Harivamsha — Chapter 117

HV 117.1

एषं विलुलिते लोके मनुष्याः केन पालिताः निवत्स्यन्ति किमाचाराः किमाहारविहारिणः

eṣaṃ vilulite loke manuṣyāḥ kena pālitāḥ nivatsyanti kimācārāḥ kimāhāravihāriṇaḥ

When the world is thus thrown into confusion, by whom will men be protected as they live on? What conduct will they have, what food and what pastimes?

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HV 117.2

किंकर्माणः किमीहन्तः किंप्रमाणाः किमायुषः कां च काष्ठां समासाद्य प्रपत्स्यन्ति कृतं युगम्

kiṃkarmāṇaḥ kimīhantaḥ kiṃpramāṇāḥ kimāyuṣaḥ kāṃ ca kāṣṭhāṃ samāsādya prapatsyanti kṛtaṃ yugam

What deeds, what strivings, what stature, what lifespan will they have? And on reaching what limit will they attain the Kṛta age?

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HV 117.3

अत ऊर्ध्वं च्युते धर्मे गुणहीनाः प्रजास् ततः शीलव्यसनम् आसाद्य प्राप्स्यन्ते ह्रासम् आयुषः

ata ūrdhvaṃ cyute dharme guṇahīnāḥ prajās tataḥ śīlavyasanam āsādya prāpsyante hrāsam āyuṣaḥ

From then on, when dharma has fallen away, the creatures, devoid of virtues, meeting with the ruin of their character, will incur a diminution of lifespan.

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HV 117.4

आयुर्हार्न्या बलग्लानिर् बलग्लान्या विवर्णता वैवर्ण्याद् व्याधिसंपीडा निर्वेदो व्याधिपीडनात्

āyurhārnyā balaglānir balaglānyā vivarṇatā vaivarṇyād vyādhisaṃpīḍā nirvedo vyādhipīḍanāt

From the loss of lifespan, failure of strength; from failure of strength, loss of complexion; from loss of complexion, oppression by disease; from oppression by disease, disgust (with the world).

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HV 117.5

निर्वेदाद् आत्मसंबोधः संबोधाद् धर्मशीलता एवं गत्वा परां काष्ठां प्रपत्स्यन्ति कृतं युगम्

nirvedād ātmasaṃbodhaḥ saṃbodhād dharmaśīlatā evaṃ gatvā parāṃ kāṣṭhāṃ prapatsyanti kṛtaṃ yugam

From disgust, awakening to the self; from awakening, a character devoted to dharma. Having proceeded thus to the highest limit, they will attain the Kṛta age.

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HV 117.6

उद्देशतो धर्मशीलाः केचिन् मध्यस्थतां गताः विमर्शशीलाः केचित् तु हेतुवादकुतूहलाः

uddeśato dharmaśīlāḥ kecin madhyasthatāṃ gatāḥ vimarśaśīlāḥ kecit tu hetuvādakutūhalāḥ

Some are of dharmic character in a general way; some have come to an intermediate state; but some are given to deliberation, curious about argument from reasons.

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HV 117.8

प्रत्यक्षम् अनुमानं च प्रमाणम् इति निश्चिताः प्रमाणं किं करिष्यति नेति पण्डितमानिनः अप्रमाणं करिष्यन्ति वेदोक्तम् अपरे जनाः ॥ ह्व्_११७।७ तदा मुखभगाश् चैव भविष्यन्ति स्त्रियो ऽपराः । नास्तिक्यपरमाश् चापि केचिद् धर्मविलोपकाः भविष्यन्ति नरा मूढा मन्दाः पण्डितमानिनः

pratyakṣam anumānaṃ ca pramāṇam iti niścitāḥ pramāṇaṃ kiṃ kariṣyati neti paṇḍitamāninaḥ apramāṇaṃ kariṣyanti vedoktam apare janāḥ // HV_117.7 tadā mukhabhagāś caiva bhaviṣyanti striyo 'parāḥ | nāstikyaparamāś cāpi kecid dharmavilopakāḥ bhaviṣyanti narā mūḍhā mandāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ

Convinced that perception and inference (alone) are valid means of knowledge, thinking themselves learned, (they say) "What will an authority accomplish? It is not so." Other people will treat what is spoken in the Veda as no authority. Then some women will become mouth-vulvaed; and some men, given over utterly to unbelief, destroyers of dharma, will be deluded and dull, thinking themselves learned.

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HV 117.9

तदात्वमात्रश्रद्धेयाः शास्त्रज्ञानविमूर्छिताः दाम्भिकास् ते भविष्यन्ति वादशीलपरायणाः

tadātvamātraśraddheyāḥ śāstrajñānavimūrchitāḥ dāmbhikās te bhaviṣyanti vādaśīlaparāyaṇāḥ

Trustworthy only for the moment, stupefied by (their) knowledge of the treatises, they will be hypocrites, wholly devoted to disputatiousness.

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HV 117.10

तदा विचलिते धर्मे जनाः शेषपुरस्कृताः शुभान्य् एवाचरिष्यन्ति दानसत्यसमन्विताः

tadā vicalite dharme janāḥ śeṣapuraskṛtāḥ śubhāny evācariṣyanti dānasatyasamanvitāḥ

Then, when dharma has been shaken, people who keep the remainder foremost will practise only what is auspicious, endowed with giving and truth.

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HV 117.11

सर्वभक्षो ह्य् असंगुप्तो निर्गुणो निरपत्रपः भविष्यति तदा लोकस् तत् कषायस्य लक्षणम्

sarvabhakṣo hy asaṃgupto nirguṇo nirapatrapaḥ bhaviṣyati tadā lokas tat kaṣāyasya lakṣaṇam

For the world will then be eating everything, unguarded, without virtues, without shame: that is the mark of the corrupt (Kali) age.

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HV 117.12

विप्राणां शाश्वतीं वृत्तिं यदा वर्णावरो जनः अभिपत्स्यति वृत्त्यर्थं तत् कषायस्य लक्षणम्

viprāṇāṃ śāśvatīṃ vṛttiṃ yadā varṇāvaro janaḥ abhipatsyati vṛttyarthaṃ tat kaṣāyasya lakṣaṇam

When people of the lower classes, for the sake of a livelihood, take over the perpetual means of livelihood of the brahmins — that is a mark of the corrupt (age).

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HV 117.13

कषायोपप्लवे काले ज्ञानविद्याप्रणाशने सिद्धिम् अल्पेन कालेन यास्यन्ति निरुपस्कृताः

kaṣāyopaplave kāle jñānavidyāpraṇāśane siddhim alpena kālena yāsyanti nirupaskṛtāḥ

In the time when the corruption has broken in, when knowledge and learning are destroyed, those who are without equipment (of ritual or means) will attain success in a short time.

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HV 117.14

महायुद्धं महानादं महावर्षं महाभयम् भविष्यति युगे क्षीणे तत् कषायस्य लक्षणम्

mahāyuddhaṃ mahānādaṃ mahāvarṣaṃ mahābhayam bhaviṣyati yuge kṣīṇe tat kaṣāyasya lakṣaṇam

There will be great war, great roaring, great rain, great terror, when the age is worn out — that is a mark of the corrupt (age).

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HV 117.15

विप्ररूपाणि रक्षांसि राजानः कर्णवेदिनः चरिष्यन्ति वसुंधरां । प्रनष्टवर्णधर्माश् च । पृथिवीम् उपभोक्ष्यन्ति युगान्ते प्रत्युपस्थिते

viprarūpāṇi rakṣāṃsi rājānaḥ karṇavedinaḥ cariṣyanti vasuṃdharāṃ | pranaṣṭavarṇadharmāś ca | pṛthivīm upabhokṣyanti yugānte pratyupasthite

Demons in brahmin form, and kings who listen (only) to the ear (i.e. to informers), will roam the earth; and, with the duties of the classes destroyed, they will consume the earth when the end of the age has arrived.

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HV 117.16

निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारा मुनयश् चाभिमानिनः क्रव्यादा ब्रह्मरूपेण सर्वभक्षा वृथाव्रताः

niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārā munayaś cābhimāninaḥ kravyādā brahmarūpeṇa sarvabhakṣā vṛthāvratāḥ

(There will be) sages without recitation and without the vaṣaṭ-call, full of self-conceit, flesh-eaters in the guise of brahmins, eating everything, their vows in vain.

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HV 117.17

मूर्खाः स्वार्थपरा लुब्धाः क्षुद्राः क्षुद्रपरिच्छदाः व्यवाहारोपवृत्ताश् च च्युता धर्माच् च शाश्वतात्

mūrkhāḥ svārthaparā lubdhāḥ kṣudrāḥ kṣudraparicchadāḥ vyavāhāropavṛttāś ca cyutā dharmāc ca śāśvatāt

Fools, bent on their own gain, greedy, mean, with mean trappings, living by trade, and fallen from the eternal law;

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HV 117.18

हर्तारः पररत्नानां परदारप्रधर्षकाः कामात्मानो दुरात्मानः सोपधाः प्रियसाहसाः

hartāraḥ pararatnānāṃ paradārapradharṣakāḥ kāmātmāno durātmānaḥ sopadhāḥ priyasāhasāḥ

Stealers of others' jewels, violators of others' wives, lustful, evil-minded, deceitful, fond of violence.

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HV 117.19

तेषु प्रभवमानेषु तुल्यशीलेषु सर्वतः अभाविनो भविष्यन्ति मुनयो बहुरूपिणः

teṣu prabhavamāneṣu tulyaśīleṣu sarvataḥ abhāvino bhaviṣyanti munayo bahurūpiṇaḥ

While these, alike in character, are prevailing everywhere, there will be sages of many forms who do not (truly) exist.

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HV 117.20

उत्पन्ना ये कृतयुगे प्रधानपुरुषाश्रयाः कथायोगेन तान् सर्वान् पूजयिष्यन्ति मानवाः

utpannā ye kṛtayuge pradhānapuruṣāśrayāḥ kathāyogena tān sarvān pūjayiṣyanti mānavāḥ

Those who arose in the Kṛta age, resting on the primal Person — all of them men will worship (merely) by way of stories.

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HV 117.21

सस्यचोरा भविष्यन्ति तथा चैलापहारिणः भक्ष्यभोज्यहराश् चैव भाण्डानां चैव हारिणः

sasyacorā bhaviṣyanti tathā cailāpahāriṇaḥ bhakṣyabhojyaharāś caiva bhāṇḍānāṃ caiva hāriṇaḥ

There will be thieves of grain, and likewise carriers-off of clothes, snatchers of food and drink, and takers of vessels.

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HV 117.22

चोराश् चोरस्य हर्तारो हन्ता हर्तुर् भविष्यति चोराश् चोरक्षये चापि कृते क्षेमं भविष्यति

corāś corasya hartāro hantā hartur bhaviṣyati corāś corakṣaye cāpi kṛte kṣemaṃ bhaviṣyati

Thieves will be robbers of a thief, and the killer will become the killer's robber; and when the thieves have destroyed the thieves, there will be security.

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HV 117.24

निःसारे क्षुभिते लोके निष्क्रिये व्यन्तरे स्थिते नराः श्रयिष्यन्ति वनं करभारप्रपीडिताः ॥ ह्व्_११७।२३ पितॄन् आज्ञापयिष्यन्ति पुत्राः कर्माणि सर्वशः । स्नुषाः श्वश्रूस् तथा चैव युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते । वाक्शरैस् तर्जयिष्यन्ति गुरूञ् शिष्याः समन्ततः । यज्ञकर्मण्य् उपरते रक्षांसि श्वापदानि च कोटिमूषकसर्पाश् च धर्षयिष्यन्ति मानवान्

niḥsāre kṣubhite loke niṣkriye vyantare sthite narāḥ śrayiṣyanti vanaṃ karabhāraprapīḍitāḥ // HV_117.23 pitṝn ājñāpayiṣyanti putrāḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ | snuṣāḥ śvaśrūs tathā caiva yugānte paryupasthite | vākśarais tarjayiṣyanti gurūñ śiṣyāḥ samantataḥ | yajñakarmaṇy uparate rakṣāṃsi śvāpadāni ca koṭimūṣakasarpāś ca dharṣayiṣyanti mānavān

When the world is sapless, agitated, without (proper) rites and set in intervals (of disorder), men, oppressed by the burden of taxes, will take refuge in the forest. Sons will give orders to their fathers in all matters, and daughters-in-law to their mothers-in-law, when the end of the age has come round; pupils will threaten their teachers everywhere with arrows of speech; when the work of sacrifice has ceased, demons and beasts of prey, and rats and snakes by the crore, will assail men.

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HV 117.25

क्षेमं सुभिक्षम् आरोग्यं सामग्र्यम् अथ बन्धुभिः उद्देशेन नरश्रेष्ठ भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये

kṣemaṃ subhikṣam ārogyaṃ sāmagryam atha bandhubhiḥ uddeśena naraśreṣṭha bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye

Security, abundance of food, health, and completeness together with kinsmen will exist, best of men, only in name at the age's destruction.

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HV 117.26

स्वयंपालाः स्वयंचोरा युगसंभारसंभृताः मण्डलैः प्रभविष्यन्ति देशे देशे पृथक् पृथक्

svayaṃpālāḥ svayaṃcorā yugasaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtāḥ maṇḍalaiḥ prabhaviṣyanti deśe deśe pṛthak pṛthak

Self-appointed protectors who are themselves thieves, sustained by the accumulation of the age, will hold power in circles (of territory), separately in region after region.

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HV 117.27

स्वदेशेभ्यः परिभ्रष्टा निःसाराः सह बन्धुभिः नरास् तदा भविष्यन्ति सर्वे कालप्रतीक्षिणः

svadeśebhyaḥ paribhraṣṭā niḥsārāḥ saha bandhubhiḥ narās tadā bhaviṣyanti sarve kālapratīkṣiṇaḥ

Then men, fallen from their own countries, sapless, together with their kinsmen, will all be waiting for (their) time.

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HV 117.29

तदा स्कन्धे समादाय कुमारान् प्रद्रुता भयात् कौशिकीं संश्रयिष्यन्ति नराः क्षुद्भयपीडिताः ॥ ह्व्_११७।२८ प्रचरिष्यन्ति दुर्भिक्ष+ +व्याधिभिः परिपीडिताः । अङ्गान् वङ्गान् कलिङ्गांश् च काश्मीरान् अथ मेकलान् ऋषिकान्तगिरिद्रोणीः संश्रयिष्यन्ति मानवाः

tadā skandhe samādāya kumārān pradrutā bhayāt kauśikīṃ saṃśrayiṣyanti narāḥ kṣudbhayapīḍitāḥ // HV_117.28 pracariṣyanti durbhikṣa+ +vyādhibhiḥ paripīḍitāḥ | aṅgān vaṅgān kaliṅgāṃś ca kāśmīrān atha mekalān ṛṣikāntagiridroṇīḥ saṃśrayiṣyanti mānavāḥ

Then, taking their children on their shoulders, running away out of fear, men afflicted by hunger and fear will resort to the Kauśikī; oppressed by famine and diseases they will wander about; men will resort to the Aṅgas, the Vaṅgas, the Kaliṅgas, the Kāśmīras and the Mekalas, and to the mountain valleys of Ṛṣikānta.

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HV 117.30

कृत्स्नं च हिमवत्पार्श्वं कूलं च लवणाम्भसः अरण्यानि च वत्स्यन्ति नरा म्लेच्छगणैः सह

kṛtsnaṃ ca himavatpārśvaṃ kūlaṃ ca lavaṇāmbhasaḥ araṇyāni ca vatsyanti narā mlecchagaṇaiḥ saha

And men will dwell, together with hordes of barbarians, on the whole flank of the Himālaya, on the shore of the salt sea, and in the wildernesses.

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HV 117.31

नैव शून्या न चाशून्या भविष्यति वसुंधरा गोप्तारश् चाप्य् अगोप्तारः प्रभविष्यन्ति शासिनः

naiva śūnyā na cāśūnyā bhaviṣyati vasuṃdharā goptāraś cāpy agoptāraḥ prabhaviṣyanti śāsinaḥ

The earth will be neither empty nor not empty; and rulers who are protectors yet no protectors will hold power.

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HV 117.32

मृगैर् मत्स्यैर् विहंगैश् च श्वापदैः सर्वकीटकैः मृगमत्स्यविहंगैश् च कीटश्वापदवंगमैः (?) । मधुशाकफलैर् मूलैर् वर्तयिष्यन्ति मानवाः

mṛgair matsyair vihaṃgaiś ca śvāpadaiḥ sarvakīṭakaiḥ mṛgamatsyavihaṃgaiś ca kīṭaśvāpadavaṃgamaiḥ (?) | madhuśākaphalair mūlair vartayiṣyanti mānavāḥ

On deer, fish and birds, on beasts of prey and all insects — on deer, fish and birds, on insects, beasts of prey and creeping things (?) — on honey, greens, fruits and roots, men will subsist.

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HV 117.33

चीरं पर्णं च विविधं वल्कलान्य् अजिनानि च स्वयं कृत्वा निवत्स्यन्ति यथा मुनिजनास् तथा

cīraṃ parṇaṃ ca vividhaṃ valkalāny ajināni ca svayaṃ kṛtvā nivatsyanti yathā munijanās tathā

Making for themselves rags and leaves of various kinds, bark garments and hides, they will live just as the sage-folk do.

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HV 117.34

बीजानाम् आकृतिं निम्नेष्व् ईहन्ते काष्ठशङ्कुभिः अजैडकं खरोष्ट्रं च पालयिष्यन्ति यत्नतः

bījānām ākṛtiṃ nimneṣv īhante kāṣṭhaśaṅkubhiḥ ajaiḍakaṃ kharoṣṭraṃ ca pālayiṣyanti yatnataḥ

With wooden pegs they will contrive to plant the seed-shapes in hollows; and they will carefully keep goats and sheep, donkeys and camels.

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HV 117.35

नदीस्रोतांसि रोत्स्यन्ति तोयार्थं कूलम् आश्रिताः पक्वान्नव्यवहारेण विपणन्तः परस्परम्

nadīsrotāṃsi rotsyanti toyārthaṃ kūlam āśritāḥ pakvānnavyavahāreṇa vipaṇantaḥ parasparam

They will dam the currents of rivers for the sake of water, settling along the banks, trafficking with one another by dealing in cooked food.

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HV 117.36

तनूरुहैर् यथाजातैः समलान्तरसंवृतैः बह्वपत्याः प्रजाहीनाः क्रूरा लक्षणवर्जिताः

tanūruhair yathājātaiḥ samalāntarasaṃvṛtaiḥ bahvapatyāḥ prajāhīnāḥ krūrā lakṣaṇavarjitāḥ

With their body-hair just as it grew, matted over with filth, having many children (yet) without (worthy) offspring, cruel, devoid of (auspicious) marks —

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HV 117.37

एवं भविष्यन्ति तदा मनुष्याः कालकारिताः हीनाद्द् हीनं तदा धर्मं प्रजा समनुवर्त्स्यति

evaṃ bhaviṣyanti tadā manuṣyāḥ kālakāritāḥ hīnādd hīnaṃ tadā dharmaṃ prajā samanuvartsyati

Thus will men then be, driven by the age; and then the people will follow a dharma ever lower than the low.

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HV 117.38

आयुस् तत्र च मर्त्यानां परं त्रिंशद् भविष्यति दुर्बला विषयग्लाना रजसा समभिप्लुताः

āyus tatra ca martyānāṃ paraṃ triṃśad bhaviṣyati durbalā viṣayaglānā rajasā samabhiplutāḥ

And there the lifespan of mortals will be thirty at most; (they will be) weak, worn out by sense-objects, wholly overwhelmed by passion.

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HV 117.40

भविष्यति तदा तेषां रोगैर् इन्द्रियसंक्षयः आयुःप्रक्षयसंरोधाद्द् हिंसा चोपरमिष्यति ॥ ह्व्_११७।३९ एवं विप्लाविते लोके पीडिताः संक्षये काले । ज्ञानिनस् ते भविष्यन्ति पीडया विफलोद्यमाः । शुश्रूषवो भविष्यन्ति साधूनां दर्शने रताः सत्यं चापि प्रपत्स्यन्ति व्यवहारापशङ्कया

bhaviṣyati tadā teṣāṃ rogair indriyasaṃkṣayaḥ āyuḥprakṣayasaṃrodhādd hiṃsā coparamiṣyati // HV_117.39 evaṃ viplāvite loke pīḍitāḥ saṃkṣaye kāle | jñāninas te bhaviṣyanti pīḍayā viphalodyamāḥ | śuśrūṣavo bhaviṣyanti sādhūnāṃ darśane ratāḥ satyaṃ cāpi prapatsyanti vyavahārāpaśaṅkayā

Then there will come to them, through diseases, the wasting away of the senses, and through the confinement of a wholly diminished lifespan violence too will cease. // (117.39) With the world thus swamped, afflicted at the time of dissolution, those men will become knowing ones, their efforts made fruitless by affliction; they will become eager to serve, delighting in the sight of the good, and they will resort to truth as well, out of misgiving about (dishonest) dealing.

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HV 117.41

भविष्यन्ति च कामानाम् अलाभाद् धर्मशीलिनः करिष्यन्ति च संकोचं स्वपक्षक्षयपीडिताः

bhaviṣyanti ca kāmānām alābhād dharmaśīlinaḥ kariṣyanti ca saṃkocaṃ svapakṣakṣayapīḍitāḥ

And from failing to obtain their desires they will become of dharmic character, and, afflicted by the loss of their own party, they will draw themselves in.

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HV 117.42

एवं शुश्रूषवो दाने सत्ये प्राणाभिरक्षणे चतुष्पादप्रवृत्तं च धर्मम् आप्स्यन्ति मानवाः

evaṃ śuśrūṣavo dāne satye prāṇābhirakṣaṇe catuṣpādapravṛttaṃ ca dharmam āpsyanti mānavāḥ

Thus, eager to serve, men will attain the dharma that proceeds on four feet — in giving, in truth, in the protection of life.

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HV 117.43

तेसां धर्माभिमानानां गुणेषु परिवर्तताम् स्वादु किं न्व् इति विज्ञाय धर्म एव स्वदिष्यति

tesāṃ dharmābhimānānāṃ guṇeṣu parivartatām svādu kiṃ nv iti vijñāya dharma eva svadiṣyati

And for those who pride themselves on dharma, as they turn about among the virtues, realizing "what then is sweet?", dharma alone will taste sweet.

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HV 117.44

यथा हानिः क्रमप्राप्ता तथा वृद्धिः क्रमागता यदा हानिर् भविष्यति कलेः सर्वाणि भूपते । प्रगृहीते ततो धर्मे प्रपत्स्यन्ति कृतं पुनः

yathā hāniḥ kramaprāptā tathā vṛddhiḥ kramāgatā yadā hānir bhaviṣyati kaleḥ sarvāṇi bhūpate | pragṛhīte tato dharme prapatsyanti kṛtaṃ punaḥ

As the decline came about by stages, so too the increase comes by stages. When the decline of Kali comes, O lord of the earth, in all things — then, dharma being taken up, they will attain the Kṛta age again.

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HV 117.45

साधुवृत्तिः कृतयुगे कषाये हानिर् उच्यते एक एव तु कालः स हीनवर्णो यथा शशी

sādhuvṛttiḥ kṛtayuge kaṣāye hānir ucyate eka eva tu kālaḥ sa hīnavarṇo yathā śaśī

In the Kṛta age there is the conduct of the good; in the dregs (of the ages) it is called decline. Yet the time is one and the same, (only) diminished in hue, like the moon.

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HV 117.46

छन्नो हि तमसा सोमो यथा कलियुगे तथा पूर्णश् च तपसा हीनो यथा कलियुगे तथा

channo hi tamasā somo yathā kaliyuge tathā pūrṇaś ca tapasā hīno yathā kaliyuge tathā

For as the moon is hidden by darkness, so it is in the Kali age; and (as it is) full, (so in the Kṛta); deficient in ascetic power, so it is in the Kali age.

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HV 117.47

अर्थवादपरो धर्मो वेदार्थ इति तु विदुः अनिर्णिक्तम् अविज्ञातं दायाद्यम् इव धार्यते

arthavādaparo dharmo vedārtha iti tu viduḥ anirṇiktam avijñātaṃ dāyādyam iva dhāryate

Dharma given over to mere eulogy — yet they take it for the meaning of the Veda; unsettled and not understood, it is held on to like a patrimony.

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HV 117.48

इष्टं दानं तपो नाम ब्रह्मचर्यं सुपूजितम् गुणैः कर्माभिनिर्वृत्तिर् गुणास् तथ्येन कर्मणा

iṣṭaṃ dānaṃ tapo nāma brahmacaryaṃ supūjitam guṇaiḥ karmābhinirvṛttir guṇās tathyena karmaṇā

Sacrifice, giving, what is called austerity, chastity well honoured: through the virtues comes the accomplishment of rites, and the virtues (come) through action truly done.

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HV 117.49

आशीस् तु पुरुषं दृष्ट्वा देशकालानुवर्तिनी युगे युगे यथाकालम् ऋषिभिः समुदाहृता

āśīs tu puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā deśakālānuvartinī yuge yuge yathākālam ṛṣibhiḥ samudāhṛtā

But the benediction, observing the man (and) conforming to place and time, has been set forth by the seers in age after age according to the time.

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HV 117.51

इह धर्मार्थकामानां वेदानां च प्रतिक्रिया आशिषश् च शुभाः पुण्यास् तथैवायुर् युगे युगे ॥ ह्व्_११७।५० भविष्यन्ति महाराज नरा बह्वायुषस् तदा । यथा युगानां परिवर्तनानि चिरप्रवृत्तानि विधिस्वभावात् क्षणं न संतिष्ठति जीवलोकः क्षयोदयाभ्यां परिवर्तमानः

iha dharmārthakāmānāṃ vedānāṃ ca pratikriyā āśiṣaś ca śubhāḥ puṇyās tathaivāyur yuge yuge // HV_117.50 bhaviṣyanti mahārāja narā bahvāyuṣas tadā | yathā yugānāṃ parivartanāni cirapravṛttāni vidhisvabhāvāt kṣaṇaṃ na saṃtiṣṭhati jīvalokaḥ kṣayodayābhyāṃ parivartamānaḥ

Here (is set forth) the requital of dharma, artha and kāma and of the Vedas, and the blessings, auspicious and meritorious, and likewise the lifespan in age after age. // (117.50) Then, great king, men will be long-lived. Just as the revolutions of the ages have been long in motion by the very nature of the ordinance, so the world of living beings does not stand still for a moment, turning about through decline and rise.

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