Vayu Purana

तदा त्वल्पेन कालेन सिद्धिं यास्यन्ति मानवाः। धन्या धर्मञ्चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते द्विजसत्तमाः ।। ५८.

Then, in a short time, people will attain success; the blessed will practice righteousness at the end of the age, O best of twice-born.

श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं धर्मं ये चरन्त्यनसूयकाः. त्रेतायां वार्षिको धर्मो द्वापरे मासिकः स्मृतः। यथाशक्तिं चरन् प्राज्ञस्तदह्ना प्राप्रुयात् कलौ ।। ५८.

Those who practice the dharma taught in the Śruti and Smṛti, without envy—in the Tretā age, dharma is annual, in the Dvāpara it is monthly; the wise, practicing as much as they are able, will attain it in a single day in Kali.

एषा कलियुगेऽवस्था सन्ध्यांशन्तु निबोध मे । युगे युगे तु हीयन्ते त्रींस्त्रीन् पादांश्च सिद्धयः ।। ५८.

This is the condition in the Kali age; now hear from me about the junction periods. In each age, three parts of success are lost.

युगस्वभावात्सन्ध्यास्तु तिष्ठन्तीमास्तु पादशः। सन्ध्यास्वभावाच्चांशेषु पादशस्ते प्रतिष्ठिताः ।। ५८.

Due to the nature of the ages, these junctions remain in parts; and by the nature of the junctions, the parts are established in portions.

एवं सन्ध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके। तेषां शास्ता ह्यसाधूनां भृगूणां निधनोत्थितः ।। ५८.

Thus, when the time of the junction portion at the end of the age arrives, the chastiser of the wicked, arising from the Bhrigus, will be established.

गोत्रेण वै चन्द्रमसो नाम्ना प्रमितिरुच्यते। माधवस्य तु सोंशेन पूर्वं स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे ।। ५८.

By lineage, he is called Pramiti, of the name of the Moon; in the previous Svāyambhuva interval, he was born as a portion of Mādhava.

समाः स विंशतिं पूर्णाः पर्यटन् वै वसुन्धराम्। आचकर्ष स वै सेनां सवाजिरथकुञ्जराम् ।। ५८.

He wandered over the earth for a full twenty years, and he gathered an army with horses, chariots, and elephants.

प्रगृहीतायुधैर्विप्रैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। स तदा तैः परिवृतो म्लेच्छान् हन्ति सहस्रशः ।। ५८.

Surrounded then by hundreds and thousands of Brahmins armed with weapons, he slew thousands of foreigners.

स हत्वा सर्वगश्चैव राज्ञस्तान् शूद्रयोनिजात्। पाषण्डान् स ततः सर्वान्निःशेषान् कृतवान् प्रभुः ।। ५८.

Having killed all those kings born of the Śūdra lineage everywhere, the lord destroyed all heretics completely.

नात्यर्थं धार्मिका ये च तान् सर्वान् हन्ति सर्वशः। वर्णव्यत्यासजातांश्च ये च तानुपजीविनः ।। ५८.

He slew all those who were not excessively righteous, and all those born from mixed castes, as well as their dependents.

उदीच्यान्मध्यदेशांश्च पार्वतीयांस्तथैव च। प्राच्यान् प्रतीच्यांश्च तथा विन्ध्यपृष्ठापरान्तिकान् ।। ५८.

He likewise destroyed those from the northern regions, the central lands, the mountain areas, the eastern and western regions, and those beyond the Vindhya range.

तथैव दाक्षिणात्यांश्च द्रविडान् सिंहलैः सह। गान्दारान् पारदांश्चैव पह्नवान् यवनांस्तथा ।। ५८.

In the same way, he destroyed those from the southern regions, the Dravidians together with the Sinhalas, the Gandharans, the Paradas, the Pahnavas, and the Yavanas.

तुषारान् वर्वरांश्चीनान् शूलिकान् दरदान् खसान्। लम्पाकान्थ केतांश्च किरातानाञ्च जातयः ।। ५८.

He destroyed the Tuṣāras, the Barbaras, the Chinese, the Śūlikas, the Daradas, the Khasas, the Lampākas, the Ketās, and the tribes of the Kirātas.

प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवान् म्लेच्छानामन्तकृद्विभुः। अधृष्यः सर्वभूतानां चचाराथ वसुन्धराम् ।। ५८.

The mighty lord, with his wheel set in motion, brought an end to the foreigners; invincible among all beings, he then traversed the earth.

माधवस्य तु सोंशेन देवस्य हि विजज्ञिवान् । पूर्वजन्मविधिज्ञैश्च प्रमितिर्नाम वीर्यवान् ।। ५८.

By a portion of Mādhava, the god, and known by those who understand previous births, Pramiti was his name, powerful in valor.

गोत्रेण वै चन्द्रमसः पूर्वे कलियुगे प्रभुः। द्वात्रिंशेऽभ्युदिते वर्षे प्रक्रान्ते विंशतिं समाः ।। ५८.

By lineage, he was of the Moon; in the earlier Kali age, the lord, when the thirty-second year had arisen, spent twenty years.

विनिघ्नन् सर्वभूतानि मानवानि सहस्रशः। कृत्वा वीर्यावशेषान्तु पृथ्वीं ऱूढेन कर्मणा । परस्परनिमित्तेन कोपेनाकस्मिकेन तु ।। ५८.

Slaying all beings, thousands of men, and having left only remnants of valor, he performed deeds upon the earth, driven by mutual causes and sudden wrath.

स साधयित्वा वृषलान् प्रायशस्तानधार्मिकान् । गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये निष्ठां प्राप्तः सहानुगः ।। ५८.

Having subdued the outcastes, mostly those who were unrighteous, he attained his station with his followers between the Ganges and Yamuna.

ततो व्यतीते तस्मिंस्तु अमात्ये सत्यसैनिके। उत्साद्य पार्थिवान् सर्वान् म्लेच्छांश्चैव सहस्रशः ।। ५८.

Then, after that time, with ministers and loyal soldiers, he destroyed all the kings and thousands of foreigners.

तत्र सन्ध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके। स्थितास्वल्पावशिष्टासु प्रजास्विह व्कचित् व्कचित् ।। ५८.

At that time, when the twilight portion of the age arrived, and at the end of the era, among the few remaining people, some were left here and there.

अप्रग्रहास्ततस्ता वै लोकचेष्टास्तु वृन्दशः। उपहिंसन्ति चान्योन्यं प्रपद्यन्ते परस्परम् ।। ५८.

Then, without restraint, the people acted in groups, harming one another and turning against each other.

अराजके युगवशात् संशये समुपस्थिते। प्रजास्ता वै ततः सर्वाः परस्परभयार्दिताः ।। ५८.

In the absence of a ruler, due to the force of the age, when uncertainty arose, all the people were afflicted by mutual fear.

व्याकुलाश्च परिश्रान्तास्त्यक्त्वा दारान् गृहाणि च। स्वान् प्राणान् समवेक्षन्तो निष्ठां प्राप्ताः सुदुःखिताः ।। ५८.

Distressed and exhausted, abandoning their wives and homes, considering their own lives, they reached their end, greatly afflicted.

नष्टे श्रौते स्मृते धर्मे परस्परहतास्तदा। निर्मर्यादा निराक्रन्दा निःस्नेहा निरपत्रपाः ।। ५८.

When the Vedic ritual, sacred tradition, and righteousness are lost, and mutual conflict prevails, people become without boundaries, without lamentation, without affection, and shameless.

नष्टे वर्पे प्रतिहता ह्रस्वकाः पञ्जविंशकाः। हित्वा दारांश्च पुत्रांश्च विषादव्याकुलेन्द्रियाः ।। ५८.

When beauty is lost, obstructed, and diminished, and people are reduced to only twenty-five, abandoning wives and children, their senses overwhelmed by sorrow.

अनावृष्टिहताश्चैव वार्त्तामुत्सृज्य दुःखिताः। प्रत्यन्तांस्तान्निपेवन्ते हित्वा जनपदान् स्वकान् ।। ५८.

Stricken by drought, giving up their livelihoods in misery, they leave their own lands and settle in border regions, forsaking their communities.

सरितः सागरान् कूपान् सेवन्ते पर्वतांस्तदा। मधुमांसैर्मूलफलैर्वर्त्तयन्ति सुदुःखिताः ।। ५८.

Then, in great distress, they frequent rivers, seas, and wells, and mountains, sustaining themselves with honey, meat, roots, and fruits.

चीरवस्त्राजिनधरा निष्पत्रा निष्परिग्रहाः। वर्णाश्रमपरिभ्रष्टाः सङ्करं घोरमास्थिताः ।। ५८.

Clad in bark, rags, or animal skins, without leaves or possessions, fallen from caste and stage of life, they embrace a dreadful mixture.

एताः काष्ठामनुप्राप्ता अल्पशेषास्तथा प्रजाः । जराव्याधिक्षुधाविष्टा दुःखान्निर्वेदमागमन् ।। ५८.

These remaining people, few in number, reach the final stage, afflicted by old age, disease, and hunger, and from suffering, they come to dispassion.