Matsya Purana — Chapter 144
MtP 144.1
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्वापरस्य विधिं पुनः तत्र त्रेतायुगे क्षीणे द्वापरं प्रतिपद्यते
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvāparasya vidhiṃ punaḥ tatra tretāyuge kṣīṇe dvāparaṃ pratipadyate
Hereafter I shall again declare the ordinance of the Dvāpara (age); there, when the Tretā age is spent, the Dvāpara sets in.
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MtP 144.2
द्वापरादौ प्रजानां तु सिद्धिस्त्रेतायुगे तु या परिवृत्ते युगे तस्मिंस् ततः सा वै प्रणश्यति
dvāparādau prajānāṃ tu siddhistretāyuge tu yā parivṛtte yuge tasmiṃs tataḥ sā vai praṇaśyati
But at the beginning of the Dvāpara the (spiritual) attainment which the creatures had in the Tretā age—when that age has turned round, thereafter it perishes.
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MtP 144.3
ततः प्रवर्तिते तासां प्रजानां द्वापरे पुनः लोभो धृतिर्वणिग्युद्धं तत्त्वानाम् अविनिश्चयः
tataḥ pravartite tāsāṃ prajānāṃ dvāpare punaḥ lobho dhṛtirvaṇigyuddhaṃ tattvānām aviniścayaḥ
Then, when the Dvāpara has set in, there arise again for those creatures greed, (mere) firmness, trade, war, and indecision about the truths.
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MtP 144.4
प्रध्वंसश्चैव वर्णानां कर्मणां तु विपर्ययः यात्रा वधः परो दण्डो मानो दर्पो ऽक्षमा बलम्
pradhvaṃsaścaiva varṇānāṃ karmaṇāṃ tu viparyayaḥ yātrā vadhaḥ paro daṇḍo māno darpo 'kṣamā balam
And the destruction of the (order of the) classes, the reversal of duties, travel (for livelihood), killing, extreme punishment, pride, arrogance, intolerance, force.
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MtP 144.5
तथा रजस्तमो भूयः प्रवृत्ते द्वापरे पुनः आद्ये कृते नाधर्मो ऽस्ति स त्रेतायां प्रवर्तितः
tathā rajastamo bhūyaḥ pravṛtte dvāpare punaḥ ādye kṛte nādharmo 'sti sa tretāyāṃ pravartitaḥ
Likewise rajas and tamas increase again when the Dvāpara has set in. In the first, the Kṛta age, there is no unrighteousness; it was set going in the Tretā.
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MtP 144.6
द्वापरे व्याकुलो भूत्वा प्रणश्यति कलौ पुनः वर्णानां द्वापरे धर्माः संकीर्यन्ते तथाश्रमाः
dvāpare vyākulo bhūtvā praṇaśyati kalau punaḥ varṇānāṃ dvāpare dharmāḥ saṃkīryante tathāśramāḥ
In the Dvāpara having become confused, it (righteousness) perishes again in the Kali. In the Dvāpara the duties of the classes, and likewise the stages of life, become intermingled.
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MtP 144.7
द्वैधमुत्पद्यते चैव युगे तस्मिञ्श्रुतिस्मृतौ द्विधा श्रुतिः स्मृतिश्चैव निश्चयो नाधिगम्यते
dvaidhamutpadyate caiva yuge tasmiñśrutismṛtau dvidhā śrutiḥ smṛtiścaiva niścayo nādhigamyate
And in that age a twofoldness arises in śruti and smṛti; śruti and smṛti become of two kinds, (and) certainty is not reached.
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MtP 144.8
अनिश्चयावगमनाद् धर्मतत्त्वं न विद्यते धर्मतत्त्वे ह्यविज्ञाते मतिभेदस्तु जायते
aniścayāvagamanād dharmatattvaṃ na vidyate dharmatattve hyavijñāte matibhedastu jāyate
From the failure to reach certainty the truth of dharma is not known; and when the truth of dharma is not known, difference of opinion arises.
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MtP 144.9
परस्परं विभिन्नास्ते दृष्टीनां विभ्रमेण तु अतो दृष्टिविभिन्नैस्तैः कृतमत्याकुलं त्विदम्
parasparaṃ vibhinnāste dṛṣṭīnāṃ vibhrameṇa tu ato dṛṣṭivibhinnaistaiḥ kṛtamatyākulaṃ tvidam
They are divided from one another through the confusion of (their) views; hence by those men divided in view all this has been made confused with (conflicting) opinions.
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MtP 144.10
एको वेदश्चतुष्पादः संहृत्य तु पुनः पुनः संक्षेपादायुषश्चैव व्यस्यते द्वापरेष्विह
eko vedaścatuṣpādaḥ saṃhṛtya tu punaḥ punaḥ saṃkṣepādāyuṣaścaiva vyasyate dvāpareṣviha
The Veda is one, with four divisions; but having contracted it again and again, because of abridgement and because of (shortened) lifespan, it is divided up here in the Dvāpara ages.
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MtP 144.11
वेदश्चैकश्चतुर्धा तु व्यस्यते द्वापरादिषु ऋषिपुत्रैः पुनर्वेदा भिद्यन्ते दृष्टिविभ्रमैः
vedaścaikaścaturdhā tu vyasyate dvāparādiṣu ṛṣiputraiḥ punarvedā bhidyante dṛṣṭivibhramaiḥ
And the single Veda is divided fourfold at the beginnings of the Dvāpara ages; and then the Vedas are further split apart by the sons of the seers through confusions of view.
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MtP 144.12
ते तु ब्राह्मणविन्यासैः स्वरक्रमविपर्ययैः संहृता ऋग्यजुःसाम्नां संहितास्तैर्महर्षिभिः
te tu brāhmaṇavinyāsaiḥ svarakramaviparyayaiḥ saṃhṛtā ṛgyajuḥsāmnāṃ saṃhitāstairmaharṣibhiḥ
And by those great seers the collections (saṃhitās) of the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman were compiled, with arrangements of the Brāhmaṇa (portions) and with transpositions of accent and order.
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MtP 144.13
सामान्याद्वैकृताच्चैव दृष्टिभिन्नैः क्वचित्क्वचित् ब्राह्मणं कल्पसूत्राणि भाष्यविद्यास्तथैव च
sāmānyādvaikṛtāccaiva dṛṣṭibhinnaiḥ kvacitkvacit brāhmaṇaṃ kalpasūtrāṇi bhāṣyavidyāstathaiva ca
By those divided in view, here and there, from what is common and from what is modified, (there arose) the Brāhmaṇa, the Kalpa-sūtras, and likewise the sciences of commentary.
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MtP 144.14
अन्ये तु प्रस्थितास्तान्वै केचित् तान् प्रत्यवस्थिताः द्वापरेषु प्रवर्तन्ते भिन्नार्थैस्तैः स्वदर्शनैः
anye tu prasthitāstānvai kecit tān pratyavasthitāḥ dvāpareṣu pravartante bhinnārthaistaiḥ svadarśanaiḥ
But others set out (upon them), and some stand opposed to them; in the Dvāpara ages they proceed with those views of their own, differing in meaning.
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MtP 144.15
एकमाध्वर्यवं पूर्वम् आसीद्द्वैधं तु तत्पुनः सामान्यविपरीतार्थैः कृतं शास्त्राकुलं त्विदम्
ekamādhvaryavaṃ pūrvam āsīddvaidhaṃ tu tatpunaḥ sāmānyaviparītārthaiḥ kṛtaṃ śāstrākulaṃ tvidam
Formerly the Adhvaryu (science) was one, but then it became twofold; by (teachings) whose meanings were partly common and partly contrary, this confusion of doctrine was made.
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MtP 144.16
आध्वर्यवं च प्रस्थानैर् बहुधा व्याकुलीकृतम् तथैवाथर्वणां साम्नां विकल्पैः स्वस्य संक्षयैः
ādhvaryavaṃ ca prasthānair bahudhā vyākulīkṛtam tathaivātharvaṇāṃ sāmnāṃ vikalpaiḥ svasya saṃkṣayaiḥ
And the Adhvaryu (science) was made confused in many ways by (differing) systems; and so too (that) of the Atharvans and the Sāmans, by variant readings and by the wasting away of one's own (tradition).
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MtP 144.17
व्याकुलो द्वापरेष्वर्थः क्रियते भिन्नदर्शनैः द्वापरे संनिवृत्ते ते वेदा नश्यन्ति वै कलौ
vyākulo dvāpareṣvarthaḥ kriyate bhinnadarśanaiḥ dvāpare saṃnivṛtte te vedā naśyanti vai kalau
In the Dvāpara ages the sense is made confused by those of divided view; and when the Dvāpara has ceased, those Vedas perish in the Kali.
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MtP 144.18
तेषां विपर्ययोत्पन्ना भवन्ति द्वापरे पुनः अदृष्टिर्मरणं चैव तथैव व्याध्युपद्रवाः
teṣāṃ viparyayotpannā bhavanti dvāpare punaḥ adṛṣṭirmaraṇaṃ caiva tathaiva vyādhyupadravāḥ
For them (the creatures) reverses arise again in the Dvāpara: failure of sight, death, and likewise the afflictions of disease.
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MtP 144.19
वाङ्मनःकर्मभिर्दुःखैर् निर्वेदो जायते ततः निर्वेदाज्जायते तेषां दुःखमोक्षविचारणा
vāṅmanaḥkarmabhirduḥkhair nirvedo jāyate tataḥ nirvedājjāyate teṣāṃ duḥkhamokṣavicāraṇā
Then, from the sufferings (caused) by speech, mind, and deeds, disgust (with the world) arises; and from that disgust there arises in them the inquiry into release from suffering.
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MtP 144.20
विचारणायां वैराग्यं वैराग्याद्दोषदर्शनम् दोषाणां दर्शनाच्चैव ज्ञानोत्पत्तिस्तु जायते
vicāraṇāyāṃ vairāgyaṃ vairāgyāddoṣadarśanam doṣāṇāṃ darśanāccaiva jñānotpattistu jāyate
In inquiry (there arises) dispassion; from dispassion, the perceiving of faults; and from the perceiving of faults, the arising of knowledge comes about.
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MtP 144.21
तेषां मेधाविनां पूर्वं मर्त्ये स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे उत्पस्यन्तीह शास्त्राणां द्वापरे परिपन्थिनः
teṣāṃ medhāvināṃ pūrvaṃ martye svāyambhuve 'ntare utpasyantīha śāstrāṇāṃ dvāpare paripanthinaḥ
Formerly, in the mortal world during the Svāyambhuva interval, (there were) those wise ones; (but) in the Dvāpara there arise here obstructors of the sacred teachings.
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MtP 144.22
आयुर्वेदविकल्पाश्च अङ्गानां ज्योतिषस्य च अर्थशास्त्रविकल्पाश्च हेतुशास्त्रविकल्पनम्
āyurvedavikalpāśca aṅgānāṃ jyotiṣasya ca arthaśāstravikalpāśca hetuśāstravikalpanam
And (there arise) the divisions of the Āyurveda, and of the (Vedic) auxiliary sciences and of astronomy, and the divisions of the science of statecraft, and the ramification of the science of reasoning (logic).
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MtP 144.23
प्रक्रिया कल्पसूत्राणां भाष्यविद्याविकल्पनम् स्मृतिशास्त्रप्रभेदाश्च प्रस्थानानि पृथक् पृथक्
prakriyā kalpasūtrāṇāṃ bhāṣyavidyāvikalpanam smṛtiśāstraprabhedāśca prasthānāni pṛthak pṛthak
(There arise) the procedure of the Kalpasūtras, the ramification of the science of commentary, the subdivisions of the law-treatises, and separate schools of doctrine, each apart.
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MtP 144.24
द्वापरेष्वभिवर्तन्ते मतिभेदास्तथा नृणाम् मनसा कर्मणा वाचा कृच्छ्राद्वार्त्ता प्रसिध्यति
dvāpareṣvabhivartante matibhedāstathā nṛṇām manasā karmaṇā vācā kṛcchrādvārttā prasidhyati
In the Dvāpara ages there likewise arise divergences of opinion among men; by mind, by deed, and by word, one's livelihood succeeds only with difficulty.
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MtP 144.25
द्वापरे सर्वभूतानां कालः क्लेशपरः स्मृतः लोभो ऽधृतिर्वणिग्युद्धं तत्त्वानामविनिश्चयः
dvāpare sarvabhūtānāṃ kālaḥ kleśaparaḥ smṛtaḥ lobho 'dhṛtirvaṇigyuddhaṃ tattvānāmaviniścayaḥ
In the Dvāpara the time of all beings is said to be given over to affliction: greed, lack of firmness, trade, war, and no settled certainty about the truths.
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MtP 144.26
वेदशास्त्रप्रणयनं धर्माणां संकरस्तथा वर्णाश्रमपरिध्वंसः कामद्वेषौ तथैव च
vedaśāstrapraṇayanaṃ dharmāṇāṃ saṃkarastathā varṇāśramaparidhvaṃsaḥ kāmadveṣau tathaiva ca
(There is) the composing of Vedic treatises, likewise the confounding of the duties, the ruin of the classes and the stages of life, and also desire and hatred.
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MtP 144.27
पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे द्वे परमायुस्तदा नृणाम् निःशेषे द्वापरे तस्मिंस् तस्य संध्या तु पादतः
pūrṇe varṣasahasre dve paramāyustadā nṛṇām niḥśeṣe dvāpare tasmiṃs tasya saṃdhyā tu pādataḥ
Then the maximum lifespan of men is two full thousand years. When that Dvāpara is wholly finished, its twilight (period) amounts to a quarter.
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MtP 144.28
गुणहीनास्तु तिष्ठन्ति धर्मस्य द्वापरस्य तु तथैव संध्या पादेन अंशस्तस्यां प्रतिष्ठितः
guṇahīnāstu tiṣṭhanti dharmasya dvāparasya tu tathaiva saṃdhyā pādena aṃśastasyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
But (men) remain deficient in the qualities of the Dvāpara's dharma; likewise the twilight lasts a quarter, and a portion (of dharma) is established in it.
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MtP 144.29
द्वापरस्य तु पर्याये पुष्यस्य च निबोधत द्वापरस्यांशशेषे तु प्रतिपत्तिः कलेरथ
dvāparasya tu paryāye puṣyasya ca nibodhata dvāparasyāṃśaśeṣe tu pratipattiḥ kaleratha
Now learn of the turning of the Dvāpara and of the Puṣya (age); at the remainder of the Dvāpara's fraction comes the setting in of the Kali.
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MtP 144.30
हिंसा स्तेयानृतं माया दम्भश्चैव तपस्विनाम् एते स्वभावाः पुष्यस्य साधयन्ति च ताः प्रजाः
hiṃsā steyānṛtaṃ māyā dambhaścaiva tapasvinām ete svabhāvāḥ puṣyasya sādhayanti ca tāḥ prajāḥ
Violence, theft, falsehood, deceit, and the hypocrisy of ascetics — these are the natural traits of the Puṣya (age), and those creatures practise them.
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MtP 144.31
एष धर्मः स्मृतः कृत्स्नो धर्मश्च परिहीयते मनसा कर्मणा वाचा वार्त्ताः सिध्यन्ति वा न वा
eṣa dharmaḥ smṛtaḥ kṛtsno dharmaśca parihīyate manasā karmaṇā vācā vārttāḥ sidhyanti vā na vā
This whole thing is (still) reckoned as dharma, yet dharma dwindles away; by mind, by deed, by word, livelihoods either succeed or do not.
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MtP 144.32
कलिः प्रमारको रोगः सततं चापि क्षुद्भयम् अनावृष्टिभयं चैव देशानां च विपर्ययः
kaliḥ pramārako rogaḥ satataṃ cāpi kṣudbhayam anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ caiva deśānāṃ ca viparyayaḥ
The Kali is a destroyer: disease, and constantly also the terror of hunger, and the terror of drought, and the overturning of countries.
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MtP 144.33
न प्रमाणे स्थितिर्ह्यस्ति पुष्ये घोरे युगे कलौ गर्भस्थो म्रियते कश्चिद् यौवनस्थस्तथा परः
na pramāṇe sthitirhyasti puṣye ghore yuge kalau garbhastho mriyate kaścid yauvanasthastathā paraḥ
For there is no standing by any (fixed) measure in the Puṣya, the dreadful Kali age: one dies while in the womb, another likewise in his youth.
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MtP 144.34
स्थाविर्ये मध्यकौमारे म्रियन्ते च कलौ प्रजाः अल्पतेजोबलाः पापा महाकोपा ह्यधार्मिकाः
sthāvirye madhyakaumāre mriyante ca kalau prajāḥ alpatejobalāḥ pāpā mahākopā hyadhārmikāḥ
In old age, in middle age, in boyhood the creatures die in the Kali; they are of little vigour and strength, sinful, exceedingly wrathful, and unrighteous.
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MtP 144.35
अनृतव्रतलुब्धाश्च पुष्ये चैव प्रजाः स्थिताः दुरिष्टैर्दुरधीतैश्च दुराचारैर्दुरागमैः
anṛtavratalubdhāśca puṣye caiva prajāḥ sthitāḥ duriṣṭairduradhītaiśca durācārairdurāgamaiḥ
And in the Puṣya the creatures are established as greedy for false vows, with bad sacrifices, bad study, bad conduct, and bad traditions.
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MtP 144.36
विप्राणां कर्मदोषैस्तैः प्रजानां जायते भयम् हिंसा मानस्तथेर्ष्या च क्रोधो ऽसूयाक्षमाधृतिः
viprāṇāṃ karmadoṣaistaiḥ prajānāṃ jāyate bhayam hiṃsā mānastatherṣyā ca krodho 'sūyākṣamādhṛtiḥ
By those faults in the rites of the brahmins, terror arises for the creatures: violence, pride, and envy, anger, spite, impatience, unsteadiness.
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MtP 144.37
पुष्ये भवन्ति जन्तूनां लोभो मोहश्च सर्वशः संक्षोभो जायते ऽत्यर्थं कलिमासाद्य वै युगम्
puṣye bhavanti jantūnāṃ lobho mohaśca sarvaśaḥ saṃkṣobho jāyate 'tyarthaṃ kalimāsādya vai yugam
In the Puṣya greed and delusion come to beings on every side; extreme upheaval arises upon the coming of the Kali age.
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MtP 144.38
नाधीयते तथा वेदान् न यजन्ते द्विजातयः उत्सीदन्ति तथा चैव वैश्यैः सार्धं तु क्षत्रियाः
nādhīyate tathā vedān na yajante dvijātayaḥ utsīdanti tathā caiva vaiśyaiḥ sārdhaṃ tu kṣatriyāḥ
The twice-born do not study the Vedas nor sacrifice; and likewise the kṣatriyas, together with the vaiśyas, sink down.
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MtP 144.39
शूद्राणां मन्त्रयोनिस्तु सम्बन्धो ब्राह्मणैः सह भवतीह कलौ तस्मिञ् छयनासनभोजनैः
śūdrāṇāṃ mantrayonistu sambandho brāhmaṇaiḥ saha bhavatīha kalau tasmiñ chayanāsanabhojanaiḥ
But in that Kali age the śūdras' mantra-born connection with brahmins comes about here, through shared bed, seat and food.
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MtP 144.40
राजानः शूद्रभूयिष्ठाः पाषण्डानां प्रवृत्तयः काषायिणश्च निष्कच्छास् तथा कापालिनश्च ह
rājānaḥ śūdrabhūyiṣṭhāḥ pāṣaṇḍānāṃ pravṛttayaḥ kāṣāyiṇaśca niṣkacchās tathā kāpālinaśca ha
Kings are mostly of śūdra stock; heretics' practices spread; and there are men in ochre robes, men without loincloths, and skull-bearers.
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MtP 144.41
ये चान्ये देवव्रतिनस् तथा ये धर्मदूषकाः दिव्यवृत्ताश्च ये केचिद् वृत्त्यर्थं श्रुतिलिङ्गिनः
ye cānye devavratinas tathā ye dharmadūṣakāḥ divyavṛttāśca ye kecid vṛttyarthaṃ śrutiliṅginaḥ
And others who take vows to (particular) gods, and those who defile dharma, and whatever men of 'divine conduct' there are who wear the marks of the Veda for the sake of a living.
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MtP 144.42
एवंविधाश्च ये केचिद् भवन्तीह कलौ युगे अधीयते तदा वेदाञ् छूद्रा धर्मार्थकोविदाः
evaṃvidhāśca ye kecid bhavantīha kalau yuge adhīyate tadā vedāñ chūdrā dharmārthakovidāḥ
And whatever (others) of such a kind there are here in the Kali age; then śūdras, claiming expertise in dharma and artha, study the Vedas.
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MtP 144.43
यजन्ते ह्यश्वमेधैस्तु राजानः शूद्रयोनयः स्त्रीबालगोवधं कृत्वा हत्वा चैव परस्परम्
yajante hyaśvamedhaistu rājānaḥ śūdrayonayaḥ strībālagovadhaṃ kṛtvā hatvā caiva parasparam
Kings of śūdra birth perform horse-sacrifices, after committing the slaughter of women, children and cows, and after killing one another.
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MtP 144.44
उपहत्य तथान्योन्यं साधयन्ति तदा प्रजाः दुःखप्रचुरताल्पायुर् देशोत्सादः सरोगता
upahatya tathānyonyaṃ sādhayanti tadā prajāḥ duḥkhapracuratālpāyur deśotsādaḥ sarogatā
Having struck at one another, the people then accomplish (their ends); there is abundance of sorrow, short life, ruin of countries, and sickliness.
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MtP 144.45
अधर्माभिनिवेशित्वं तमोवृत्तं कलौ स्मृतम् भ्रूणहत्या प्रजानां न तथा ह्येवं प्रवर्तते
adharmābhiniveśitvaṃ tamovṛttaṃ kalau smṛtam bhrūṇahatyā prajānāṃ na tathā hyevaṃ pravartate
Absorption in unrighteousness, conduct born of darkness, is recorded for the Kali age; the killing of embryos by the people does not go on in that same way.
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MtP 144.46
तस्मादायुर्बलं रूपं प्रहीयन्ते कलौ युगे दुःखेनाभिप्लुतानां च परमायुः शतं नृणाम्
tasmādāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ prahīyante kalau yuge duḥkhenābhiplutānāṃ ca paramāyuḥ śataṃ nṛṇām
Therefore lifespan, strength and beauty dwindle in the Kali age, and for men overwhelmed by suffering the maximum lifespan is a hundred (years).
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MtP 144.47
भूत्वा च न भवन्तीह वेदाः कलियुगे ऽखिलाः उत्सीदन्ते तथा यज्ञाः केवलं धर्महेतवः
bhūtvā ca na bhavantīha vedāḥ kaliyuge 'khilāḥ utsīdante tathā yajñāḥ kevalaṃ dharmahetavaḥ
And in the Kali age the Vedas, after existing, cease to exist here in their entirety; likewise the sacrifices, the sole causes of dharma, fall away.
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MtP 144.48
एषा कलियुगावस्था संध्यांशौ तु निबोधत युगे युगे तु हीयन्ते त्रींस्त्रीन्पादांश्च सिद्धयः
eṣā kaliyugāvasthā saṃdhyāṃśau tu nibodhata yuge yuge tu hīyante trīṃstrīnpādāṃśca siddhayaḥ
This is the condition of the Kali age; now learn of the twilight portions. In each yuga the attainments diminish by three quarters.
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MtP 144.49
युगस्वभावाः संध्यासु अवतिष्ठन्ति पादतः संध्यास्वभावाः स्वांशेषु पादेनैवावतस्थिरे
yugasvabhāvāḥ saṃdhyāsu avatiṣṭhanti pādataḥ saṃdhyāsvabhāvāḥ svāṃśeṣu pādenaivāvatasthire
The characteristics of the yugas persist in the twilights by a quarter; the characteristics of the twilights have persisted, by just a quarter, in their own (following) portions.
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MtP 144.50
एवं संध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके तेषामधर्मिणां शास्ता भृगूणां च कुले स्थितः
evaṃ saṃdhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte tu yugāntike teṣāmadharmiṇāṃ śāstā bhṛgūṇāṃ ca kule sthitaḥ
Thus, when the twilight-portion time at the end of the yuga has come, the chastiser of those unrighteous ones, established in the family of the Bhṛgus,
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MtP 144.51
गोत्रेण वै चन्द्रमसो नाम्ना प्रमतिरुच्यते कलिसंध्यांशभागेषु मनोः स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे
gotreṇa vai candramaso nāmnā pramatirucyate kalisaṃdhyāṃśabhāgeṣu manoḥ svāyambhuve 'ntare
by lineage belonging to the moon, is called Pramati by name, in the twilight-portion divisions of the Kali (age), within the (era) of the self-born Manu.
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MtP 144.52
समास्त्रिंशत्तु सम्पूर्णाः पर्यटन्वै वसुंधराम् अश्वकर्मा स वै सेनां हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुलाम्
samāstriṃśattu sampūrṇāḥ paryaṭanvai vasuṃdharām aśvakarmā sa vai senāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām
For thirty full years, roaming the earth, he, whose work is with horses, (leads) an army crowded with elephants, horses and chariots,
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MtP 144.53
प्रगृहीतायुधैर्विप्रैः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः स तदा तैः परिवृतो म्लेच्छान्सर्वान् निजघ्निवान्
pragṛhītāyudhairvipraiḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ sa tadā taiḥ parivṛto mlecchānsarvān nijaghnivān
with brahmins who have taken up weapons, by hundreds and by thousands; surrounded by them he then slew all the mlecchas.
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MtP 144.54
स हत्वा सर्वशश्चैव राजानः शूद्रयोनयः पाषण्डान्स सदा सर्वान् निःशेषानकरोत्प्रभुः
sa hatvā sarvaśaścaiva rājānaḥ śūdrayonayaḥ pāṣaṇḍānsa sadā sarvān niḥśeṣānakarotprabhuḥ
Having slain in every way the kings of śūdra birth, that lord made all the heretics wholly without remnant.
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MtP 144.55
अधार्मिकाश्च ये केचित् तान्सर्वान्हन्ति सर्वशः उदीच्यान्मध्यदेशांश्च पार्वतीयांस्तथैव च
adhārmikāśca ye kecit tānsarvānhanti sarvaśaḥ udīcyānmadhyadeśāṃśca pārvatīyāṃstathaiva ca
And whatever unrighteous ones there are, he slays them all utterly: the northerners, the people of the middle country, and likewise the mountain-dwellers,
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MtP 144.56
प्राच्यान्प्रतीच्यांश्च तथा विन्ध्यपृष्ठापरान्तिकान् तथैव दाक्षिणात्यांश्च द्रविडान्सिंहलैः सह
prācyānpratīcyāṃśca tathā vindhyapṛṣṭhāparāntikān tathaiva dākṣiṇātyāṃśca draviḍānsiṃhalaiḥ saha
the easterners and westerners, and those of the Vindhya's slopes and the western borderlands, and likewise the southerners, the Draviḍas together with the Siṃhalas,
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MtP 144.57
गान्धारान्पारदांश्चैव पह्लवान्यवनाञ्छकान् तुषारान्बर्बराञ्छ्वेतान् हलिकान्दरदान्खसान्
gāndhārānpāradāṃścaiva pahlavānyavanāñchakān tuṣārānbarbarāñchvetān halikāndaradānkhasān
the Gāndhāras and the Pāradas, the Pahlavas, Yavanas and Śakas, the Tuṣāras, Barbaras, Śvetas, Halikas, Daradas, Khasas,
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MtP 144.58
लम्पकान् आन्ध्रकांश्चापि चोरजातींस्तथैव च प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवाञ् छूद्राणामन्तकृद्बभौ
lampakān āndhrakāṃścāpi corajātīṃstathaiva ca pravṛttacakro balavāñ chūdrāṇāmantakṛdbabhau
the Lampakas and the Āndhrakas too, and likewise the tribes of thieves; strong, with his wheel (of rule) set in motion, he shone as the maker of an end to the śūdras.
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MtP 144.59
विद्राव्य सर्वभूतानि चचार वसुधामिमाम् मानवस्य तु वंशे तु नृदेवस्येह जज्ञिवान्
vidrāvya sarvabhūtāni cacāra vasudhāmimām mānavasya tu vaṃśe tu nṛdevasyeha jajñivān
Having driven off all beings, he roamed over this earth; and he was born here in the lineage of Manu's descendant Nṛdeva.
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MtP 144.60
पूर्वजन्मनि विष्णुश्च प्रमतिर्नाम वीर्यवान् सुतः स वै चन्द्रमसः पूर्वे कलियुगे प्रभुः
pūrvajanmani viṣṇuśca pramatirnāma vīryavān sutaḥ sa vai candramasaḥ pūrve kaliyuge prabhuḥ
And in a former birth he was Viṣṇu, the valorous one named Pramati; he indeed was the son of Candramas (the Moon), a lord in the earlier part of the Kali age.
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MtP 144.61
द्वात्रिंशे ऽभ्युदिते वर्षे प्रक्रान्तो विंशतिं समाः निजघ्ने सर्वभूतानि मानुषाण्येव सर्वशः
dvātriṃśe 'bhyudite varṣe prakrānto viṃśatiṃ samāḥ nijaghne sarvabhūtāni mānuṣāṇyeva sarvaśaḥ
Having risen up in his thirty-second year, he campaigned for twenty years, and he slew all beings, indeed human beings especially, on every side.
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MtP 144.62
कृत्वा बीजावशिष्टां तां पृथ्वीं क्रूरेण कर्मणा परस्परनिमित्तेन कालेनाकस्मिकेन च
kṛtvā bījāvaśiṣṭāṃ tāṃ pṛthvīṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā parasparanimittena kālenākasmikena ca
Having, by his cruel work, left that earth with only the seed remaining — by means of (people's) mutual (destruction) and by sudden death.
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MtP 144.63
संस्थिता सहसा या तु सेना प्रमतिना सह गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये सिद्धिं प्राप्ता समाधिना
saṃsthitā sahasā yā tu senā pramatinā saha gaṅgāyamunayormadhye siddhiṃ prāptā samādhinā
But that army which suddenly took its stand together with Pramati attained perfection through deep concentration, between the Ganges and the Yamunā.
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MtP 144.64
ततस्तेषु प्रनष्टेषु संध्यांशे कूरकर्मसु उत्साद्य पार्थिवान्सर्वांस् तेष्वतीतेषु वै तदा
tatasteṣu pranaṣṭeṣu saṃdhyāṃśe kūrakarmasu utsādya pārthivānsarvāṃs teṣvatīteṣu vai tadā
Then, when those doers of cruel deeds had perished in the twilight portion (of the age), having extirpated all the kings, when they too had passed away —
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MtP 144.65
ततः संध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते च युगान्तिके स्थितास्वल्पावशिष्टासु प्रजास्विह क्वचित् क्वचित्
tataḥ saṃdhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte ca yugāntike sthitāsvalpāvaśiṣṭāsu prajāsviha kvacit kvacit
Then, when the twilight-portion time at the end of the yuga has arrived, while only a few creatures remain standing here and there —
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MtP 144.66
स्वाप्रदानास् तदा ते वै लोभाविष्टास्तु वृन्दशः उपहिंसन्ति चान्योन्यं प्रलुम्पन्ति परस्परम्
svāpradānās tadā te vai lobhāviṣṭāstu vṛndaśaḥ upahiṃsanti cānyonyaṃ pralumpanti parasparam
Then they, keeping their own possessions ungiven, filled with greed, in throngs injure one another and plunder each other.
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MtP 144.67
अराजके युगांशे तु संक्षये समुपस्थिते प्रजास्ता वै तदा सर्वाः परस्परभयार्दिताः
arājake yugāṃśe tu saṃkṣaye samupasthite prajāstā vai tadā sarvāḥ parasparabhayārditāḥ
But in the kingless portion of the age, when the destruction has come upon (them), all those creatures then are tormented by fear of one another.
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MtP 144.68
व्याकुलास्ताः परावृत्तास् त्यक्त्वा देवं गृहाणि तु स्वान्स्वान्प्राणानवेक्षन्तो निष्कारुण्यात् सुदुःखिताः
vyākulāstāḥ parāvṛttās tyaktvā devaṃ gṛhāṇi tu svānsvānprāṇānavekṣanto niṣkāruṇyāt suduḥkhitāḥ
Bewildered, they turn back, abandoning the deity and their houses, each looking only to his own life, pitiless and utterly miserable.
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MtP 144.69
नष्टे श्रौतस्मृते धर्मे कामक्रोधवशानुगाः निर्मर्यादा निरानन्दा निःस्नेहा निरपत्रपाः
naṣṭe śrautasmṛte dharme kāmakrodhavaśānugāḥ nirmaryādā nirānandā niḥsnehā nirapatrapāḥ
When the dharma of śruti and smṛti has perished, they follow the sway of desire and anger, without bounds, without joy, without affection, without shame.
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MtP 144.70
नष्टे धर्मे प्रतिहता ह्रस्वकाः पञ्चविंशकाः हित्वा दारांश्च पुत्रांश्च विषादव्याकुलप्रजाः
naṣṭe dharme pratihatā hrasvakāḥ pañcaviṃśakāḥ hitvā dārāṃśca putrāṃśca viṣādavyākulaprajāḥ
When dharma has perished they are struck down, short-lived, (living only) twenty-five (years), abandoning wives and sons, their offspring distraught with despair.
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MtP 144.71
अनावृष्टिहतास्ते वै वार्त्तामुत्सृज्य दुःखिताः आश्रयन्ति स्म प्रत्यन्तान् हित्वा जनपदान्स्वकान्
anāvṛṣṭihatāste vai vārttāmutsṛjya duḥkhitāḥ āśrayanti sma pratyantān hitvā janapadānsvakān
Stricken by drought, giving up their livelihood, in misery they take refuge in the borderlands, abandoning their own settled countries.
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MtP 144.72
सरितः सागरानूपान् सेवन्ते पर्वतानपि चीरकृष्णाजिनधरा निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहाः
saritaḥ sāgarānūpān sevante parvatānapi cīrakṛṣṇājinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ
They frequent rivers, the marshlands by the sea, and the mountains too, wearing bark garments and black antelope skins, performing no rites and holding no possessions.
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MtP 144.73
वर्णाश्रमपरिभ्रष्टाः संकरं घोरमास्थिताः एवं कष्टमनुप्राप्ता ह्य् अल्पशेषाः प्रजास्ततः
varṇāśramaparibhraṣṭāḥ saṃkaraṃ ghoramāsthitāḥ evaṃ kaṣṭamanuprāptā hy alpaśeṣāḥ prajāstataḥ
Fallen away from class and stage of life, settled in a dreadful intermixture — thus the few surviving creatures then come into hardship.
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MtP 144.74
जन्तवश्च क्षुधाविष्टा दुःखान्निर्वेदमागमन् संश्रयन्ति च देशांस्तांश् चक्रवत्परिवर्तनाः
jantavaśca kṣudhāviṣṭā duḥkhānnirvedamāgaman saṃśrayanti ca deśāṃstāṃś cakravatparivartanāḥ
And the creatures, possessed by hunger, came to despair out of suffering; and they take refuge in those regions, wandering about like a wheel.
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MtP 144.75
ततः प्रजास्तु ताः सर्वा मांसाहारा भवन्ति हि मृगान्वराहान्वृषभान् ये चान्ये वनचारिणः
tataḥ prajāstu tāḥ sarvā māṃsāhārā bhavanti hi mṛgānvarāhānvṛṣabhān ye cānye vanacāriṇaḥ
Then all those creatures become eaters of flesh — deer, boars, bulls, and whatever others roam the forest;
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MtP 144.76
भक्ष्यांश्चैवाप्यभक्ष्यांश्च सर्वांस्तान्भक्षयन्ति ताः समुद्रं संश्रिता यास्तु नदीश्चैव प्रजास्तु ताः
bhakṣyāṃścaivāpyabhakṣyāṃśca sarvāṃstānbhakṣayanti tāḥ samudraṃ saṃśritā yāstu nadīścaiva prajāstu tāḥ
they eat all of them, both the edible and the inedible; and those creatures who have resorted to the sea and to the rivers —
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MtP 144.77
ते ऽपि मत्स्यान्हरन्तीह आहारार्थं च सर्वशः अभक्ष्याहारदोषेण एकवर्णगताः प्रजाः
te 'pi matsyānharantīha āhārārthaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ abhakṣyāhāradoṣeṇa ekavarṇagatāḥ prajāḥ
they too here catch fish, for the sake of food, in every way; through the fault of eating forbidden food the creatures come to be of a single class.
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MtP 144.78
यथा कृतयुगे पूर्वम् एकवर्णमभूत्किल तथा कलियुगस्यान्ते शूद्रीभूताः प्रजास्तथा
yathā kṛtayuge pūrvam ekavarṇamabhūtkila tathā kaliyugasyānte śūdrībhūtāḥ prajāstathā
Just as formerly in the Kṛta age there was, they say, but one class, so at the end of the Kali age the creatures likewise become śūdras.
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MtP 144.79
एवं वर्षशतं पूर्णं दिव्यं तेषां न्यवर्तत षट्त्रिंशच्च सहस्राणि मानुषाणि तु तानि वै
evaṃ varṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ divyaṃ teṣāṃ nyavartata ṣaṭtriṃśacca sahasrāṇi mānuṣāṇi tu tāni vai
Thus a full hundred divine years of theirs passed away — and those (amount to) thirty-six thousand human (years).
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MtP 144.80
अथ दीर्घेण कालेन पक्षिणः पशवस्तथा मत्स्याश्चैव हताः सर्वैः क्षुधाविष्टैश्च सर्वशः
atha dīrgheṇa kālena pakṣiṇaḥ paśavastathā matsyāścaiva hatāḥ sarvaiḥ kṣudhāviṣṭaiśca sarvaśaḥ
Then, after a long time, birds and beasts likewise, and fishes too, were killed by all, seized with hunger, on every side.
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MtP 144.81
निःशेषेष्वथ सर्वेषु मत्स्यपक्षिपशुष्वथ संध्यांशे प्रतिपन्ने तु निःशेषास्तु तदा कृताः
niḥśeṣeṣvatha sarveṣu matsyapakṣipaśuṣvatha saṃdhyāṃśe pratipanne tu niḥśeṣāstu tadā kṛtāḥ
Then, when all the fishes, birds and beasts had been left without remainder — when the twilight-portion (of the age) had set in, they were then made without remainder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 144.82
ततः प्रजास्तु सम्भूय कन्दमूलमथो ऽखनन् फलमूलाशनाः सर्वे अनिकेतास्तथैव च
tataḥ prajāstu sambhūya kandamūlamatho 'khanan phalamūlāśanāḥ sarve aniketāstathaiva ca
Then the creatures, coming together, dug up bulbs and roots; all (were) eaters of fruit and roots, and likewise homeless.
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MtP 144.83
वल्कलान्यथ वासांसि अधःशय्याश्च सर्वशः परिग्रहो न तेष्वस्ति धनशुद्धिमवाप्नुयुः
valkalānyatha vāsāṃsi adhaḥśayyāśca sarvaśaḥ parigraho na teṣvasti dhanaśuddhimavāpnuyuḥ
Bark then (served as) their garments, and their beds were on the ground everywhere; there is no possession among them; they would attain purity as to wealth.
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MtP 144.84
एवं क्षयं गमिष्यन्ति ह्य् अल्पशिष्टाः प्रजास्तदा तासामल्पावशिष्टानाम् आहारादृद्धिरिष्यते
evaṃ kṣayaṃ gamiṣyanti hy alpaśiṣṭāḥ prajāstadā tāsāmalpāvaśiṣṭānām āhārādṛddhiriṣyate
Thus the creatures, few remaining, will then go to destruction; for those few that remain, increase is expected from food.
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MtP 144.85
एवं वर्षशतं दिव्यं संध्यांशस्तस्य वर्तते ततो वर्षशतस्यान्ते अल्पशिष्टाः स्त्रियः सुताः
evaṃ varṣaśataṃ divyaṃ saṃdhyāṃśastasya vartate tato varṣaśatasyānte alpaśiṣṭāḥ striyaḥ sutāḥ
Thus a hundred divine years — its twilight-portion — passes; then at the end of that century the women and sons are few remaining.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 144.86
मिथुनानि तु ताः सर्वा ह्य् अन्योन्यं सम्प्रजज्ञिरे ततस्तास्तु म्रियन्ते वै पूर्वोत्पन्नाः प्रजास्तु याः
mithunāni tu tāḥ sarvā hy anyonyaṃ samprajajñire tatastāstu mriyante vai pūrvotpannāḥ prajāstu yāḥ
All those (women) begot pairs from one another; then those creatures who were born earlier die.
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MtP 144.87
जातमात्रेष्वपत्येषु ततः कृतमवर्तत यथा स्वर्गे शरीराणि नरके चैव देहिनाम्
jātamātreṣvapatyeṣu tataḥ kṛtamavartata yathā svarge śarīrāṇi narake caiva dehinām
When the offspring were just born, then the Kṛta (age) came about; as in heaven and in hell the bodies of embodied beings (are)
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MtP 144.88
उपभोगसमर्थानि एवं कृतयुगादिषु एवं कृतस्य संतानः कलेश्चैव क्षयस्तथा
upabhogasamarthāni evaṃ kṛtayugādiṣu evaṃ kṛtasya saṃtānaḥ kaleścaiva kṣayastathā
capable of enjoyment, so (are they) in the Kṛta age and the rest. Thus (is) the continuance of the Kṛta and likewise the decay of the Kali.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 144.89
विचारणात्तु निर्वेदः साम्यावस्थात्मना तथा ततश्चैवात्मसम्बोधः सम्बोधाद्धर्मशीलता
vicāraṇāttu nirvedaḥ sāmyāvasthātmanā tathā tataścaivātmasambodhaḥ sambodhāddharmaśīlatā
But from reflection (comes) disgust (with the world), and likewise a state of equanimity with respect to the self; and from that (comes) full awakening to the self, and from awakening, the habit of righteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 144.90
कलिशिष्टेषु तेष्वेवं जायन्ते पूर्ववत्प्रजाः भाविनो ऽर्थस्य च बलात् ततः कृतमवर्तत
kaliśiṣṭeṣu teṣvevaṃ jāyante pūrvavatprajāḥ bhāvino 'rthasya ca balāt tataḥ kṛtamavartata
Thus among those left over from the Kali, creatures are born as before, and by the force of what is to come about; then the Kṛta (age) came about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 144.91
अतीतानागतानि स्युर् यानि मन्वन्तरेष्विह एते युगस्वभावास्तु मयोक्तास्तु समासतः
atītānāgatāni syur yāni manvantareṣviha ete yugasvabhāvāstu mayoktāstu samāsataḥ
Whatever there may be, past and future, in the manvantaras here — these natures of the ages have been told by me in brief,
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MtP 144.92
विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्याच्च नमस्कृत्य स्वयम्भुवे प्रवृत्ते तु ततस्तस्मिन् पुनः कृतयुगे तु वै
vistareṇānupūrvyācca namaskṛtya svayambhuve pravṛtte tu tatastasmin punaḥ kṛtayuge tu vai
and at length and in due order, after making obeisance to the Self-existent. Then, when that Kṛta age has again set in,
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MtP 144.93
उत्पन्नाः कलिशिष्टेषु प्रजाः कार्तयुगास्तथा तिष्ठन्ति चेह ये सिद्धा अदृष्टा विहरन्ति च
utpannāḥ kaliśiṣṭeṣu prajāḥ kārtayugāstathā tiṣṭhanti ceha ye siddhā adṛṣṭā viharanti ca
the creatures born among those left over from the Kali are likewise of the Kṛta age; and those Siddhas who remain here also move about unseen,
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MtP 144.94
सह सप्तर्षिभिर्ये तु तत्र ये च व्यवस्थिताः ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशः शूद्रा बीजार्थे य इह स्मृताः कार्तयुगभवैः सार्धं निर्विशेषास्तदाभवन्
saha saptarṣibhirye tu tatra ye ca vyavasthitāḥ brahmakṣatraviśaḥ śūdrā bījārthe ya iha smṛtāḥ kārtayugabhavaiḥ sārdhaṃ nirviśeṣāstadābhavan
those who (are) with the seven seers, and those who are established there — the brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras who are here recorded for the sake of seed: they then became indistinguishable from those born in the Kṛta age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 144.95
तेषां सप्तर्षयो धर्मं कथयन्तीह तेषु च
teṣāṃ saptarṣayo dharmaṃ kathayantīha teṣu ca
To them the seven seers here declare the law, and among them
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MtP 144.96
वर्णाश्रमाचारयुतं श्रौतस्मार्तविधानतः एवं तेषु क्रियावत्सु प्रवर्तन्तीह वै कृते
varṇāśramācārayutaṃ śrautasmārtavidhānataḥ evaṃ teṣu kriyāvatsu pravartantīha vai kṛte
(the law) joined with the practice of the classes and stages of life, according to the injunctions of śruti and smṛti. Thus, when they are engaged in rites, (the seers) act here in the Kṛta (age).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 144.97
श्रौतस्मार्तस्थितानां तु धर्मे सप्तर्षिदर्शिते ते तु धर्मव्यवस्थार्थं तिष्ठन्तीह कृते युगे
śrautasmārtasthitānāṃ tu dharme saptarṣidarśite te tu dharmavyavasthārthaṃ tiṣṭhantīha kṛte yuge
But of those who abide by śruti and smṛti in the law shown by the seven seers — those (seers) remain here in the Kṛta age for the sake of establishing the law.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 144.98
मन्वन्तराधिकारेषु तिष्ठन्ति ऋषयस्तु ते यथा दावप्रदग्धेषु तृणेष्वेवापरं तृणम्
manvantarādhikāreṣu tiṣṭhanti ṛṣayastu te yathā dāvapradagdheṣu tṛṇeṣvevāparaṃ tṛṇam
Those seers remain (through) the periods of authority of the manvantaras. As, when the grasses have been burnt up by a forest fire, another grass (springs up),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 144.99
वनानां प्रथमं वृष्ट्या तेषां मूलेषु सम्भवः एवं युगाद्युगानां वै संतानस्तु परस्परम्
vanānāṃ prathamaṃ vṛṣṭyā teṣāṃ mūleṣu sambhavaḥ evaṃ yugādyugānāṃ vai saṃtānastu parasparam
First, by rain, comes the arising of forests from their roots — so too is the mutual succession of the ages, one age after another.
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MtP 144.100
प्रवर्तते ह्यविच्छेदाद् यावन्मन्वन्तरक्षयः सुखमायुर्बलं रूपं धर्मार्थौ काम एव च
pravartate hyavicchedād yāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ sukhamāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ dharmārthau kāma eva ca
For it proceeds without interruption until the end of the manvantara: happiness, lifespan, strength, beauty, dharma and wealth, and desire as well.
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MtP 144.101
युगेष्वेतानि हीयन्ते त्रयः पादाः क्रमेण तु इत्येष प्रतिसंधिर्वः कीर्तितस्तु मया द्विजाः
yugeṣvetāni hīyante trayaḥ pādāḥ krameṇa tu ityeṣa pratisaṃdhirvaḥ kīrtitastu mayā dvijāḥ
These decline in the (successive) ages, three quarters, step by step. Thus this juncture (between ages) has been declared by me to you, O twice-born.
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MtP 144.102
चतुर्युगाणां सर्वेषाम् एतदेव प्रसाधनम् एषां चतुर्युगाणां तु गणिता ह्येकसप्ततिः
caturyugāṇāṃ sarveṣām etadeva prasādhanam eṣāṃ caturyugāṇāṃ tu gaṇitā hyekasaptatiḥ
For all the sets of four ages this same is the arrangement; and of these sets of four ages seventy-one are reckoned.
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MtP 144.103
क्रमेण परिवृत्तास्ता मनोरन्तरमुच्यते युगाख्यासु तु सर्वासु भवतीह यदा च यत्
krameṇa parivṛttāstā manorantaramucyate yugākhyāsu tu sarvāsu bhavatīha yadā ca yat
When these have revolved in order, that is called a manvantara. And in all the (periods) named ages, whatever occurs here at whatever time,
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MtP 144.104
तदेव च तदन्यासु पुनस्तद्वै यथाक्रमम् सर्गे सर्गे यथा भेदा ह्य् उत्पद्यन्ते तथैव च
tadeva ca tadanyāsu punastadvai yathākramam sarge sarge yathā bhedā hy utpadyante tathaiva ca
that same thing (occurs) again in the others in due order; and just as the varieties arise in creation after creation, so too (they arise again).
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MtP 144.105
चतुर्दशसु तावन्तो ज्ञेया मन्वन्तरेष्विह आसुरी यातुधानी च पैशाची यक्षराक्षसी
caturdaśasu tāvanto jñeyā manvantareṣviha āsurī yātudhānī ca paiśācī yakṣarākṣasī
In the fourteen manvantaras just so many are to be known here: the demonic, the sorcerous, the goblin, and the yakṣa-and-rākṣasa (kinds).
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MtP 144.106
युगे युगे तदा काले प्रजा जायन्ति ताः शृणु यथाकल्पं युगैः सार्धं भवन्ते तुल्यलक्षणाः इत्येतल्लक्षणं प्रोक्तं युगानां वै यथाक्रमम्
yuge yuge tadā kāle prajā jāyanti tāḥ śṛṇu yathākalpaṃ yugaiḥ sārdhaṃ bhavante tulyalakṣaṇāḥ ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ yugānāṃ vai yathākramam
Hear then how in each age, at that time, those creatures are born: according to the kalpa, together with the ages, they come to be with like characteristics. Thus this characterization of the ages has been stated in due order.
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MtP 144.107
मन्वन्तराणां परिवर्तनानि चिरप्रवृत्तानि युगस्वभावात् क्षणं न संतिष्ठति जीवलोकः क्षयोदयाभ्यां परिवर्तमानः
manvantarāṇāṃ parivartanāni cirapravṛttāni yugasvabhāvāt kṣaṇaṃ na saṃtiṣṭhati jīvalokaḥ kṣayodayābhyāṃ parivartamānaḥ
The revolutions of the manvantaras have long been in motion; by the very nature of the ages the world of living beings does not stand still for a moment, revolving through decline and rise.
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MtP 144.108
एते युगस्वभावा वः परिक्रान्ता यथाक्रमम् मन्वन्तराणि यान्यस्मिन् कल्पे वक्ष्यामि तानि च
ete yugasvabhāvā vaḥ parikrāntā yathākramam manvantarāṇi yānyasmin kalpe vakṣyāmi tāni ca
These natures of the ages have been surveyed for you in order; and I shall also tell of the manvantaras that are in this kalpa.
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