Vayu Purana

अनाथा हि परित्रस्ता वार्त्तामुत्सृज्य दुःखिताः। त्यक्त्वा पुराणि ग्रामांश्च भविष्यन्ति वनौकसः ।। ३७.

Helpless and terrified, abandoning their livelihoods in misery, forsaking ancient villages, they will become dwellers of the forests.

एवं नृपेषु नष्टेषु प्रजास्त्यक्त्वा गृहाणि तु। नष्टे स्नेहे दुरापन्ना भ्रष्टस्नेहाः सुहृज्जनाः ।। ३७.

Thus, when kings are lost, the people, abandoning their homes, deprived of affection, will suffer; their friends will lose their bonds of love.

वर्णाश्रमपरिभ्रष्टाः सङ्करं घोरमास्थिताः। सरित्पर्वतसेविन्यो भविष्यन्ति प्रजास्तदा ।। ३७.

Having fallen away from caste and stage of life, embracing dreadful confusion, the people will then dwell by rivers and mountains.

सरितः सागरानूपान् सेवन्ते पर्वतानि च। अङ्गान् कलिङ्गान् वङ्गांश्च काश्मीरान् काशिकोशलान् ।। ३७.

They will frequent rivers, seashores, and mountains, as well as Anga, Kaliṅga, Vaṅga, Kāśmīra, Kāśi, and Kośala.

ऋषिकान्तगिरिद्रोणीः संश्रयिष्यन्ति मानवाः। कृत्स्नं हिमवतः पृष्ठं कूलं च लवणाम्भसः ।। ३७.

Humans will take refuge in the slopes and valleys of the sages' mountains, the entire ridge of the Himalayas, and the banks of the salty sea.

अरण्यान्यभिपत्स्यन्ति ह्यार्य्या म्लेच्छजनैः सह। मृगैर्मीनैर्विहङ्गैश्च श्वापदैस्तक्षुभिस्तथा। मधुशाकफलैर्मूलैर्वर्त्तयिष्यन्ति मानवाः ।। ३७.

The noble, together with foreigners, will enter the forests; with beasts, fish, birds, and wild animals, disturbed likewise, humans will subsist on honey, vegetables, fruits, and roots.

चीरं पर्णञ्च विविधं वल्कलान्यजिनानि च। स्वयं कृत्वा विवत्स्यन्ति यथा मुनिजनास्तथा ।। ३७.

They will make for themselves various bark garments, leaves, and skins, and live as the sages do.

बीजान्नानि तथा निम्नेस्वीहन्तः काष्ठशङ्कुभिः। अजैडकं खरोष्ट्रञ्च पालयिष्यन्ति यत्नतः ।। ३७.

They will cultivate grain in lowlands, using wooden stakes; with care, they will tend goats, sheep, donkeys, and camels.

नदीर्वत्स्यन्ति तोयार्थे कूलमाश्रित्य मानवाः। पार्थिवान् व्यवहारेण विबाधन्तः परस्परम् ।। ३७.

Humans will live by rivers for water, settling on the banks, and, through dealings, will harass one another.

बहुमन्याः प्रजाहीनाः शौचाचारविवर्जिताः। एवं भविष्यन्ति नरास्तदाधर्म्मे व्यवस्थिताः ।। ३७.

Highly regarded, but bereft of people, lacking purity and proper conduct, thus men will exist, established in unrighteousness.

हीनाद्धीनांस्तथा धर्म्मान् प्रजाः समनुवर्त्तते। आयुस्तदा त्रयोविंशं न कश्चिदतिवर्त्तते ।। ३७.

The people will follow inferior and deficient dharmas; at that time, no one will live beyond twenty-three years.

दुर्बला विषयग्लाना जरया संपरिप्लुताः। पत्रमूलफलाहाराश्चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बराः ।। ३७.

Weak, exhausted by sense pleasures, overwhelmed by old age, subsisting on leaves, roots, and fruits, clad in bark and black antelope skins.

वृत्त्यर्थमभिलिप्सन्तश्चरिष्यन्ति वसुन्धराम्। एतत्कालमनुप्राप्ताः प्रजाः कलियुगान्तके ।। ३७.

Seeking livelihood, they will wander the earth; these people, arriving at this time, will be at the end of the Kali age.

क्षीणे कलियुगे तस्मिन् दिव्ये वर्षसहस्रके। निःशेषास्तु भविष्यन्ति सार्द्धं कलियुगेन तु। ससन्ध्यांशे तु निःशेषे कृतं वै प्रतिपत्स्यते ।। ३७.

When that Kali age is depleted, in the divine thousand years, all will perish together with the Kali age; when its twilight portion is completely ended, the Krita age will be restored.

यदा चन्द्रश्च सूर्य्यश्च तथा तिष्यबृहस्पती। एकरात्रे भरिष्यन्ति तदा कृतयुगं भवेत् ।। ३७.

When the moon, the sun, and Tishya-Brihaspati occupy the same night, then the Krita age will arise.

एष वंशक्रमः कृत्स्नं कीर्तितो वो यथाक्रमम्। अतीता वर्त्तमानाश्च तथैवानागताश्च ये ।। ३७.

This entire lineage has been recounted to you in order, those past, present, and likewise those yet to come.

महादेवाभिषेकात्तु जन्म यावत्परिक्षितः। एतद्वर्षसहस्रन्तु ज्ञेयं पञ्चादशदुत्तरम् ।। ३७.

From the consecration of Mahadeva up to the birth of Parikshit, this thousand years, with fifteen added, should be known.

प्रमाणं वै तथा चोक्तं महापद्मान्तरं च यत्। अन्तरं तच्छतान्यष्टौ षट्‌त्रिंशच्च समाः स्मृताः ।। ३७.

The measure has thus been stated, as well as the interval of the Mahāpadma; that interval is reckoned as one hundred and eighty-six years.

एतत्कालान्तरं भाव्या अन्ध्रान्ता ये प्रकीर्त्तिताः। भविष्यैस्तत्र सङ्ख्याताः पुराणज्ञैः श्रुतर्षिभिः ।। ३७.

This span of time is to be considered for those called the Andhra-ending ones; their numbers have been declared by the sages who know the Purāṇas.

सप्तर्षयस्तदा प्राहुः प्रतीपे राज्ञि वै शतम्। सप्तविंशैः शतैर्भाव्या अन्ध्राणां ते त्वया पुनः ।। ३७.

At that time, the Seven Sages spoke of a hundred years during the reign of Pratīpa; and for the Andhras, you should again count with twenty-seven hundreds.

सप्तविंशतिपर्य्यन्ते कृत्स्ने नक्षत्रमण्डले। सप्तर्षयस्तु तिष्ठन्ति पर्यायेण शतं शतम्। सप्तर्षीणां युगं ह्येतद्दिव्यया सङ्ख्यया स्मृतम् ।। ३७.

At the end of twenty-seven, throughout the entire circle of stars, the Seven Sages remain, each cycle being a hundred years; this is called the era of the Seven Sages, counted in divine reckoning.

सा सा दिव्या स्मृता षष्टिर्दिव्याह्नाश्चैव सप्तभिः । तेभ्यः प्रवर्त्तते कालो दिव्यः सप्तर्षिभिस्तु तैः ।। ३७.

That divine era is remembered as sixty, along with seven divine days; from them, the divine time proceeds, governed by those Seven Sages.

सप्तर्षीणान्तु ये पूर्वा दृश्यन्ते उत्तरादिशि। ततो मध्येन च क्षेत्रं दृश्यते यत्समं दिवि ।। ३७.

The earlier Seven Sages are seen in the northern direction; then, in the middle, the region is seen which is equal in the sky.

तेन सप्तर्षयो युक्ता ज्ञेया व्योम्नि शतं समाः। नक्षत्राणामृषीणाञ्च योगस्यैतन्निदर्शनम् ।। ३७.

With that, the Seven Sages are to be known as united in the sky for a hundred years; this is the indication of the conjunction of stars and sages.

सप्तर्षयो मघायुक्ताः काले पारिक्षिते शतम्। अन्ध्रांशे स चतुर्व्विशे भविष्यन्ति मते मम ।। ३७.

The Seven Sages, joined with Maghā, remain for a hundred years in the measured time; in the Andhra portion, in the twenty-fourth, they will be, according to my opinion.

इमास्तदा तु प्रकृतिर्व्यापत्स्यन्ति प्रजा भृशम्। अनृतोपहताः सर्वा धर्मतः कामतोऽर्थतः ।। ३७.

Then, indeed, the nature of these will be greatly corrupted among the people; all will be afflicted by falsehood, in righteousness, desire, and wealth.

श्रौतस्मार्त्ते प्रशिथिले धर्मे वर्णाश्रमे तदा। शङ्करं दुर्बलात्मानः प्रतिपत्स्यन्ति मोहिताः ।। ३७.

When the Vedic and customary law is weakened, in the duties of caste and stage of life, the weak-minded, deluded, will adopt the doctrine of Śaṅkara.

संसक्ताश्च भविष्यन्ति शूद्राः सार्द्धं द्विजातिभिः। ब्राह्मणाः शूद्रयष्टारः शूद्रा वै मन्त्रयोनयः ।। ३७.

The Śūdras will become associated with the twice-born; Brāhmaṇas will perform sacrifices for Śūdras, and Śūdras will be the source of mantras.

उपस्थास्यन्ति तान् विप्रास्तदा वै वृत्तिलिप्सवः । लवं लवं भ्रस्यमानाः प्रजाः सर्वाः क्रमेण तु ।। ३७.

At that time, the Brāhmaṇas will approach them, seeking livelihood; all people will gradually fall, bit by bit.