Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 31
BndP 1 31.1
सूत उवाच अत ऊर्द्धं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्वापरस्य विधिं पुनः । तत्र त्रेतायुगे क्षीणे द्वापरं प्रतिपद्यते
sūta uvāca ata ūrddhaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvāparasya vidhiṃ punaḥ / tatra tretāyuge kṣīṇe dvāparaṃ pratipadyate
Sūta said: Beyond this I shall next declare the ordering of the Dvāpara. There, when the Tretā age is spent, the Dvāpara sets in.
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BndP 1 31.2
द्वापरादौ प्रजानां तु सिद्धिस्त्रेतायुगे तु या । परिवृत्ते युगे तस्मिंस्ततस्ताभिः प्रणश्यति
dvāparādau prajānāṃ tu siddhistretāyuge tu yā / parivṛtte yuge tasmiṃstatastābhiḥ praṇaśyati
At the beginning of the Dvāpara, that perfection of the creatures which existed in the Tretā age—when that age has turned about, it thereupon perishes together with them.
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BndP 1 31.3
ततः प्रवर्त्तते तासां प्रजानां द्वापरे पुनः । संभेदश्चैव वर्णानां कार्याणां च विपर्ययः
tataḥ pravarttate tāsāṃ prajānāṃ dvāpare punaḥ / saṃbhedaścaiva varṇānāṃ kāryāṇāṃ ca viparyayaḥ
Then again in the Dvāpara there arises among those creatures a mingling of the classes and a reversal of duties.
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BndP 1 31.4
यज्ञावधारणं दण्डो मदो दंभः क्षमा बलम् । एषा रजस्तमोयुक्ता प्रवृत्तिर्द्वापरे स्मृता
yajñāvadhāraṇaṃ daṇḍo mado daṃbhaḥ kṣamā balam / eṣā rajastamoyuktā pravṛttirdvāpare smṛtā
Restriction of sacrifice, punishment, intoxication, hypocrisy, patience, force: this activity, joined with rajas and tamas, is declared (proper) to the Dvāpara.
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BndP 1 31.5
आद्ये कृते यो धर्मो ऽस्ति स त्रेतायां प्रवर्त्तते । द्वापरे व्याकुलीभूत्वा प्रणश्यति कलौ युगे
ādye kṛte yo dharmo 'sti sa tretāyāṃ pravarttate / dvāpare vyākulībhūtvā praṇaśyati kalau yuge
The dharma that exists in the first, the Kṛta (age), continues in the Tretā; becoming confused in the Dvāpara, it perishes in the Kali age.
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BndP 1 31.6
वर्णानां विपरिध्वंसः संकीयत तथाश्रमाः । द्वैविध्यं प्रतिपद्येतेयुगे तस्मिञ्छ्रुति स्मृती
varṇānāṃ viparidhvaṃsaḥ saṃkīyata tathāśramāḥ / dvaividhyaṃ pratipadyeteyuge tasmiñchruti smṛtī
There is a collapse of the classes, and likewise the stages of life are mixed; in that age śruti and smṛti come to be twofold.
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BndP 1 31.7
द्वैधात्तथा श्रुतिस्मृत्योर्निश्चयो नाधिगम्यते । अनिश्चयाधिगमनाद्धर्मतत्त्वं न विद्यते
dvaidhāttathā śrutismṛtyorniścayo nādhigamyate / aniścayādhigamanāddharmatattvaṃ na vidyate
And because of that twofoldness of śruti and smṛti, no certainty is reached; and since no certainty is reached, the true nature of dharma is not known.
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BndP 1 31.8
धर्मासत्त्वेन मित्राणां मतिभेदो भवेन्नृणाम् । परस्परविभिन्नैस्तैदृष्टीनां विभ्रमेण च
dharmāsattvena mitrāṇāṃ matibhedo bhavennṛṇām / parasparavibhinnaistaidṛṣṭīnāṃ vibhrameṇa ca
Through the unreality of dharma there arises among men, (even) among friends, a difference of opinion, and through those mutually divergent (opinions) a confusion of views.
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BndP 1 31.9
अयं धर्मो ह्ययं नेति निश्चयो नाधिगम्यते । कारणानां च वैकल्प्यात्कार्याणां चाप्यनिश्चयात्
ayaṃ dharmo hyayaṃ neti niścayo nādhigamyate / kāraṇānāṃ ca vaikalpyātkāryāṇāṃ cāpyaniścayāt
No certainty is reached as to 'this is dharma, this is not,' both because of the optionality of the causes and because of the uncertainty of the effects.
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BndP 1 31.10
मतिभेदेन तेषां वै दृष्टीनां विभ्रमो भवेत् । ततो दृष्टिविभन्नैस्तु कृतं शास्त्राकुलं त्विदम्
matibhedena teṣāṃ vai dṛṣṭīnāṃ vibhramo bhavet / tato dṛṣṭivibhannaistu kṛtaṃ śāstrākulaṃ tvidam
Through their difference of opinion there comes about a confusion of views; then by those confused in view this tangle of treatises has been made.
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BndP 1 31.11
एको वेदश्चतुष्पाद्धि त्रेतास्विह विधीयते । संक्षयादायुपश्चैव व्यस्यते द्वापरेषु च
eko vedaścatuṣpāddhi tretāsviha vidhīyate / saṃkṣayādāyupaścaiva vyasyate dvāpareṣu ca
For in the Tretā ages a single Veda with four parts is ordained here; but through the shortening of lifespan it is divided up in the Dvāpara ages.
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BndP 1 31.12
ऋषिमन्त्रात्पुनर्भेदाद्भिद्यते दृष्टिविभ्रमैः । मन्त्रब्राह्मणविन्यासैः स्वरवर्णविपर्ययैः
ṛṣimantrātpunarbhedādbhidyate dṛṣṭivibhramaiḥ / mantrabrāhmaṇavinyāsaiḥ svaravarṇaviparyayaiḥ
(The Veda) is divided again, by division from the seer('s) mantra, through errors of view, through (different) arrangements of mantra and Brāhmaṇa, and through transpositions of accents and syllables.
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BndP 1 31.13
संहिता ऋग्यजुःसाम्नां संपठ्यन्ते महर्षिभिः । सामान्या वैकृताश्चैव दृष्टिभिन्ने क्वचित्क्वचित्
saṃhitā ṛgyajuḥsāmnāṃ saṃpaṭhyante maharṣibhiḥ / sāmānyā vaikṛtāścaiva dṛṣṭibhinne kvacitkvacit
The Saṃhitās of the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman are recited together by the great seers, both the common ones and the modified ones, here and there differing in view.
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BndP 1 31.14
ब्राह्मणं कल्पसूत्राणि मन्त्रप्रवचनानि च । अन्ये ऽपि प्रस्थितास्तान्वै केचित्तान्प्रत्यवस्थिताः
brāhmaṇaṃ kalpasūtrāṇi mantrapravacanāni ca / anye 'pi prasthitāstānvai kecittānpratyavasthitāḥ
The Brāhmaṇa, the Kalpasūtras, and the expositions of the mantras — others too have set out upon them, and some have taken their stand against them.
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BndP 1 31.15
द्वापरेषु प्रवर्त्तन्ते निवर्त्तन्ते कलौ युगे । एकमाध्वर्यवं त्वासीत्पुनर्द्वैधमजायत
dvāpareṣu pravarttante nivarttante kalau yuge / ekamādhvaryavaṃ tvāsītpunardvaidhamajāyata
They arise in the Dvāpara ages and cease in the Kali age. The Adhvaryu (tradition) was one, and then a twofoldness came about.
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BndP 1 31.16
सामान्यविपरीतार्थैः कृतशास्त्राकुलं त्विदम् । आध्वर्यवस्य प्रस्थानैर्बहुधा व्याकुलीकृतैः
sāmānyaviparītārthaiḥ kṛtaśāstrākulaṃ tvidam / ādhvaryavasya prasthānairbahudhā vyākulīkṛtaiḥ
By meanings both common and contrary, this (body of) composed teaching has been made confused, being much confounded by the (various) schools of the Adhvaryu (branch).
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BndP 1 31.17
तथैवाथर्वऋक्साम्नां विकल्पैश्चापि संज्ञया । व्याकुलेद्वापरे नित्यं क्रियते भिन्न दर्शनैः
tathaivātharvaṛksāmnāṃ vikalpaiścāpi saṃjñayā / vyākuledvāpare nityaṃ kriyate bhinna darśanaiḥ
And just so, by variations in the Atharva, Ṛg and Sāman, and by (variant) naming, confusion is constantly produced in the Dvāpara age by differing views.
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BndP 1 31.18
तेषां भेदाः प्रतीभेदा विकल्पाश्चापि संख्याया । द्वापरे संप्रवर्त्तते विनश्यन्ति ततः कलौ
teṣāṃ bhedāḥ pratībhedā vikalpāścāpi saṃkhyāyā / dvāpare saṃpravarttate vinaśyanti tataḥ kalau
Their divisions, sub-divisions, and variations in number arise in the Dvāpara, and then perish in the Kali.
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BndP 1 31.19
तेषां विपर्ययोत्पन्ना भवन्ति द्वापरे पुनः । अवृष्टिर्मरणं चैव तथैव व्याध्युपद्रवाः
teṣāṃ viparyayotpannā bhavanti dvāpare punaḥ / avṛṣṭirmaraṇaṃ caiva tathaiva vyādhyupadravāḥ
From these, reversals arise again in the Dvāpara: drought and death, and likewise the afflictions of disease.
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BndP 1 31.20
वाङ्मनः कर्मर्जेदुःखैर्निर्वेदो जायते पुनः । निर्वेदाज्जायते तेषां दुःखमोक्षविचारणा
vāṅmanaḥ karmarjeduḥkhairnirvedo jāyate punaḥ / nirvedājjāyate teṣāṃ duḥkhamokṣavicāraṇā
Through the sufferings arising from acts of speech and mind, disgust (with the world) arises again; and from that disgust arises in them the inquiry into suffering and release.
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BndP 1 31.21
विचारणाच्च वैराग्यं वैराग्याद्दोषदर्शनम् । दोषदर्शनतस्चैव द्वापरे ऽज्ञानसंभवः
vicāraṇācca vairāgyaṃ vairāgyāddoṣadarśanam / doṣadarśanatascaiva dvāpare 'jñānasaṃbhavaḥ
And from inquiry comes dispassion, from dispassion the seeing of faults, and from the seeing of faults arises, in the Dvāpara, ignorance('s recognition).
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BndP 1 31.22
तेषाम ज्ञानिनां पूर्वमाद्ये स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे । उत्पद्यन्ते हि शास्त्राणां द्वापरे परिपन्थिनः
teṣāma jñānināṃ pūrvamādye svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare / utpadyante hi śāstrāṇāṃ dvāpare paripanthinaḥ
Of those knowers who existed formerly, in the first Svāyambhuva interval — in the Dvāpara there arise the obstructors of the (their) treatises.
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BndP 1 31.23
आयुर्वेदविकल्पश्च ह्यगानां ज्योतिषस्य च । अर्थशास्त्रविकल्पाश्च हेतुशास्त्रविकल्पनम्
āyurvedavikalpaśca hyagānāṃ jyotiṣasya ca / arthaśāstravikalpāśca hetuśāstravikalpanam
And there is variation in the Āyurveda, and in the (branches?) and in astronomy; and variations in the Arthaśāstra, and diversification of the science of reasoning.
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BndP 1 31.24
प्रक्रियाकल्पसूत्राणां भाष्यविद्याविकल्पनम् । स्मृतिशास्त्रप्रभेदश्च प्रस्थानानि पृथक्पृथक्
prakriyākalpasūtrāṇāṃ bhāṣyavidyāvikalpanam / smṛtiśāstraprabhedaśca prasthānāni pṛthakpṛthak
There is diversification of the procedural manuals and Kalpasūtras and of the learning of commentary; and division of the Smṛti treatises, with separate schools each apart.
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BndP 1 31.25
द्वापरेष्वभिवर्त्तन्ते मतिभेदाश्रयान्नृणाम् । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा कृच्छ्राद्वार्ता प्रसिद्ध्यति
dvāpareṣvabhivarttante matibhedāśrayānnṛṇām / manasā karmaṇā vācā kṛcchrādvārtā prasiddhyati
In the Dvāpara ages these come about, resting on the differences of men's opinions; and (only) with difficulty does a livelihood succeed by mind, deed and word.
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BndP 1 31.26
द्वापरे सर्वभूतानां कायक्लेशपुरस्कृता । लोभो वृत्तिर्वणिक्पूर्वा तत्त्वानामविनिश्चयः
dvāpare sarvabhūtānāṃ kāyakleśapuraskṛtā / lobho vṛttirvaṇikpūrvā tattvānāmaviniścayaḥ
In the Dvāpara, for all beings (livelihood is) preceded by bodily hardship; greed (prevails), livelihood is chiefly trade, and there is no settled conclusion about the truths.
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BndP 1 31.27
वेदशास्त्रप्रणयनं धर्माणां संकरस्तथा । वर्णाश्रमपरिध्वंसः कामक्रोधौ तथैव च
vedaśāstrapraṇayanaṃ dharmāṇāṃ saṃkarastathā / varṇāśramaparidhvaṃsaḥ kāmakrodhau tathaiva ca
The composing of Vedic treatises, and likewise the mixing of duties, the ruin of classes and stages of life, and desire and anger too —
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BndP 1 31.28
द्वापरेषु प्रवर्त्तन्ते रागो लोभो वधस्तथा । वेदं व्यासश्चतुर्द्धा तु व्यस्यते द्वापरादिषु
dvāpareṣu pravarttante rāgo lobho vadhastathā / vedaṃ vyāsaścaturddhā tu vyasyate dvāparādiṣu
these come about in the Dvāpara ages, as do passion, greed and killing. And Vyāsa divides the Veda fourfold at the beginnings of the Dvāpara ages.
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BndP 1 31.29
निःशेषे द्वापरे तस्मिंस्तस्य संध्या तु यादृशी । प्रतिष्ठते गुणैर्हीनो धर्मो ऽसौ द्वापरस्य तु
niḥśeṣe dvāpare tasmiṃstasya saṃdhyā tu yādṛśī / pratiṣṭhate guṇairhīno dharmo 'sau dvāparasya tu
When that Dvāpara is wholly spent, such as its twilight (period) is, so is established that dharma of the Dvāpara, deficient in (its) qualities.
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BndP 1 31.30
तथैव संध्या पादेन ह्यङ्गः संध्या इतीष्यते । द्वापरस्यावशेषेण तिष्यस्य तु निबोधत
tathaiva saṃdhyā pādena hyaṅgaḥ saṃdhyā itīṣyate / dvāparasyāvaśeṣeṇa tiṣyasya tu nibodhata
Just so, the twilight is by a quarter (part); and 'twilight-portion' (aṅga) is what it is called. Now learn of the Tiṣya (Kali) from the remainder of the Dvāpara.
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BndP 1 31.31
द्वापरस्याशसेषण प्रतिपत्तिः कलेरपि । हिंसासूयानृतं माया वधश्चैव तपस्विनाम्
dvāparasyāśaseṣaṇa pratipattiḥ kalerapi / hiṃsāsūyānṛtaṃ māyā vadhaścaiva tapasvinām
With the remainder of the Dvāpara comes the onset of the Kali as well: violence, envy, falsehood, deceit, and the killing of ascetics.
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BndP 1 31.32
एते स्वभावास्तिष्यस्य साधयन्ति च वै प्रजाः । एष धर्मः कृतः कृत्स्नो धर्मश्च परिहीयते
ete svabhāvāstiṣyasya sādhayanti ca vai prajāḥ / eṣa dharmaḥ kṛtaḥ kṛtsno dharmaśca parihīyate
These are the natural traits of the Tiṣya (Kali) age, and they overpower the people. This whole dharma has been done with, and dharma dwindles away.
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BndP 1 31.33
मनसा कर्मणा स्तुत्या वार्ता सिध्यति वा न वा । कलौ प्रमारकी रोगः सततं क्षुद्भयानि च
manasā karmaṇā stutyā vārtā sidhyati vā na vā / kalau pramārakī rogaḥ satataṃ kṣudbhayāni ca
By thought, by act, by praise, a livelihood may succeed or may not. In the Kali age there is deadly disease, and constantly the terrors of hunger.
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BndP 1 31.34
अनावृष्टिभयं घोरं देशानां च विपर्ययः । न प्रमाणं स्मृतेरस्ति तिष्ये लोकेषु वै युगे
anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ ghoraṃ deśānāṃ ca viparyayaḥ / na pramāṇaṃ smṛterasti tiṣye lokeṣu vai yuge
There is dreadful fear of drought, and an overturning of the regions; in the Tiṣya age there is among people no authority of the (sacred) tradition.
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BndP 1 31.35
गर्भस्थो म्रियते कश्चिद्यौव नस्थस्तथापरः । स्थविराः के ऽपि कौमारे म्रियन्ते वै कलौ प्रजाः
garbhastho mriyate kaścidyauva nasthastathāparaḥ / sthavirāḥ ke 'pi kaumāre mriyante vai kalau prajāḥ
One dies while still in the womb, another in his youth; and some die as old men in boyhood — such are the people in the Kali age.
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BndP 1 31.36
दुरिष्टैर्दुरधीतैश्च दुष्कृतैश्च दुरागमैः । विप्राणां कर्मदोषैस्तैः प्रजानां जायते भयम्
duriṣṭairduradhītaiśca duṣkṛtaiśca durāgamaiḥ / viprāṇāṃ karmadoṣaistaiḥ prajānāṃ jāyate bhayam
By bad sacrifices, by bad study, by evil deeds, by bad traditions — by these faults in the actions of the brahmins, fear arises for the people.
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BndP 1 31.37
हिंसा माया तथेर्ष्या च क्रोधो ऽसूया क्षमा नृषु । तिष्ये भवन्ति जन्तूनां रागो लोभश्च सर्वशः
hiṃsā māyā tatherṣyā ca krodho 'sūyā kṣamā nṛṣu / tiṣye bhavanti jantūnāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sarvaśaḥ
Violence, deceit, and envy, anger, spite, (mere) forbearance among men — these arise in creatures in the Tiṣya age, and passion and greed in every way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.38
संक्षोभो जायते ऽत्यथै करिमासाद्य वै युगम् । पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे वै परमायुस्तदा नृणाम्
saṃkṣobho jāyate 'tyathai karimāsādya vai yugam / pūrṇe varṣasahasre vai paramāyustadā nṛṇām
Upheaval arises exceedingly when that age is reached; then the utmost lifespan of men is a full thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.39
नाधीयते तदा वेदान्न यजं ते द्विजातयः । उत्सीदन्ति नराश्चैव क्षत्रियाश्च विशः क्रमात्
nādhīyate tadā vedānna yajaṃ te dvijātayaḥ / utsīdanti narāścaiva kṣatriyāśca viśaḥ kramāt
Then the twice-born do not recite the Vedas, nor do they sacrifice; and men perish — the kṣatriyas and then the vaiśyas in turn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.40
शूद्राणामन्त्ययोनेस्तु संबन्धा ब्राह्मणैः सह । भवन्तीह कलौ तस्मिञ्छयनासनभोजनैः
śūdrāṇāmantyayonestu saṃbandhā brāhmaṇaiḥ saha / bhavantīha kalau tasmiñchayanāsanabhojanaiḥ
But the śūdras, of lowest birth, have connections with the brahmins — in that Kali age they come about here through (sharing) bed, seat, and food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.41
राजानः शूद्रभूयिष्ठाः पाखण्डानां प्रवर्त्तकाः । गुणहीनाः प्रजाश्चैव तदा वै संप्रवर्त्तते
rājānaḥ śūdrabhūyiṣṭhāḥ pākhaṇḍānāṃ pravarttakāḥ / guṇahīnāḥ prajāścaiva tadā vai saṃpravarttate
Kings are mostly śūdras, promoters of heretical sects; and the people are devoid of virtue — such then comes to prevail.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.42
आयुर्मेधा बलं रूपं कुलं चैव प्रणश्यति । शूद्राश्च ब्राह्मणाचाराः शूद्राचाराश्च ब्राह्मणाः
āyurmedhā balaṃ rūpaṃ kulaṃ caiva praṇaśyati / śūdrāśca brāhmaṇācārāḥ śūdrācārāśca brāhmaṇāḥ
Lifespan, intelligence, strength, beauty, and family perish; śūdras follow brahmin conduct and brahmins the conduct of śūdras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.43
राजवृत्ताः स्थिताश्चोरा श्चोराचाराश्च पार्थिवाः । भृत्या एते ह्यसुभृतो युगान्ते समवस्थिते
rājavṛttāḥ sthitāścorā ścorācārāśca pārthivāḥ / bhṛtyā ete hyasubhṛto yugānte samavasthite
Thieves are established in the ways of kings, and kings behave like thieves; these servants indeed do not support life, when the age's end has arrived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.44
अशीलिन्यो ऽनृताश्चैव स्त्रियो मद्यामिषप्रियाः । मायाविन्यो भविष्यन्ति युगान्ते मुनिसत्तम
aśīlinyo 'nṛtāścaiva striyo madyāmiṣapriyāḥ / māyāvinyo bhaviṣyanti yugānte munisattama
Women will be ill-behaved and false, fond of liquor and meat, and full of deceit at the age's end, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.45
एकपत्न्यो न शिष्यन्ति युगान्ते मुनिसत्तम । श्वापदप्रबलत्वं च गवां चैव ह्युपक्षयः
ekapatnyo na śiṣyanti yugānte munisattama / śvāpadaprabalatvaṃ ca gavāṃ caiva hyupakṣayaḥ
Women faithful to one husband will not remain at the age's end, O best of sages; and beasts of prey will grow strong, and cattle will decline.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.46
साधूनां विनिवृत्तिं च विद्यास्तस्मिन्युगक्षये । तदा धर्मो महोदर्के दुर्लभो दानमूलवान्
sādhūnāṃ vinivṛttiṃ ca vidyāstasminyugakṣaye / tadā dharmo mahodarke durlabho dānamūlavān
And you should know that in that decay of the age there is a ceasing of good men; then dharma, whose root is giving and whose fruit is great, is hard to find.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.47
चातुराश्रमशैथिल्यो धर्मः प्रविचरिष्यति । तदा ह्यल्पफला भूमिः क्वचिच्चापि महाफला
cāturāśramaśaithilyo dharmaḥ pravicariṣyati / tadā hyalpaphalā bhūmiḥ kvaciccāpi mahāphalā
Dharma will go about with the four stages of life slackened; then the earth is of little yield, though somewhere of great yield.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.48
न रक्षितारो बोक्तारो बलिभागस्य पार्थिवाः । युगान्ते च भविष्यन्ति स्वरक्षणपरायणाः
na rakṣitāro boktāro balibhāgasya pārthivāḥ / yugānte ca bhaviṣyanti svarakṣaṇaparāyaṇāḥ
Kings will not be protectors, yet enjoyers of the share of tribute; at the age's end they will be intent only on guarding themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.49
अरक्षितारो राजानो विप्राः शूद्रोपजीविनः । शूद्राभिवादिनः सर्वे युगान्ते द्विजसत्तमाः
arakṣitāro rājāno viprāḥ śūdropajīvinaḥ / śūdrābhivādinaḥ sarve yugānte dvijasattamāḥ
Kings will not protect, brahmins will live off śūdras, and all will greet śūdras (with respect) at the age's end, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.50
अदृशूला जनपदाः शिवशूला द्विजास्तथा । प्रमदाः केशशूलाश्च युगान्ते समुपस्थिते
adṛśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlā dvijāstathā / pramadāḥ keśaśūlāśca yugānte samupasthite
The country-folk will have ... as their spike, the twice-born will have Śiva as their spike, and women their hair as their spike, when the age's end is at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.51
तपोयज्ञफलानां च विक्रेतारो द्विजोत्तमाः । यतयश्च भविष्यन्ति बहवो ऽस्मिन्कलौ युगे
tapoyajñaphalānāṃ ca vikretāro dvijottamāḥ / yatayaśca bhaviṣyanti bahavo 'sminkalau yuge
And the best of the twice-born will be sellers of the fruits of austerity and sacrifice, and there will be many ascetics in this Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.52
चित्रवर्षी यदा देवस्तदा प्राहुर्युगक्षयम् । सर्वे वाणिजकाश्चा पि भविष्यन्त्यधमे युगे
citravarṣī yadā devastadā prāhuryugakṣayam / sarve vāṇijakāścā pi bhaviṣyantyadhame yuge
When the god (Indra) rains erratically, then they call it the decline of the age; and in the lowest age all (people) will become traders.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.53
भूयिष्ठं कूटमानैश्च पण्यं विक्रीणते जनाः । कुशीलचर्यापाखण्डैर्व्याधरूपैः समावृतम्
bhūyiṣṭhaṃ kūṭamānaiśca paṇyaṃ vikrīṇate janāḥ / kuśīlacaryāpākhaṇḍairvyādharūpaiḥ samāvṛtam
For the most part people sell their wares with false measures; (the world is) wholly beset with those of bad conduct and with heretics in the guise of hunters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.54
पुरुषाल्पं बहुस्त्रीकं युगान्ते समुपस्थिते । बाहुयाचनको लोको भविष्यति परस्परम्
puruṣālpaṃ bahustrīkaṃ yugānte samupasthite / bāhuyācanako loko bhaviṣyati parasparam
When the end of the age has arrived, men will be few and women many; people will beg of one another with (outstretched) arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.55
अव्याकर्ता क्रूरवाक्या नार्जवो नानसूयकः । न कृते प्रतिकर्त्ता च युगे क्षीणे भविष्यति
avyākartā krūravākyā nārjavo nānasūyakaḥ / na kṛte pratikarttā ca yuge kṣīṇe bhaviṣyati
When the age is spent, (a man) will be one who does not explain, whose words are cruel, not upright, not free from envy, and not one who repays a kindness done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.56
अशङ्का चैव पतिते युगान्ते तस्य लक्षणम् । ततः शून्य वसुमती भविष्यति वसुन्धरा
aśaṅkā caiva patite yugānte tasya lakṣaṇam / tataḥ śūnya vasumatī bhaviṣyati vasundharā
And fearlessness (of blame) in one who has fallen is a mark of the end of the age; then the earth, though rich in goods, will become empty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.57
गोप्तारश्चाप्यगोप्तारः प्रभविष्यन्ति शासकाः । हर्त्तारः पररत्नानां परदारविमर्शकाः
goptāraścāpyagoptāraḥ prabhaviṣyanti śāsakāḥ / harttāraḥ pararatnānāṃ paradāravimarśakāḥ
Rulers, though protectors, will become non-protectors, seizers of others' jewels, violators of others' wives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.58
कामात्मानो दुरात्मानो ह्यधमाः साहसप्रियाः । प्रनष्टचेष्टना धूर्त्ता मुक्तकेशास्त्त्वशूलिनः
kāmātmāno durātmāno hyadhamāḥ sāhasapriyāḥ / pranaṣṭaceṣṭanā dhūrttā muktakeśāsttvaśūlinaḥ
(They will be) governed by lust, evil-natured, base, fond of violence, their proper behaviour destroyed, cheats, with loosened hair, bearing spears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.59
ऊनषोडशवर्षाश्च प्रजा यन्ते युगक्षये । शुक्लदन्ता जिताक्षाश्च मुण्डाः काषायवाससः
ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣāśca prajā yante yugakṣaye / śukladantā jitākṣāśca muṇḍāḥ kāṣāyavāsasaḥ
And at the decay of the age creatures will (die) at less than sixteen years; (there will be men) with white teeth, with vanquished eyes, shaven-headed, wearing ochre robes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.60
शूद्रा धर्मं चरिष्यति युगान्ते समुपस्थिते । सस्यचोरा भविष्यन्ति तथा चैलापहारिणः
śūdrā dharmaṃ cariṣyati yugānte samupasthite / sasyacorā bhaviṣyanti tathā cailāpahāriṇaḥ
When the end of the age has come, Śūdras will practise (the brahmanical) dharma; there will be stealers of grain and likewise snatchers of clothes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.61
चोराच्चोराश्च हर्त्तारो हर्तुर्हर्त्ता तथापरः । ज्ञानकर्मम्युपरते लोके निष्क्रियतां गते
corāccorāśca harttāro harturharttā tathāparaḥ / jñānakarmamyuparate loke niṣkriyatāṃ gate
And there will be robbers of robbers, and another the robber of the robber, when knowledge and rites have ceased and the world has come to inactivity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.62
कीटमूषकसर्पाश्च धर्षयिष्यन्ति मानवान् । अभीक्ष्णं क्षेममारोग्यं सामर्थ्यं दुर्लभं तथा
kīṭamūṣakasarpāśca dharṣayiṣyanti mānavān / abhīkṣṇaṃ kṣemamārogyaṃ sāmarthyaṃ durlabhaṃ tathā
Insects, mice and snakes will assail men; safety, health and capability will constantly be hard to get.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.63
कौशिकान्प्रतिवत्स्यन्ति देशाः क्षुद्भयपीडिताः । दुःखेनाभिप्लुतानां च परमायुः शतं तदा
kauśikānprativatsyanti deśāḥ kṣudbhayapīḍitāḥ / duḥkhenābhiplutānāṃ ca paramāyuḥ śataṃ tadā
The regions, afflicted by the fear of hunger, will dwell (in dependence) on the Kauśikas; and for those overwhelmed with sorrow the maximum lifespan will then be a hundred (years).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.64
दृश्यन्ते च न दृश्यन्ते वेदा कलियुगे ऽखिलाः । तत्सीदन्ते तथा यज्ञाः केवलाधर्मपीडिताः
dṛśyante ca na dṛśyante vedā kaliyuge 'khilāḥ / tatsīdante tathā yajñāḥ kevalādharmapīḍitāḥ
In the Kali age the Vedas are seen and (yet) not seen in their entirety; and thus the sacrifices sink down, oppressed by nothing but unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.65
काषायिणो ऽथ निर्ग्रन्था तथा कापालिकाश्च ह । वेदविक्रयिमश्चन्ये तीर्थविक्रयिणो ऽपरे
kāṣāyiṇo 'tha nirgranthā tathā kāpālikāśca ha / vedavikrayimaścanye tīrthavikrayiṇo 'pare
Then (there are) the ochre-robed, the Nirgranthas, and likewise the Kāpālikas, some who sell the Vedas and others who sell holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.66
वर्णाश्रमाणां ये चान्ये पाखण्डाः परिपन्थिनः । उत्पद्यन्ते तदा ते वै संप्राप्ते तु कलौ युगे
varṇāśramāṇāṃ ye cānye pākhaṇḍāḥ paripanthinaḥ / utpadyante tadā te vai saṃprāpte tu kalau yuge
And whatever other heretics there are who obstruct the classes and the stages of life — they indeed arise when the Kali age has arrived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.67
अधीयते तदा वेदाञ्छूद्रा धर्मार्थ कोविदाः । यजन्ते चाश्वमेधेन राजानः शूद्रयोनयः
adhīyate tadā vedāñchūdrā dharmārtha kovidāḥ / yajante cāśvamedhena rājānaḥ śūdrayonayaḥ
Then Śūdras, claiming skill in dharma and its meaning, recite the Vedas; and kings of Śūdra birth sacrifice with the horse-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.68
स्त्रीबालगोवधं कृत्वा हत्वान्ये च परस्परम् । अपहत्य तथान्योन्यं साधयन्ति तदा प्रजाः
strībālagovadhaṃ kṛtvā hatvānye ca parasparam / apahatya tathānyonyaṃ sādhayanti tadā prajāḥ
Having done the killing of women, children and cows, and others having killed one another, and having plundered one another, the people then accomplish (their ends).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.69
दुःखप्रवचनाल्पायुर्देहाल्पायुश्च रोगतः । अधर्माभिनिवेशित्वात्तमोवृत्तं कलौ स्मृतम्
duḥkhapravacanālpāyurdehālpāyuśca rogataḥ / adharmābhiniveśitvāttamovṛttaṃ kalau smṛtam
Short-lived in speech about sorrow, and short-lived in body through disease, because of attachment to unrighteousness, the course of darkness is declared (to prevail) in the Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.70
प्रजासु भ्रूणहत्या च तदा वैरात्प्रवर्त्तते । तस्मादायुर्बलं रूपं कलिं प्राप्य प्रहीयते
prajāsu bhrūṇahatyā ca tadā vairātpravarttate / tasmādāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ kaliṃ prāpya prahīyate
And then among the people the killing of embryos proceeds out of enmity; therefore, on reaching the Kali age, lifespan, strength and beauty decline.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.71
तदा चाल्पेन कालेन सिद्धिं गच्छन्ति मानवाः । धन्या धर्मं चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते द्विजसत्तमाः
tadā cālpena kālena siddhiṃ gacchanti mānavāḥ / dhanyā dharmaṃ cariṣyanti yugānte dvijasattamāḥ
And then men attain success in a short time; the fortunate, best of the twice-born, will practise dharma at the end of the age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.72
श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं धर्मं ये चरन्त्यनसूयकाः । त्रेतायामाब्दिको धर्मो द्वापरे मासिकः स्मृतः
śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmaṃ ye carantyanasūyakāḥ / tretāyāmābdiko dharmo dvāpare māsikaḥ smṛtaḥ
(Those) who practise without spite the dharma set forth in śruti and smṛti — in Tretā the dharma is a year's (worth), in Dvāpara it is reckoned a month's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.73
यथाशक्ति चरन्प्राज्ञस्तदह्ना प्राप्नुयात्कलौ । एषा कलियुगावस्था संध्यांशं तु निबोधत
yathāśakti caranprājñastadahnā prāpnuyātkalau / eṣā kaliyugāvasthā saṃdhyāṃśaṃ tu nibodhata
In Kali the wise man, practising according to his capacity, would obtain that in a (single) day. This is the state of the Kali age; now learn about the twilight portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.74
युगेयुगे तु हीयन्ते त्रित्रिपादास्तु सिद्धयः । युगस्वभावात्संध्यासु तिष्ठन्तीह तु यादृशः
yugeyuge tu hīyante tritripādāstu siddhayaḥ / yugasvabhāvātsaṃdhyāsu tiṣṭhantīha tu yādṛśaḥ
In each successive yuga the attainments dwindle by three quarters; by the very nature of the yuga (they remain) in the twilight periods here of whatever sort they are.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.75
संध्यास्वभावाः स्वांशेषु पादशेषाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । एवं संध्यांशके काले संप्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके
saṃdhyāsvabhāvāḥ svāṃśeṣu pādaśeṣāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ / evaṃ saṃdhyāṃśake kāle saṃprāpte tu yugāntike
The characters of the twilights, with a quarter remaining, are established in their own portions. Thus, when the time of the twilight-portion has arrived at the end of the yuga—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.76
तेषां शास्ता ह्यसाधूनां भृगूणां निधनोत्थितः । गोत्रेण वै चन्द्र मसो नाम्ना प्रमतिरुच्यते
teṣāṃ śāstā hyasādhūnāṃ bhṛgūṇāṃ nidhanotthitaḥ / gotreṇa vai candra maso nāmnā pramatirucyate
—their chastiser, (the chastiser) of those wicked ones, arisen among the Bhṛgus, is by lineage of the Moon, and by name he is called Pramati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.77
माधवस्य तु स्ॐऽशेन पूर्वं स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे । समाः सविंशतिः पूर्णाः पर्यटन्वै वसुंधराम्
mādhavasya tu soṃ'śena pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare / samāḥ saviṃśatiḥ pūrṇāḥ paryaṭanvai vasuṃdharām
By a portion of Mādhava, formerly in the Svāyambhuva interval, he roamed the earth for full twenty-odd years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.78
अनुकर्षन्स वै सेनां सवाजिरथकुञ्जराम् । प्रगृहीतायुधैर्विप्रैः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
anukarṣansa vai senāṃ savājirathakuñjarām / pragṛhītāyudhairvipraiḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
Dragging along an army with horses, chariots and elephants, together with brahmins who had taken up weapons, by hundreds and by thousands—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.79
स तदा तैः परिवृतो म्लेच्छान्हन्ति स्मसर्वशः । सह वा सर्वशश्चैव राज्ञस्ताञ्छूद्रयोनिजान्
sa tadā taiḥ parivṛto mlecchānhanti smasarvaśaḥ / saha vā sarvaśaścaiva rājñastāñchūdrayonijān
Then, surrounded by them, he slew the mlecchas utterly, and along with them, wholly, those kings born of śūdra wombs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.80
पारवण्डास्तु ततः सर्वान् निः शेषं कृतवान्विभुः । नात्यर्थ धार्मिका ये च तान्सर्वान्हन्ति सर्वशः
pāravaṇḍāstu tataḥ sarvān niḥ śeṣaṃ kṛtavānvibhuḥ / nātyartha dhārmikā ye ca tānsarvānhanti sarvaśaḥ
Then the mighty one made all the heretics utterly without remnant; and those who are not exceedingly righteous — all those he slays completely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.81
वर्णव्यत्यासजाताश्च ये च ताननुजीविनः । उदीच्यान्मध्यदेश्यांश्च पवतीयांस्तथैव च
varṇavyatyāsajātāśca ye ca tānanujīvinaḥ / udīcyānmadhyadeśyāṃśca pavatīyāṃstathaiva ca
And those born from the crossing of varṇas, and those who live dependent on them; the northerners and the people of the middle country, and likewise the mountain-dwellers;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.82
प्राच्यान्प्रतीच्यांश्च तथा विन्ध्यपृष्ठचरानपि । तथैव दाक्षिणात्यांश्च द्रविडान्सिंहलैः सह
prācyānpratīcyāṃśca tathā vindhyapṛṣṭhacarānapi / tathaiva dākṣiṇātyāṃśca draviḍānsiṃhalaiḥ saha
the easterners and the westerners, and also those who range over the back of the Vindhyas, and likewise the southerners, the Draviḍas together with the Siṃhalas;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.83
गान्धारान्पारदांश्चैव पह्लवान्यव नाञ्शकान् । तुषारान्बर्बरांश्चीनाञ्छूलिकान्दरदान् खशान्
gāndhārānpāradāṃścaiva pahlavānyava nāñśakān / tuṣārānbarbarāṃścīnāñchūlikāndaradān khaśān
the Gāndhāras and the Pāradas, the Pahlavas, Yavanas and Śakas, the Tuṣāras, Barbaras, Cīnas, Śūlikas, Daradas, Khaśas;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.84
लंपाकारान्सकतकान्किरातानां च जातयः । प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवान्म्लेच्छानामन्तकृत्प्रभुः
laṃpākārānsakatakānkirātānāṃ ca jātayaḥ / pravṛttacakro balavānmlecchānāmantakṛtprabhuḥ
the Lampākas, the Sakaṭakas, and the tribes of the Kirātas — (he,) with his wheel (of sovereignty) set in motion, mighty, the lord who makes an end of the mlecchas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.85
अदृष्टः सर्वभूतानां चचाराथ वसुन्धराम् । माधवस्य तु स्ॐऽशेन देवस्येह विजज्ञिवान्
adṛṣṭaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ cacārātha vasundharām / mādhavasya tu soṃ'śena devasyeha vijajñivān
Unseen by all beings, he then roamed over the earth, having been born here from a portion of the god Mādhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.86
पूर्वजन्मनि विख्यातः प्रमतिर्न्नाम वीर्यवान् । गोत्रतो वै चन्द्रमसः पूर्वे कलियुगे प्रभुः
pūrvajanmani vikhyātaḥ pramatirnnāma vīryavān / gotrato vai candramasaḥ pūrve kaliyuge prabhuḥ
In a former birth he was renowned as Pramati by name, valiant, by lineage of the Moon, a lord in the earlier Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.87
द्वात्रिंशे ऽभ्युदिते वर्षे प्रक्रान्तो विंशतीः समाः । विनिघ्नन्सर्वभूतानि मानवानेव सर्वशः
dvātriṃśe 'bhyudite varṣe prakrānto viṃśatīḥ samāḥ / vinighnansarvabhūtāni mānavāneva sarvaśaḥ
Setting out in his thirty-second year, (he ranged) for twenty years, slaying all beings, and men in particular, everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.88
कृत्वा बीजावशेषं तु पृथ्व्यां कूरेण कर्मणा । परस्पर निमित्तेन कोपेनाकस्मिकेन तु
kṛtvā bījāvaśeṣaṃ tu pṛthvyāṃ kūreṇa karmaṇā / paraspara nimittena kopenākasmikena tu
Having left only a seed remaining on the earth by his cruel work, by their mutual (hostility) as its occasion and by sudden wrath,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.89
सुसाधयित्वा वृषलान्प्रायशस्तानधर्मिकान् । गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये निष्ठां प्राप्तः सहानुगः
susādhayitvā vṛṣalānprāyaśastānadharmikān / gaṅgāyamunayormadhye niṣṭhāṃ prāptaḥ sahānugaḥ
and having thoroughly subdued those low-born ones, mostly unrighteous, he met his end between the Ganges and the Yamunā together with his followers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.90
ततो व्यतीते कल्पे तु सामान्ये सहसैनिकः । उत्साद्य पार्थिवान्सर्वान्मलेच्छांश्चैव सहस्रशः
tato vyatīte kalpe tu sāmānye sahasainikaḥ / utsādya pārthivānsarvānmalecchāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ
Then, when the ordinary kalpa had passed, he, together with his soldiers, having extirpated all the kings and the mlecchas by the thousands—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.91
तत्र संध्यांशके काले संप्राप्ते तु युगान्तके । स्थितास्वल्पावशिष्टासु प्रजास्विह क्वचित्क्वचित्
tatra saṃdhyāṃśake kāle saṃprāpte tu yugāntake / sthitāsvalpāvaśiṣṭāsu prajāsviha kvacitkvacit
there, when the time of the twilight-portion at the end of the yuga has arrived, while the few remaining creatures survive here and there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.92
अपग्रहास्ततस्ता वै लोभाविष्टास्तु वृन्दशः । उपहिसंति चान्योन्यं पोथयन्तः परस्परम्
apagrahāstatastā vai lobhāviṣṭāstu vṛndaśaḥ / upahisaṃti cānyonyaṃ pothayantaḥ parasparam
Then those (creatures), lawless and possessed by greed, in throngs injure one another, crushing each other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.93
अराजके युगवशात्संक्षये समुपस्थिते । प्रजास्ता वै ततः सर्वाः परस्परभयार्द्दिताः
arājake yugavaśātsaṃkṣaye samupasthite / prajāstā vai tataḥ sarvāḥ parasparabhayārdditāḥ
When, with no king, destruction has come upon (them) by force of the yuga, then all those creatures, tormented by fear of one another,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.94
व्याकुलाश्च परिभ्रान्तास्त्यक्त्वा दारान्गृहाणि च । स्वान्प्रणाननपेक्षन्तो निष्कारणसुदुःखिताः
vyākulāśca paribhrāntāstyaktvā dārāngṛhāṇi ca / svānpraṇānanapekṣanto niṣkāraṇasuduḥkhitāḥ
and distraught and wandering about, abandoning wives and houses, with no regard for their own lives, exceedingly wretched without cause,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.95
नष्टे श्रौते स्मृतौ धर्मे परस्परहतास्तदा । निर्मर्यादा निराक्रन्दा निःस्नेहा निरपत्रपाः
naṣṭe śraute smṛtau dharme parasparahatāstadā / nirmaryādā nirākrandā niḥsnehā nirapatrapāḥ
when the dharma of śruti and smṛti has perished, then, slaying one another, without bounds, with none to cry out to, without affection, without shame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.96
नष्टे धर्मे प्रतिहता ह्रस्वकाः पञ्चविंशतिम् । हित्वा पुत्रांश्च दारांश्च विषादव्याकुलेद्रियाः
naṣṭe dharme pratihatā hrasvakāḥ pañcaviṃśatim / hitvā putrāṃśca dārāṃśca viṣādavyākuledriyāḥ
when dharma has perished (they are) stricken, short-lived — twenty-five (years) — abandoning sons and wives, their senses distraught with despair,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.97
अनावृष्टिहताश्चैव वार्त्तामुत्सृज्य दुःखिताः । प्रत्यन्तांस्ता निषेवन्ते हित्वा जनपदान्स्वकान्
anāvṛṣṭihatāścaiva vārttāmutsṛjya duḥkhitāḥ / pratyantāṃstā niṣevante hitvā janapadānsvakān
and struck by drought, giving up their livelihood, miserable, they resort to the borderlands, abandoning their own settled countries.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.98
सरितः सागरानूपान्सेवन्ते पर्वतांस्तथा । मांसैर्मूलफलैश्चैव वर्तयन्तः सुदुःखिताः
saritaḥ sāgarānūpānsevante parvatāṃstathā / māṃsairmūlaphalaiścaiva vartayantaḥ suduḥkhitāḥ
They resort to rivers, sea-marshes, and mountains as well, subsisting on flesh and on roots and fruits, in great misery,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.99
चीरपत्राचिनधरा निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहाः । वर्णाश्रमपरिभ्रष्टाः संकरं घोरमास्थिताः । एतां काष्ठामनुप्राप्ता अल्पशेषाः प्रजास्ततः
cīrapatrācinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ / varṇāśramaparibhraṣṭāḥ saṃkaraṃ ghoramāsthitāḥ / etāṃ kāṣṭhāmanuprāptā alpaśeṣāḥ prajāstataḥ
wearing bark, leaves and hides, without rites, without possessions, fallen away from class and stage of life, settled in a dreadful confusion (of classes); the creatures, few remaining, having come to this extremity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.100
जराव्याधिक्षुधा विष्टा दुःखान्निर्वेदमागमन् । विचारणा तु निर्वेदात्साम्यावस्था विचारणात्
jarāvyādhikṣudhā viṣṭā duḥkhānnirvedamāgaman / vicāraṇā tu nirvedātsāmyāvasthā vicāraṇāt
oppressed by old age, disease and hunger, came through suffering to disillusionment; from disillusionment comes reflection, from reflection a state of evenness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.101
साम्यावस्थात्मको बोधः संबोधाद्धर्मशीलता । तासूपशमयुक्तासु कलिशिष्टासु वै स्वयम्
sāmyāvasthātmako bodhaḥ saṃbodhāddharmaśīlatā / tāsūpaśamayuktāsu kaliśiṣṭāsu vai svayam
Awakening consists in the state of evenness; from full awakening comes conduct according to dharma. In those (creatures), the remnants of Kali, now possessed of calm, of itself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.102
अहोरात्रं तदा तासां युगान्ते परिवर्त्तिनि । चित्तसंमोहनं कृत्वा तासां वै सुप्तमत्तवत्
ahorātraṃ tadā tāsāṃ yugānte parivarttini / cittasaṃmohanaṃ kṛtvā tāsāṃ vai suptamattavat
then, at the turning of the yuga's end, for a day and a night, having brought about a bewilderment of their minds, (leaving) them as if asleep or drunk,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.103
भाविनोर्ऽथस्य च बलात्ततः कृतमवर्त्तत । प्रवृत्ते तु ततस्तस्मिन्पूते कृतयुगे तु वै
bhāvinor'thasya ca balāttataḥ kṛtamavarttata / pravṛtte tu tatastasminpūte kṛtayuge tu vai
and by the force of what was destined to be, thereupon the Kṛta (age) came round; and when that pure Kṛta yuga had set in,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.104
उत्पन्नाः कलिशिष्टासु प्रजाः कार्तयुगास्तदा । तिष्ठन्ति चेह ये सिद्धा अदृष्टा विचरन्ति च
utpannāḥ kaliśiṣṭāsu prajāḥ kārtayugāstadā / tiṣṭhanti ceha ye siddhā adṛṣṭā vicaranti ca
then creatures belonging to the Kṛta age are born among the remnants of Kali; and those perfected ones who abide here also move about unseen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.105
सह सप्तर्षिभिश्चैव तत्र ते च व्यवस्थिताः । ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशः शूद्रा बीजार्थं ये स्मृता इह
saha saptarṣibhiścaiva tatra te ca vyavasthitāḥ / brahmakṣatraviśaḥ śūdrā bījārthaṃ ye smṛtā iha
And together with the seven seers those too are established there — the brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras who are here recorded (as preserved) for the sake of seed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.106
कलिजैः सह ते संति निर्विशेषास्तदाभवन् । तेषां सप्तर्षयो धर्मं कथयन्तीतरेषु च
kalijaiḥ saha te saṃti nirviśeṣāstadābhavan / teṣāṃ saptarṣayo dharmaṃ kathayantītareṣu ca
They exist along with those born in Kali, and then became indistinguishable (from them); to these and to the others the seven seers proclaim dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.107
वर्णाश्रमाचारयुक्तः श्रौतः स्मार्त्तो द्विधा तु सः । ततस्तेषु क्रियावत्सु वर्तन्ते वै प्रजाः कृते
varṇāśramācārayuktaḥ śrautaḥ smārtto dvidhā tu saḥ / tatasteṣu kriyāvatsu vartante vai prajāḥ kṛte
It, joined with the observances of the classes and stages of life, is twofold: that of śruti and that of smṛti. Then, while those (seers) are engaged in rites, the creatures conduct themselves (accordingly) in the Kṛta age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.108
श्रौतस्मार्त्ते कृतानां च धर्मे सप्तर्षिदर्शिते । केचिद्धर्मव्यवस्थार्थं तिष्ठन्तीहायुगक्षयात्
śrautasmārtte kṛtānāṃ ca dharme saptarṣidarśite / keciddharmavyavasthārthaṃ tiṣṭhantīhāyugakṣayāt
And in the śrauta and smārta dharma of the people of the Kṛta age, as shown by the seven seers, some remain here, for the sake of establishing dharma, until the yuga's end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.109
मन्वन्तराधिकारेषु तिष्ठन्ति मुनयस्तु वै । यथा दावप्रदग्धेषु तृणेष्विह तपेन तु
manvantarādhikāreṣu tiṣṭhanti munayastu vai / yathā dāvapradagdheṣu tṛṇeṣviha tapena tu
The sages remain through the offices of the manvantara. Just as, when the grasses here have been burnt up by a forest fire, through the heat
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.110
वनानां प्रथमं वृष्ट्या तेषां मूलेषु संभवः । तथा कार्तयुगानां तु कलिजष्विह संभवः
vanānāṃ prathamaṃ vṛṣṭyā teṣāṃ mūleṣu saṃbhavaḥ / tathā kārtayugānāṃ tu kalijaṣviha saṃbhavaḥ
the first springing up of the woods, by rain, is from their roots — so is the springing up here of the people of the Kṛta age among those born in Kali.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.111
एवं युगो युगस्येह संतानस्तु परस्परम् । वर्त्तते ह्यव्यवच्छेदाद्यावन्मन्वन्तरक्षयः
evaṃ yugo yugasyeha saṃtānastu parasparam / varttate hyavyavacchedādyāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ
Thus here the succession of one yuga to another proceeds reciprocally, without interruption, until the end of the manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.112
सुखमायुर्बलं रूपन्धर्मोर्ऽथः काम एव च । युगेष्वेतानि हीयन्ते त्रित्रिपादाः क्रमेण च
sukhamāyurbalaṃ rūpandharmor'thaḥ kāma eva ca / yugeṣvetāni hīyante tritripādāḥ krameṇa ca
Happiness, lifespan, strength, beauty, dharma, wealth, and pleasure too — these decline in the (successive) yugas, by thirds, one after another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.113
ससंध्याशेषु हीयन्ते युगानान्धर्मसिद्धयः । इत्येष प्रतिसंधिर्यः कीर्त्तितस्तु मया द्विजाः
sasaṃdhyāśeṣu hīyante yugānāndharmasiddhayaḥ / ityeṣa pratisaṃdhiryaḥ kīrttitastu mayā dvijāḥ
In (the yugas) together with their twilights and twilight-remainders, the dharmas and attainments of the yugas decline. Such is this juncture (between yugas) that has been proclaimed by me, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.114
चतुर्युगानां सर्वेषामेतेनैव प्रसाधनम् । एषा चतुर्युगावृत्तिरासहस्रद्गुणीकृता
caturyugānāṃ sarveṣāmetenaiva prasādhanam / eṣā caturyugāvṛttirāsahasradguṇīkṛtā
By this very (reckoning) the determination of all the sets of four yugas (is made). This revolution of the four yugas, multiplied up to a thousand —
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BndP 1 31.115
ब्रह्मणस्तदहः प्रोक्तं रात्रिश्चैतावती स्मृता । अत्रार्जवं जडीभावो भूतानामायुगक्षयात्
brahmaṇastadahaḥ proktaṃ rātriścaitāvatī smṛtā / atrārjavaṃ jaḍībhāvo bhūtānāmāyugakṣayāt
— that is called a day of Brahmā, and his night is held to be of the same length. In it there is (mere) simplicity and a state of torpor among beings, because of the destruction at the yuga's end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.116
एतदेव तु सर्वेषां युगानां लक्षणं स्मृतम् । एषा चतुर्युगानां च गुणिता ह्येकसप्ततिः
etadeva tu sarveṣāṃ yugānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ smṛtam / eṣā caturyugānāṃ ca guṇitā hyekasaptatiḥ
And this very same is held to be the characteristic of all the yugas. And this seventy-one of the four-yuga (periods), multiplied —
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BndP 1 31.117
क्रमेण परिवृत्ता तुमनोरन्तरमुच्यते । चतुर्युगे यथैकस्मिन्भवतीह यथा तु यत्
krameṇa parivṛttā tumanorantaramucyate / caturyuge yathaikasminbhavatīha yathā tu yat
— and revolved in order, is called a manvantara. As in one set of four yugas whatever happens here happens in whatever way,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.118
तथा चान्येषु भवति पुनस्तद्वद्यथाक्रमम् । सर्गे सर्गे तथा भेदा उत्पद्यन्ते तथैव तु
tathā cānyeṣu bhavati punastadvadyathākramam / sarge sarge tathā bhedā utpadyante tathaiva tu
so it happens again in the others likewise, in due order; and in creation after creation the distinctions arise in just that same way.
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BndP 1 31.119
पञ्चत्रिंशत्परिमिता न न्यूना नाधिकाः स्मृताः । तथा कल्पा युगैः मार्द्धं भवन्ति सह लक्षणैः । मन्वन्तराणां सर्वेषामेतदेव तु लक्षणम्
pañcatriṃśatparimitā na nyūnā nādhikāḥ smṛtāḥ / tathā kalpā yugaiḥ mārddhaṃ bhavanti saha lakṣaṇaiḥ / manvantarāṇāṃ sarveṣāmetadeva tu lakṣaṇam
They are held to be thirty-five in number, neither fewer nor more; so the kalpas, together with the yugas, come to half, along with their characteristics. And this very same is the characteristic of all the manvantaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.122
यथा युगानां परिवर्त्तनानि चिरप्रवृत्तानि युगस्वभावात् । तथा न संतिष्ठति जीवलोकः क्षयोदयाभ्यां परिवर्त्तमानः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,३१।१२० ॥ इत्येत ल्लक्षणं प्रोक्तं युगानां वै समासतः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,३१।१२१ ॥ अतीतानागतानां हि सर्वमन्वन्तरोष्विह । मन्वन्तरेण चैकेन सर्वाण्येवान्तराणि वै
yathā yugānāṃ parivarttanāni cirapravṛttāni yugasvabhāvāt / tathā na saṃtiṣṭhati jīvalokaḥ kṣayodayābhyāṃ parivarttamānaḥ // bndp_1,31.120 // ityeta llakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ yugānāṃ vai samāsataḥ // bndp_1,31.121 // atītānāgatānāṃ hi sarvamanvantaroṣviha / manvantareṇa caikena sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi vai
As the revolutions of the yugas have proceeded from of old by the very nature of the yugas, so the world of living beings does not stand still, but revolves through decline and rise. // Thus this characteristic of the yugas has been declared in brief. // For (the manvantaras) past and future here, in all the manvantaras — and by means of one single manvantara all the (other) intervals indeed —
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BndP 1 31.123
ख्यातानीह विजानीध्वं कल्पं कल्पेन चैव ह । अनागतेषु तद्वच्च तर्कः कार्यो विजानता
khyātānīha vijānīdhvaṃ kalpaṃ kalpena caiva ha / anāgateṣu tadvacca tarkaḥ kāryo vijānatā
— know them to be declared here, and (so too) one kalpa by (another) kalpa; and likewise, regarding those yet to come, inference is to be made by one who knows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 31.124
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु अतीतानागतेष्विह । तुल्याभिमानिनः सर्वे नामरूपैर्भवन्त्युत
manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣviha / tulyābhimāninaḥ sarve nāmarūpairbhavantyuta
In all the manvantaras, past and future here, all (beings) come to be with like designations, by names and forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 31.125
देवा ह्यष्टविधा ये वा इह मन्वन्तरेश्वराः । ऋषयो मनवश्चैव सर्वे तुल्याः प्रयोजनैः
devā hyaṣṭavidhā ye vā iha manvantareśvarāḥ / ṛṣayo manavaścaiva sarve tulyāḥ prayojanaiḥ
The gods of eight kinds who are lords of the manvantaras here, and the seers and the Manus — all are alike in their functions.
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BndP 1 31.126
एवं वर्णाश्रमाणां तु प्रविभागं पुरा युगे । युगस्वभावांश्च तथा विधत्ते वै सदा प्रभुः
evaṃ varṇāśramāṇāṃ tu pravibhāgaṃ purā yuge / yugasvabhāvāṃśca tathā vidhatte vai sadā prabhuḥ
Thus does the Lord always ordain the division of the classes and the stages of life, as in the former yuga, and likewise the natures of the yugas.
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BndP 1 31.127
वर्णाश्रमविभागाश्च युगानि युगसिद्धयः । अनुषङ्गात्समाख्याताः सृष्टिसर्गं निबोधत । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च स्थितिं वक्ष्ये युगेष्विह
varṇāśramavibhāgāśca yugāni yugasiddhayaḥ / anuṣaṅgātsamākhyātāḥ sṛṣṭisargaṃ nibodhata / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca sthitiṃ vakṣye yugeṣviha
And the divisions of class and stage of life, the yugas, and the attainments of the yugas have been recounted incidentally; now learn the creation of offspring. In detail and in due order I shall tell the state of things in the yugas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition