur Vedas.
विवाहा न कलौ धर्मा न शिष्या गुरुसंस्थिताः न पुत्रा धार्मिकाश् चैव न च वह्निक्रियाक्रमः
In Kali, marriages are not according to dharma, disciples do not remain with their teachers, sons are not righteous, nor is the proper ritual of fire maintained.
यत्र तत्र कुले जातो बली सर्वेश्वरः कलौ सर्वेभ्य एव वर्णेभ्यो नरः कन्योपजीवनः
In Kali, whoever is born in any family and is strong becomes lord of all; and from all varṇas, men live by means of daughters.
येन तेनैव योगेन द्विजातिर् दीक्षितः कलौ यैव सैव च विप्रेन्द्राः प्रायश्चित्तक्रिया कलौ
In Kali, a twice-born who is initiated by whatever means, that alone is valid; and O best of brāhmins, the rites of atonement are performed in Kali as they are.
सर्वम् एव कलौ शास्त्रं यस्य यद् वचनं द्विजाः देवताश् च कलौ सर्वाः सर्वः सर्वस्य चाश्रमः
In Kali, all scripture is whatever anyone says, O brāhmins; all deities are present in Kali, and every āśrama belongs to everyone.
उपवासस् तथायासो वित्तोत्सर्गस् तथा कलौ धर्मो यथाभिरुचितैर् अनुष्ठानैर् अनुष्ठितः
In Kali, fasting, exertion, and giving up wealth are practiced; dharma is followed according to whatever practices are pleasing.
वित्तेन भविता पुंसां स्वल्पेनैव मदः कलौ स्त्रीणां रूपमदश् चैव केशैर् एव भविष्यति
In the Kali age, men will become proud with even a little wealth, and women will take pride in their beauty merely because of their hair.
सुवर्णमणिरत्नादौ वस्त्रे चोपक्षयं गते कलौ स्त्रियो भविष्यन्ति तदा केशैर् अलंकृताः
When gold, jewels, and precious stones, as well as fine garments, become scarce in the Kali age, women will adorn themselves only with their hair.
परित्यक्ष्यन्ति भर्तारं वित्तहीनं तथा स्त्रियः भर्ता भविष्यति कलौ वित्तवान् एव योषिताम्
Women will abandon husbands who are without wealth, and in the Kali age, only a wealthy man will be considered a husband by women.
यो यो ददाति बहुलं स स स्वामी तदा नृणाम् स्वामित्वहेतुसंबन्धो भविताभिजनस् तदा
Whoever gives generously will be regarded as the master among men, and in that time, the connection of mastery will be based on wealth.
गृहान्ता द्रव्यसंघाता द्रव्यान्ता च तथा मतिः अर्थाश् चाथोपभोगान्ता भविष्यन्ति तदा कलौ
In the Kali age, households will end with the accumulation of goods, thoughts will end with possessions, and even pleasures will end with wealth.
स्त्रियः कलौ भविष्यन्ति स्वैरिण्यो ललितस्पृहाः अन्यायावाप्तवित्तेषु पुरुषेषु स्पृहालवः
In the Kali age, women will be independent and desirous of pleasure, and they will long for men who have acquired wealth unjustly.
अभ्यर्थितो ऽपि सुहृदा स्वार्थहानिं तु मानवः पणस्यार्धार्धमात्रे ऽपि करिष्यति तदा द्विजाः
Even when requested by a friend, a man will act for his own benefit, and for even half or a quarter of a coin, O twice-born, he will do so.
सदा सपौरुषं चेतो भावि विप्र तदा कलौ क्षीरप्रदानसंबन्धि भाति गोषु च गौरवम्
O sage, in the Kali age, people will always have minds set on self-interest, and respect for cows will be only for their milk-giving.
अनावृष्टिभयात् प्रायः प्रजाः क्षुद्भयकातराः भविष्यन्ति तदा सर्वा गगनासक्तदृष्टयः
Out of fear of drought, all people will be anxious about hunger, and at that time, their eyes will always be fixed on the sky.
मूलपर्णफलाहारास् तापसा इव मानवाः आत्मानं घातयिष्यन्ति तदावृष्ट्याभिदुःखिताः
Like ascetics, people will subsist on roots, leaves, and fruits, and, afflicted by the pain of famine, they will end their own lives.