घोरं वा धर्ममाश्रित्य शाठ्येन च भवंति ताः ४०.
They will adopt a fierce form of dharma, and act with deceitfulness.
उपहिंसंति चान्योन्यं व्याकुलाः श्रमपीडिताः ४०.
They will harm one another, distressed and afflicted by exhaustion.
निर्मर्यादा निष्करुणा निस्स्नेहा निरपत्रपाः ४०.
Without boundaries, without compassion, without affection, and without shame.
हाहाभूताश्चरिष्यंति विषादव्याकुलेंद्रियाः ४०.
Overwhelmed with grief, they will wander, their senses disturbed by sorrow.
प्रत्यंतांस्ता निषेवंति हित्वा जनपदान्स्वकान् ४०.
They will inhabit the borderlands, abandoning their own settlements.
मांसैर्मूलफलैस्चैव वर्तयंति सुदुःखिताः ४०.
Deeply afflicted, they will subsist on meat, roots, and fruits.
धर्मस्य वासमात्रं च शाल्वो म्लेच्छो हनिष्यति ४०.
Shalva, the mleccha, will destroy even the last remnant of dharma.
ततस्तस्य वधार्थाय विष्णुः साक्षाज्जगत्पतिः ४०.
Then, for the purpose of his destruction, Vishnu himself, Lord of the world, will appear.
द्विजोत्तमैः परिवृतः शाल्वं तं संहरिष्यति ४०.
Surrounded by the foremost twice-born, he will annihilate Shalva.
पालयिष्यति तं धर्मं यो धर्मः श्रुतिपूर्वकः॥ ४०.
He will protect that dharma which is rooted in the scriptures.
कृत्वा पोतं धर्मरूपं साधूनां परमेश्वरः ४०.
Having fashioned a vessel in the form of dharma for the virtuous, the Supreme Lord—
ततः कृतयुगं भूयः प्रवर्तिष्यति पार्थिव ४०.
Then, O king, the Krita age will once again commence.
अष्टाविंशकलिश्चैव शेषः प्रावर्त अन्यतः ४०.
The remaining twenty-eight Kali cycles will begin elsewhere.
मरुराजाच्च देवापेः श्रुतदेवाच्च ब्राह्मणाः चतुर्युगे च ते धन्या ये भजंति हराच्युतौ॥ ४०.
From King Maru, from Devapi, and from Shrutadeva, the Brahmanas— blessed are those in the four ages who worship Hara and Achyuta.
केचिच्छिवं समाश्रित्य विष्णुमाश्रित्य वेधसम् ४१.
Some take refuge in Shiva, some in Vishnu, and some in the Creator.
अपारवैभवा देवास्त्रयोऽप्येते नरर्षभ ४१.
These three gods possess boundless glory, O best of men.
पुरा किलैवं मुनयो नैमिषारण्यवासिनः ४१.
Long ago, indeed, the sages dwelling in the Naimisha forest—
तस्मिन्क्षणे विरिंचोऽपि श्लोकं प्रह्वोऽब्रवीत्किल ४१.
At that moment, Brahma, humble, is said to have spoken a verse—
महेशाय च भक्ते द्वौ कृपायेतां सदा मयि ४१.
May Mahesha, and the devoted two, always show compassion to me—
तत्र योगेश्वरः श्लोकं प्रबुध्यन्नमुमब्रवीत् ४१.
There, the lord of yoga, awakening, spoke this verse—
सदाशिवं च वंदे तौ भवेतां मंगलाय मे ४१.
I bow to Sadashiva and those two; may they bring auspiciousness to me—
कैलासे ददृशुः स्थाणुं वदंतं गिरिजां प्रति ४१.
On Kailasa, they saw Sthanu speaking to Girija—
सदा तपस्यां चरामि प्रीत्यर्थं हरिवेधसोः ४१.
I always practice austerity for the sake of pleasing Hari and Brahma—
यद्वा देवा न संयांति पारं ये च परस्परम् ४१.
Or, the gods do not reach the limit, nor do those who dispute among themselves—
उत्तमाधममध्यत्वममीषां वर्णयंति ये ४१.
Those who describe the highest, lowest, and middle status among them—
एवं ते निश्चियामासुर्नैमिषेया स्तपस्विनः ४१.
Thus, the ascetics of Naimisha resolved—
जापकानां सहस्राणि वैष्णवानां तथैव च ४१.
Thousands of reciters, and likewise Vaishnavas—
तस्माद्यस्य मनोरागो यस्मिन्देवे भवेत्स्फुटम् ४१.
Therefore, whose mind's affection is clearly directed toward whichever deity—
कानि पापानि विप्रेंद्र यैस्तु संमूढचेतसः ४१.
What are the sins, O best of Brahmins, by which those with deluded minds—
अधर्मभेदा विज्ञेयाश्चित्तवृत्तिप्रभेदतः ४१.
The varieties of unrighteousness are to be understood by the diversity of mental states—