म्लेच्छाचारा भविष्यन्ति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । म्लेच्छशास्त्रं पठिष्यन्ति स्वशास्त्राणि विहाय च
All four varṇas will adopt the customs of mlecchas, and they will study the scriptures of the mlecchas, abandoning their own.
ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां वंशाः शूद्राणां सेवकाः कलौ । सूपकारा धावकाश्च वृषवाहाश्च सर्वशः
The lineages of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, and Vaiśyas will serve the Śūdras in Kali; all will become cooks, runners, and bullock-cart drivers.
सत्यहीना जनाः सर्वे सस्यहीना च मेदिनी । फलहीनाश्च तरवोऽपत्यहीनाश्च योषितः
All people will be devoid of truth, the earth will lack crops, trees will bear no fruit, and women will be without children.
क्षीरहीनास्तथा गावः क्षीरं सर्पिर्विवर्जितम् । दम्पती प्रीतिहीनौ च गृहिणः सत्यवर्जिताः
Cows will be without milk, and milk will lack ghee; married couples will be without affection, and householders will be bereft of truth.
प्रतापहीना भूपाश्च प्रजाश्च करपीडिताः । जलहीना महानद्यो दीर्घिकाकन्दरादयः
Kings will be without power, and their subjects oppressed by taxes; great rivers, ponds, and ravines will be without water.
धर्महीना पुण्यहीना वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । लक्षेषु पुण्यवान्कोऽपि न तिष्ठति ततः परम्
The four classes will be without righteousness and merit; among hundreds of thousands, not even one virtuous person will remain thereafter.
कुत्सिता विकृताकारा नरा नार्यश्च बालकाः । कुवार्ता कुत्सितः शब्दो भविष्यति ततः परम्
Men, women, and children will be ugly and deformed; their actions will be wicked, and their speech will become vile thereafter.
केचिद्ग्रामाश्च नगरा नरशून्या भयानकाः । केचित्स्वल्पकुटीरेण नरेण च समन्विताः
Some villages and cities will be deserted and terrifying; others will be inhabited by only a few people in small huts.
अरण्यानि भविष्यन्ति ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । अरण्यवासिनः सर्वे जनाश्च करपीडिताः
Forests will arise within villages and cities, and all their inhabitants will be oppressed by taxes.
सस्यानि च भविष्यन्ति तडागेषु नदीषु च । प्रकृष्टवंशजा हीना भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
Crops will grow in ponds and rivers, but those born of noble lineages will be diminished in the Kali age.
अलीकवादिनो धूर्ताः शठाश्चासत्यवादिनः । प्रकृष्टानि च क्षेत्राणि सस्यहीनानि नारद
Deceitful, cunning, and false speakers will abound; even the best fields, O Narada, will be without crops.
हीनाः प्रकृष्टा धनिनो देवभक्ताश्च नास्तिकाः । हिंसकाश्च दयाहीना पौराश्च नरघातिनः
The wealthy and the noble will be diminished; devotees of the gods will become atheists; violent, merciless citizens will be killers of men.
वामना व्याधियुक्ताश्च नरा नार्यश्च सर्वतः । स्वल्पायुषो गदायुक्ता यौवनै रहिताः कलौ
Men and women everywhere will be short and afflicted with disease; their lives will be brief, plagued by ailments, and youth will be absent in the Kali age.
पलिताः षोडशे वर्षे महावृद्धाश्च विंशतौ । अष्टवर्षा च युवती रजोयुक्ता च गर्भिणी
At sixteen, people will be gray-haired; at twenty, greatly aged; girls at eight will menstruate, and pregnant women will be so at that age.
वत्सरान्तप्रसूता स्त्री षोडशे च जरान्विता । पतिपुत्रवती काचित्सर्वा वन्ध्याः कलौ युगे
A woman will give birth at the end of the year, and at sixteen will be aged; some will have husbands and sons, but all will be barren in the Kali age.
कन्याविक्रयिणः सर्वे वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । मातृजायावधूनां च जारोपेतान्नभक्षकाः
All four classes will sell their daughters; they will eat food tainted by adultery with mothers, wives, and daughters-in-law.
कन्यानां भगिनीनां वा जारोपात्तानजीविनः । हरेर्नाम्नां विक्रयिणो भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
They will live on food gained through adultery with daughters or sisters; in the Kali age, they will sell even the names of Hari.
स्वयमुत्सृज्य दानं च कीर्तिवर्धनहेतवे । ततः पश्चात्स्वदानं च स्वयमुल्लङ्घयिष्यति
They will abandon giving for the sake of fame, and later will violate their own gifts themselves.
देववृत्तिं ब्रह्मवत्तिं वृत्तिं गुरुकुलस्य च । स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा सर्वमुल्लङ्घयिष्यति
They will transgress all offerings—those to gods, Brahmins, teachers, and even their own or others' gifts.
कन्यकागामिनः केचित्केचिच्च श्वश्रुगामिनः । केचिद्वधूगामिनश्च केचिद्वै सर्वगामिनः
Some will go to maidens, some to dogs, some to wives, and some will go to all indiscriminately.
भगिनीगामिनः केचित्सपत्नीमातृगामिनः । भ्रातृजायागामिनश्च भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
Some will approach their sisters, some will approach their co-wives' mothers, and some will approach their brothers' wives in the Kali age.
अगम्यागमनं चैव करिष्यन्ति गृहे गृहे । मातृयोनिं परित्यज्य विहरिष्यन्ति सर्वतः
Indeed, in every household, forbidden unions will occur; abandoning the mother's womb, they will roam everywhere.
पत्नीनां निर्णयो नास्ति भर्तॄणां च कलौ युगे । प्रजानां चैव ग्रामाणां वस्तुनां च विशेषतः
In the Kali age, there will be no certainty regarding wives, husbands, offspring, villages, or possessions in particular.
अलीकवादिनः सर्वे सर्वे चौराश्च लम्पटाः । परस्परं हिंसकाश्च सर्वे च नरघातिनः
All will speak falsely, all will be thieves and greedy; all will harm one another and all will be killers of men.
ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां वंशा भविष्यन्ति च पापिनः । लाक्षा लोहरसानां च व्यापारं लवणस्य च
The lineages of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas will become sinful; they will engage in the trade of lac, iron, and salt.
वृषवाहा विप्रवंशाः शूद्राणां शवदाहिनः । शूद्रान्नभोजिनः सर्वे सर्वे च वृषलीरताः
Brahmins will drive oxen, Shudras will carry corpses; all will eat food from Shudras and all will consort with outcast women.
पञ्चयज्ञविहीनाश्च कुहूरात्रौ च भोजिनः । यज्ञसूत्रविहीनाश्च संध्याशौचविहीनकाः
They will neglect the five sacrifices, eat during inauspicious nights, lack sacred threads, and disregard the rites of twilight and purity.
पुंश्चली वार्धुषाजीवा कुट्टनी च रजस्वला । विप्राणां रन्धनागारे भविष्यति च पाचिका
Promiscuous women, barbers' wives, procuresses, and menstruating women will cook in Brahmins' kitchens.
अन्नानां नियमो नास्ति योनीनां च विशेषतः । आश्रमाणां जनानां च सर्वे म्लेच्छाः कलौ युगे
There will be no regulation of food, especially regarding its source; all people of the ashramas will become mlecchas in the Kali age.
एवं कलौ सम्प्रवृत्ते सर्वं म्लेच्छमयं भवेत् । हस्तप्रमाणे वृक्षे च अङ्गुष्ठे चैव मानवे
Thus, when Kali prevails, everything will become mleccha; trees will be measured by the hand, and men by the thumb.