मामेव परमं ब्रह्म भगवन्तं सनातनम् । ध्यायंध्यायं पुत्रबुद्धिं त्यक्त्वा लभ परंपदम्
Meditate on me alone as the supreme Brahman, the eternal Lord; abandoning the notion of me as your son, attain the highest state.
गोलोकं गच्छ शीघ्रं त्वं सार्धं गोकुलवासिभिः। आरात्कलेरागमनं कर्ममूलनिकृन्तनम्
Go swiftly to Goloka together with the residents of Gokula; the coming of Kali is near, which will sever the root of karma.
स्त्रीपुंसोर्नियमो नास्ति जातीनां च तथैव च । विप्रेसन्ध्यादिकंनास्ति चिह्नं यज्ञोपवीतकम्
There is no distinction of male and female, nor of castes; for brāhmaṇas, there is no observance of twilight rites or the mark of the sacred thread.
यज्ञसूत्रं च तिलकं शेषं लुप्तं सुनिश्चितम् । दिवाव्यवायनिरतं विरतं धर्मकर्मणि
The sacred thread and the tilaka are certainly lost; people are absorbed in daily business and have turned away from righteous acts.
यज्ञानां च व्रतानां च तपसां लुप्तमेव च। केदारकन्याशापेनधर्मो नास्त्येव केवलम्
Sacrifices, vows, and austerities have indeed disappeared; by the curse of the daughter of the field, dharma exists no longer.
स्वच्छन्दगामिनीस्त्रीर्णा पतिश्च सततं वशे । ताडयेत्सततंतं च भर्त्सयेच्छ दिवानिशम्
Women act according to their own will, and their husbands are always under their control; they constantly strike and scold them, day and night.
प्राधान्यं स्त्रीकुटुम्बानां स्त्रीणां च सततं व्रज। स्वामीचभक्तस्तासां च पराभूतो निरन्तरम्
In Vraja, women and their families will always have dominance; their husbands, though devoted, will be continually subjugated.
कलौ च योषितः सर्वा जारसेवासु तत्पराः। शतपुत्रसमः स्नेहस्तासां जारे भविष्यति
In the Kali age, all women will be intent on serving lovers; their affection for a paramour will equal the love for a hundred sons.
ददाति तस्मै भक्ष्यं च यथा भृत्याय कोपतः। सस्मिता सकटाक्षा साऽमृतदृष्ट्या निरन्तरम्
She gives him food, as one would to a servant, in anger; always with a smile, sidelong glances, and nectar-like looks.
जारं पश्यति कामेन विषदृष्ट्या पतिं सदा। सततं गौरवं तासां स्नेहं च जारबान्धवे
She looks upon her lover with desire, with a poisonous gaze, always regarding her husband with indifference; her respect and affection are ever for the lover's kin.
पत्यौ करप्रहारं च नित्यं नित्यं करोति च। मिष्टान्नं श्रद्धया भक्त्या जाराय प्रददाति च
She strikes her husband with her hand daily, yet with faith and devotion she gives sweet food to her lover.
वेषयुक्ता च सततं जारसेवनतत्परा। प्राणा बन्धुर्गतिश्चाऽऽत्मा कलौ जारश्चयौषिताम्
Always adorned and intent on serving her lover, in Kali Yuga, the lover becomes the very life, friend, refuge, and self of women.
लुप्ता चातिथिसेवा च प्रलुप्तं विष्णुसेवनम्। पितृणामर्चनं चैव देवानां च तथैव च
Hospitality to guests disappears, service to Vishnu is lost, as is the worship of ancestors and likewise of the gods.
विष्णुवैष्णवयोर्द्वेषी सततं च नरो भवेत्। वाममन्त्रोपासकाश्च चतुर्वर्णाश्च तत्पराः
Men will always be hostile to Vishnu and his devotees; the four classes will be devoted to left-handed mantras.
शालग्रामं च तुलसीं कुशं गङ्गोदकं तथा। नस्पृशेन्मानवो धूर्तो म्लेच्छाचाररतः सदा
A deceitful man, always engaged in foreign customs, will not touch the Shalagrama, tulasi, kusa grass, or Ganges water.
कारणं कारणानां च सर्वेषां सर्वबीजकम्। सुखदं मोक्षदं शश्वद्दातारं सर्वसंपदाम्
The cause of all causes, the seed of everything, the giver of happiness and liberation, the eternal bestower of all prosperity—
त्यक्त्वा मां परया भक्त्या क्षुद्रसंपत्प्रदायिनम्। वेदनिघ्नं वाममन्त्रं जपेद्विप्रश्च मायया
Abandoning me, with supreme devotion, for the sake of petty wealth, a Brahmin will recite left-handed mantras, destroying the Vedas, through illusion.
सनातनी विष्णुमाया वञ्चितं तं करिष्यति। ममाऽऽज्ञयाभगवती जगतां च दुरत्यया
The eternal Maya of Vishnu, by my command, will deceive him; she, the unfathomable goddess of the worlds.
कलेर्दशसहस्राणि मदर्चा भुवि तिष्ठति । तदर्धानि च वर्षाणि गङ्गा भुवनपावनी
For ten thousand years of Kali, my worship will remain on earth; for half that time, the Ganga, purifier of the worlds.
तुलसी विष्णुभक्ताश्च यावद्गङ्गा च कीर्तनम् । पुराणानि च स्वल्पानि तावदेव महीतले
Tulasi, Vishnu's devotees, and the chanting of the Ganga's glories, as well as the minor Puranas, will last only as long as the Ganga remains on earth.
मम चोत्कीर्तनं नास्ति एतदन्ते कलौ व्रज । एकवर्णा भविष्यन्तिकिराता बलिनःशठाः
At the end of this period in Kali, there will be no praise of me; Kiratas, strong and deceitful, will become of one class.
पित्रोः सेवा गुरोः सेवा सेवा च देवविप्रयोः । विवर्जिता नराः सर्वे चातिथीनां तथैव च
Service to parents, to teachers, to gods and Brahmins, and to guests—all these will be abandoned by all men.
सस्यहीना भवेत्पृथ्वी साऽनावृष्ट्या निरन्तरम् । फलहीनोऽपि वृक्षश्च जलहीना सरित्तथा
The earth will be without crops, always afflicted by drought; trees will bear no fruit, and rivers will lack water.
वेदहीनो ब्राह्मणश्च बलहीनश्च भूपतिः। जातिहीनाजनाःसर्वे म्लेच्छोभूपोभविष्यति
Brahmins will be without the Veda, kings without strength; all people will be without caste, and the rulers will be barbarians.
भृत्यवत्ताडयेत्तातं पुत्रः शिष्यस्तथा गुरुम् । कान्तं च ताडयेत्कान्ता लुब्धकुक्कुटवद्गृही
A son beats his father like a servant, a disciple likewise beats his teacher; a wife beats her husband, and the householder is struck like a greedy rooster.
नश्यन्ति सकला लोकाः कलौ शेषे च पापिनः। सूर्याणामातपात्केचिज्जलौघेनापि केचन
All the worlds perish in the Kali age and at the end, only the sinful remain; some are destroyed by the heat of the suns, others by floods of water.
हे गोपेन्द्र प्रतिकलौ न नश्यति वसुंधरा । पुनःसृष्टौ भवेत्सत्यं सत्यबीजं निरन्तरम्
O king of the cowherds, in every age but the Kali, the earth does not perish; in the new creation, truth alone prevails, and the seed of truth endures without interruption.
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्र रथमेव मनोहरम् । चतुर्योजनविस्तीर्णमूर्ध्वे च पञ्चयोजनम्
Meanwhile, O Brahmin, a wondrous chariot appeared, four yojanas wide and five yojanas high.
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं रत्नेन्द्रसारनिर्मितम्। अम्लानपारिजातानां मालाजालविराजितम्
It shone like pure crystal, made from the finest jewels, adorned with garlands of unfading pārijāta flowers.
मणीनां कौस्तुभानां च भूषणेन विभूषितम् । अमूल्यरत्नकलशं हीरहारविलम्बितम्
It was decorated with ornaments of gems and kaustubha stones, with priceless jewel vases and strings of diamond necklaces hanging down.