कर्त्तारो बलिनो गेहे योनिसम्बन्धिबान्धवाः
Those who act powerfully in the home are relatives connected by birth.
यथा परिचिता लोकास्तथा पुंसश्च बान्धवाः
Just as people are acquainted, so too are a man's relatives.
ब्रह्मक्षत्त्रियविट्शूद्रा जात्या चारविनिर्णयः
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras are determined by birth and conduct.
म्लेच्छाचारा भविष्यन्ति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां वंशाः शूद्राणां सेवकाः कलौ
The four varnas will adopt the ways of mlecchas, and the lineages of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas will serve the Shudras in the Kali age.
सूपकारा भविष्यन्ति धावका वृषवाहकाः
They will become cooks, runners, and bullock-cart drivers.
फलहीनाश्च तरवोऽपत्यहीनाश्च योषितः
The trees will be without fruit, and women will be without children.
दम्पती प्रीतिहीनौ च गृहिणः सुखवर्जिताः
Husbands and wives will lack affection, and householders will be deprived of happiness.
जलहीना नदा नद्यो दीर्घिकाः कन्दरादयः
Rivers, streams, ponds, and caves will be without water.
लक्षेषु पुण्यवान्कोऽपि न तिष्ठति ततः परम् 2.7.
Among hundreds of thousands, not even one virtuous person will remain thereafter.
कुवार्त्ताः कुत्सितपथा भविष्यन्ति ततः परम्
After that, there will be wicked occupations and disgraceful ways.
केचित्स्वल्पकुटीरेण नरेण च समन्विताः
Some people will live together in small huts.
अरण्यवासिनः सर्वे जनाश्च करपीडिताः
All people dwelling in forests will be oppressed by taxes.
क्षेत्राणि सस्यहीनानि प्रकृष्टान्यर्थतः परम्
Fields will be without crops, and the best lands will be lost for their purpose.
प्रकृष्टवंशजा हीना भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
Those born in noble lineages will become degraded in the Kali age.
पापिनः पुण्यवन्तश्चाप्यशिष्टः शिष्ट एव च
The sinful and the virtuous, the undisciplined and the disciplined, will be alike.
तपस्विनः पातकिनो विष्णुभक्ता अवैष्णवाः
Ascetics will be sinners, and devotees of Vishnu will be non-devotees.
भिक्षुवेषधरा धूर्त्ता निन्दन्त्युपहसन्ति च
Rogues wearing the garb of mendicants will insult and mock others.
पूजितास्ते भविष्यन्ति वञ्चका ज्ञानदुर्बलाः
Those deceivers, weak in knowledge, will be honored.
अल्पायुषो जरायुक्ता यौवनेषु कलौ युगे 2.7.
In the Kali age, people will have short lives and old age will come in youth.
अष्टवर्षा च युवती रजोयुक्ता च गर्भिणी
A girl of eight years will be a young woman, menstruating and pregnant.
एताः काश्चित्सहस्रेषु वन्ध्याश्चापि कलौ युगे
Some among thousands will be barren, especially in the age of Kali.
मातृजायावधूनां च जारोपार्जनतत्पराः
Mothers, wives, and daughters-in-law will be intent on earning through adultery.
हरेर्नाम्नां विक्रयिणो भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
In the age of Kali, there will be those who sell the holy names of Hari.
तत्पश्चान्मनसाऽऽलोच्य स्वयमुल्लङ्घयिष्यति
Afterwards, considering it in their minds, they will transgress on their own.
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा सर्वमुल्लङ्घयिष्यति
They will violate everything, whether given by themselves or by others.
केचिद्वधूगामिनश्च केचित्सर्वत्रगामिनः
Some will go to the wives of others, and some will go everywhere.
भ्रातृजायागामिनश्च भविष्यति कलौ युगे
In the age of Kali, some will go to their brothers' wives.
आत्मयोनिं परित्यज्य विहरिष्यन्ति सर्वतः
Abandoning their own birth, they will wander everywhere.
प्रजानां चैव वस्तूनां ग्रामाणां च विशेषतः 2.7.
Especially regarding people, possessions, and villages,
परस्परं हिंसकाश्च सर्वे च नरघातिनः
All will be mutually violent and killers of men.