मृगैर् मत्स्यैर् विहंगैश् च श्वापदैः सर्पकीटकैः मधुशाकफलैर् मूलैर् वर्तयिष्यन्ति मानवाः
People will subsist on animals, fish, birds, wild beasts, snakes, insects, honey, vegetables, fruits, and roots.
शीर्णपर्णफलाहारा वल्कलान्य् अजिनानि च स्वयं कृत्वा निवत्स्यन्ति यथा मुनिजनस् तथा
Living on fallen leaves and fruits, having made bark garments and skins themselves, they will dwell as the sages do.
बीजानाम् अकृतस्नेहा आहताः काष्ठशङ्कुभिः अजैडकं खरोष्ट्रं च पालयिष्यन्ति नित्यशः
Without oiling seeds, struck with wooden stakes, they will always tend goats, sheep, donkeys, and camels.
नदीस्रोतांसि रोत्स्यन्ति तोयार्थं कूलम् आश्रिताः पक्वान्नव्यवहारेण विपणन्तः परस्परम्
They will dig river streams for water, settle on the banks, and trade among themselves with cooked food as their means of exchange.
तनूरुहैर् यथाजातैः समलान्तरसंभृतैः बह्वपत्याः प्रजाहीनाः कुलशीलविवर्जिताः
Just as body hair grows, so too will impurity accumulate within; many will have children, yet lack progeny, and be devoid of family virtue and good conduct.
एवं भविष्यन्ति तदा नराश् चाधर्मजीविनः हीना हीनं तथा धर्मं प्रजा समनुवत्स्यति
At that time, people will live unrighteously; the deficient will follow deficient dharma, and the populace will adopt it accordingly.
आयुस् तत्र च मर्त्यानां परं त्रिंशद् भविष्यति दुर्बला विषयग्लाना जराशोकैर् अभिप्लुताः
There, the maximum lifespan for mortals will be thirty years; weak, exhausted by sensual pursuits, overwhelmed by old age and sorrow.
भविष्यन्ति तदा तेषां रोगैर् इन्द्रियसंक्षयः आयुःप्रत्ययसंरोधाद् विषयाद् उपरंस्यते
Then, among them, diseases will cause the decline of the senses; due to obstruction of life expectancy, they will turn away from pleasures.
शुश्रूषवो भविष्यन्ति साधूनां दर्शने रताः सत्यं च प्रतिपत्स्यन्ति व्यवहारोपसंक्षयात्
They will become attentive, delighting in the sight of the virtuous; they will embrace truth, as social dealings diminish.
भविष्यन्ति च कामानाम् अलाभाद् धर्मशीलिनः करिष्यन्ति च संस्कारं स्वयं च क्षयपीडिताः
Due to lack of fulfillment of desires, they will become righteous; they will perform rites themselves, afflicted by decay.
एवं शुश्रूषवो दाने सत्ये प्राण्यभिरक्षणे ततः पादप्रवृत्ते तु धर्मे श्रेयो निपत्स्यते
Thus, attentive in giving, in truth, and in protecting living beings, when dharma takes root, excellence will be attained.
तेषां लब्धानुमानानां गुणेषु परिवर्तताम् स्वादु किं त्व् इति विज्ञाय धर्म एव च दृश्यते
For those who have gained discernment, revolving among virtues, recognizing what is truly pleasant, only dharma is perceived.
यथा हानिक्रमं प्राप्तास् तथा ऋद्धिक्रमं गताः प्रगृहीते ततो धर्मे प्रपश्यन्ति कृतं युगम्
Just as decline was reached, so too is prosperity attained; when dharma is firmly grasped, they behold the age of accomplishment.
साधुवृत्तिः कृतयुगे कषाये हानिर् उच्यते एक एव तु कालो ऽयं हीनवर्णो यथा शशी
Virtuous conduct prevails in the Krita age; in the impure age, decline is spoken of. Yet this is but one era, pale as the moon.
छन्नश् च तमसा सोमो यथा कलियुगं तथा मुक्तश् च तमसा सोम एवं कृतयुगं च तत्
Just as the moon is covered by darkness, so is the Kali age; and as the moon is freed from darkness, so is the Krita age.
अर्थवादः परं ब्रह्म वेदार्थ इति तं विदुः अविविक्तम् अविज्ञातं दायाद्यम् इह धार्यते
Praise is the supreme Brahman; they know it as the meaning of the Vedas. Unclear, unknown, inheritance is maintained here.
इष्टवादस् तपो नाम तपो हि स्थविरीकृतः गुणैः कर्माभिनिर्वृत्तिर् गुणाः शुध्यन्ति कर्मणा
Praise is called austerity; austerity is established through age. Through virtues, action is accomplished; virtues are purified by action.
आशीस् तु पुरुषं दृष्ट्वा देशकालानुवर्तिनी युगे युगे यथाकालम् ऋषिभिः समुदाहृता
Blessings, seeing a person, follow place and time; in each age, as appropriate, they are declared by the sages.
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां देवानां च प्रतिक्रिया आशिषश् च शिवाः पुण्यास् तथैवायुर् युगे युगे
For dharma, wealth, desire, liberation, and the gods, there are corresponding actions; auspicious and virtuous blessings, likewise lifespan, in every age.
तथा युगानां परिवर्तनानि चिरप्रवृत्तानि विधिस्वभावात् क्षणं न संतिष्ठति जीवलोकः क्षयोदयाभ्यां परिवर्तमानः
Thus, the changes of the ages, long established, occur by the nature of fate; the world of living beings does not remain even for a moment, constantly changing through decline and rise.
सर्वेषाम् एव भूतानां त्रिविधः प्रतिसंचरः नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिकस् तथैवात्यन्तिको मतः
For all beings, there are three kinds of dissolution: occasional, natural, and absolute, as taught.
ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिकस् तेषां कल्पान्ते प्रतिसंचरः आत्यन्तिको वै मोक्षश् च प्राकृतो द्विपरार्धिकः
Among them, the Brahma dissolution is occasional, occurring at the end of a kalpa; the absolute is liberation, and the natural is of two parardhas.
परार्धसंख्यां भगवंस् त्वम् आचक्ष्व यथोदिताम् द्विगुणीकृतयज्ज्ञेयः प्राकृतः प्रतिसंचरः
O Blessed One, declare the number of a parārdha as it is stated; the dissolution of the elements is to be understood as twice that measure.
स्थानात् स्थानं दशगुणम् एकैकं गण्यते द्विजाः ततो ऽष्टादशमे भागे परार्धम् अभिधीयते
From one station to the next, O twice-born, each is counted as ten times the previous; thus, in the eighteenth division, it is called a parārdha.
परार्धं द्विगुणं यत् तु प्राकृतः स लयो द्विजाः तदाव्यक्ते ऽखिलं व्यक्तं सहेतौ लयम् एति वै
That which is twice a parārdha is the great dissolution of the elements, O twice-born; then, when the unmanifest prevails, all that is manifest merges into it along with its cause.
निमेषो मानुषो यो ऽयं मात्रामात्रप्रमाणतः तैः पञ्चदशभिः काष्ठा त्रिंशत् काष्ठास् तथा कला
A human blink, measured precisely, is the unit; fifteen of these make a kāṣṭhā, and thirty kāṣṭhās make a kalā.
नाडिका तु प्रमाणेन कला च दश पञ्च च उन्मानेनाम्भसः सा तु पलान्य् अर्धत्रयोदश
A nāḍikā is measured as fifteen kalās; by the measure of water, it is said to be twelve and a half palas.
हेममाषैः कृतच्छिद्रा चतुर्भिश् चतुरङ्गुलैः मागधेन प्रमाणेन जलप्रस्थस् तु स स्मृतः
A vessel pierced with four gold beans, each four aṅgulas in size, by the Māgadha standard, is known as a water prastha.
नाडिकाभ्याम् अथ द्वाभ्यां मुहूर्तो द्विजसत्तमाः अहोरात्रं मुहूर्तास् तु त्रिंशन् मासो दिनैस् तथा
O best of twice-born, two nāḍikās make a muhūrta; thirty muhūrtas make a day and night, and a month consists of such days.
मासैर् द्वादशभिर् वर्षम् अहोरात्रं तु तद् दिवि त्रिभिर् वर्षशतैर् वर्षं षष्ट्या चैवासुरद्विषाम्
Twelve months make a year, and a day and night in heaven is equal to three hundred years of the enemies of the gods.