निंदंति वेदवाक्यानि वेदार्थांश्च कलौ युगे ४०.
They will revile the words of the Veda and the meanings of the Veda in the Kali age.
श्वापदप्रबलत्वं च गवां चापि परिक्षयः ४०.
Wild beasts will become powerful, and cows will dwindle in number.
साधूनां बहवो नाशाः पार्थिवाश्चाप्यरक्षिणः ४०.
Many good people will perish, and kings will no longer protect.
प्रमदाः केशशूलिन्यो भविष्यंति कलौ युगे ४०.
Women will wear their hair loose in the Kali age.
बहुभक्ष्यावलिप्ताश्च कृत्या इव भवंति च ४०.
They will be greedy for many foods and act like witches.
कुशीलचर्यापाषंडैर्वृथारूपैः समावृतः ४०.
The world will be filled with false ascetics, heretics, and impostors.
अशंकश्चैव पापेषु तदा लोको भविष्यति ४०.
At that time, people will have no fear of sinful acts.
ऊनषोडशवर्षाश्च प्रजायंते युगक्षये ४०.
At the end of the age, children will be born not even sixteen years old.
चौराश्चौरस्य हर्तारो हर्तुर्हर्त्ता तथापरः ४०.
Thieves will steal from thieves, and another will steal from the thief.
कीटमूषकसर्पाश्च धर्षयिष्यंति मानवान् ४०.
Insects, mice, and snakes will attack human beings.
ते तदा प्रोद्भविष्यंति तेषआं वृद्धिश्च पार्थिव ४०.
At that time, they will arise, and their increase will occur, O King.
अधर्माभिनिवेशत्वात्तमसो जायते कलौ ४०.
Because of the predominance of unrighteousness, darkness will be born in the Kali age.
तदाल्पेनैव काले न सिद्धिं गच्छंति मानवाः ४०.
Then, in a short time, people will not attain success.
श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणोक्तं कलौ श्रद्धापरायणाः ४०.
In the Kali age, those devoted to faith will follow what is declared in the Śruti, Smṛti, and Purāṇas.
यथा क्लेशं चरन्प्राज्ञस्तदह्ना प्राप्यते कलौ ४०.
As much as one strives, so much will a wise person attain in that day during the Kali age.
यावंतः सिद्धिमायांति कलौ हरिहरव्रताः ४०.
As many as attain success in the Kali age are those who observe the vows of Hari and Hara.
त्रिषु वर्षसहस्रेषु कलेर्यातेषु पार्थिवः ४०.
When three thousand years of Kali have passed, O King,
शूद्रकोनाम वीराणामधिपः सिद्धिमत्र सः ४०.
Then, a ruler named Śūdraka will attain success among men.
ततस्त्रिषु सहस्रेषु दशाधिकशतत्रये ४०.
Then, after three thousand and three hundred and ten years,
शुक्लतीर्थे सर्वपापनिर्मुक्तिं योऽभिलप्स्यति ४०.
Whoever desires complete liberation from all sins at the holy place Śuklatīrtha,
भविष्यं विक्रमादित्यराज्यं सोऽथ प्रलप्स्यते ४०.
He will then obtain the kingdom of Vikramāditya in the future.
ततः शतसहस्रेषु शतेनाप्यधिकेषु च ४०.
After one hundred thousand and one hundred years have passed,
ततस्त्रिषु सहस्रेषु षट्शतैरधिकेषु च ४०.
Then, after three thousand and six hundred years,
विष्णोरंशो धर्मपाता बुधः साक्षात्स्वयं प्रभुः ४०.
A portion of Viṣṇu, the upholder of righteousness, Budha himself, the Lord, will appear.
ज्योतिर्बिदुमुखानुग्रान्स हनिष्यति कोटिशः ४०.
He will destroy, by the hundreds of millions, those who are hostile to the wise and the learned.
भक्तेभ्यः स्वयशो मुक्त्वा दिवं पश्चाद्गमिष्यति ४०.
Having left his own fame to the devotees, he will afterwards ascend to heaven.
ततो वक्ष्यंति तं भक्त्या सर्वपापहरं बुधम् ४०.
Then, with devotion, they will proclaim him, Budha, the remover of all sins.
साधिकेषु महान्राजा प्रमितिः प्रभविष्यति ४०.
When that time is fulfilled, the great king Pramiti will become powerful.
म्लेच्छान्स कोटिशो हत्वा पाषंडानि च सर्वशः ४०.
He will slay the mlecchas by the tens of millions, and all the heretics as well.
गंगायमुनयोर्मध्ये निष्ठां यास्यति पार्थिवः ४०.
The king will establish his dominion between the Ganga and Yamuna rivers.