अपहत्य तथान्योन्यं साधयन्ति तदा प्रजाः
Then, people achieve their aims by killing one another.
अधर्माभिनिवेशित्वात्तमोवृत्तं कलौ स्मृतम्
Because of devotion to unrighteousness, the Kali age is said to be enveloped in darkness.
तस्मादायुर्बलं रूपं कलिं प्राप्य प्रहीयते
Therefore, lifespan, strength, and beauty decline upon the advent of Kali.
धन्या धर्मं चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते द्विजसत्तमाः
At the end of the age, O best of twice-born, the blessed will practice righteousness.
त्रेतायामाब्दिको धर्मो द्वापरे मासिकः स्मृतः
In Treta, righteousness is said to last a year; in Dvapara, a month.
एषा कलियुगावस्था संध्यांशं तु निबोधत
This is the condition of the Kali age; now hear of its twilight portion.
युगस्वभावात्संध्यासु तिष्ठन्तीह तु यादृशः
Due to the nature of the ages, the twilight periods here are as they are.
एवं संध्यांशके काले संप्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके
Thus, when the twilight portion at the end of the age arrives,
गोत्रेण वै चन्द्र मसो नाम्ना प्रमतिरुच्यते
In the lunar lineage, one named Pramati is said to be born.
समाः सविंशतिः पूर्णाः पर्यटन्वै वसुंधराम्
He will roam the earth for a full twenty years.
प्रगृहीतायुधैर्विप्रैः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
By Brahmins, armed and in hundreds and thousands,
सह वा सर्वशश्चैव राज्ञस्ताञ्छूद्रयोनिजान्
Along with all the others, the king will kill those born of Shudra lineage.
नात्यर्थ धार्मिका ये च तान्सर्वान्हन्ति सर्वशः
He utterly destroys all those who are excessively righteous.
उदीच्यान्मध्यदेश्यांश्च पवतीयांस्तथैव च
Likewise, he destroys those from the northern regions, the central lands, and those from the east.
तथैव दाक्षिणात्यांश्च द्रविडान्सिंहलैः सह
In the same way, he destroys those from the southern regions, the Dravidians together with the Sinhalese.
तुषारान्बर्बरांश्चीनाञ्छूलिकान्दरदान् खशान्
He destroys the Tuṣāras, the Barbaras, the Chinese, the Śūlikas, the Daradas, and the Khaśas.
प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवान्म्लेच्छानामन्तकृत्प्रभुः
With his wheel set in motion, powerful, he is the destroyer of the mlecchas, the lord who brings their end.
माधवस्य तु सोंऽशेन देवस्येह विजज्ञिवान्
He was born here as a portion of the god Mādhava.
गोत्रतो वै चन्द्रमसः पूर्वे कलियुगे प्रभुः
By lineage, he is of the lunar race, the lord in the former Kali Yuga.
विनिघ्नन्सर्वभूतानि मानवानेव सर्वशः
He slays all beings, especially all men.
परस्पर निमित्तेन कोपेनाकस्मिकेन तु
Through mutual causes and sudden anger, indeed.
गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये निष्ठां प्राप्तः सहानुगः
He, along with his followers, attained supremacy between the Ganges and Yamuna.
उत्साद्य पार्थिवान्सर्वान्मलेच्छांश्चैव सहस्रशः
Having destroyed all the kings and thousands of mlecchas,
स्थितास्वल्पावशिष्टासु प्रजास्विह क्वचित्क्वचित्
Only a few people remained here and there in the lands.
उपहिसंति चान्योन्यं पोथयन्तः परस्परम्
They insult one another, striking each other mutually.
प्रजास्ता वै ततः सर्वाः परस्परभयार्द्दिताः
Then all the people, afflicted by mutual fear,
स्वान्प्रणाननपेक्षन्तो निष्कारणसुदुःखिताः
Disregarding their own lives, they are deeply distressed without cause.
निर्मर्यादा निराक्रन्दा निःस्नेहा निरपत्रपाः
Without restraint, without lamentation, without affection, and without shame,
हित्वा पुत्रांश्च दारांश्च विषादव्याकुलेद्रियाः
Abandoning their sons and wives, their senses bewildered by grief,
प्रत्यन्तांस्ता निषेवन्ते हित्वा जनपदान्स्वकान्
They resort to the borderlands, having abandoned their own countries.