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.
लाक्षालोहरसानां च व्यापारं लवणस्य च
They will engage in the trade of lac, iron, juices, and especially salt.
शूद्रान्नभोजिनः सर्वे सर्वे च वृषलीरताः
All will eat food of the Shudras, and all will be attached to women of low character.
यज्ञसूत्रविहीनाश्च सन्ध्याशौचविहीनकाः
They will be without sacred threads for sacrifice, and without the practices of twilight worship and purity.
पुंश्चली वार्धुषाऽवीरा कुट्टिनी च रजस्वला
Promiscuous women, barbers, outcasts, procuresses, and menstruating women—
अन्नानां निर्णयो नास्ति योनीनां च विशेषतः
There will be no distinction regarding food, especially concerning origins.
एवं कलौ संप्रवृत्ते सर्वे म्लेच्छमया भवे
Thus, when Kali has fully arisen, all will become like mlecchas.
विप्रस्य विष्णुयशसः पुत्रः कल्की भविष्यति
The son of a Brahmin, renowned for Vishnu, will be born as Kalki.
दीर्घेण करवालेन दीर्घघोटकवाहनः
He will wield a long sword and ride a long-legged horse.
निर्म्लेच्छां वसुधां कृत्वा चान्तर्द्धानं करिष्यति 2.7.
He will make the earth free of mlecchas and cause it to disappear.
स्थूलप्रमाणं षड्रात्रं वर्षाधाराप्लुता मही
For six nights, the earth, vast in measure, will be flooded with torrents of rain.