Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 41
NarP 1 41.1
नारद उवाच आख्यातं भवता सर्वं मुने तत्त्वार्थ कोविद । इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामि युगानां स्थितिलक्षणम्
nārada uvāca ākhyātaṃ bhavatā sarvaṃ mune tattvārtha kovida / idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi yugānāṃ sthitilakṣaṇam
Nārada said: All has been related by you, O sage skilled in the meaning of the truth. Now I wish to hear the marks of the condition of the yugas.
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NarP 1 41.2
सनक उवाच साधु साधु महाप्राज्ञ मुने लोकोपकारक । युगधर्मान्प्रबक्ष्यामि सर्वलोकोपकारकान्
sanaka uvāca sādhu sādhu mahāprājña mune lokopakāraka / yugadharmānprabakṣyāmi sarvalokopakārakān
Sanaka said: Well said, well said, O greatly wise sage, benefactor of the world! I shall declare the dharmas of the yugas, which benefit all the world.
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NarP 1 41.3
धर्मो विवृद्धिमायाति काले कस्मिंश्चिदुत्तम । तथा विनासमायाति धर्ंम एव महीतले
dharmo vivṛddhimāyāti kāle kasmiṃściduttama / tathā vināsamāyāti dharṃma eva mahītale
At one time, O excellent one, dharma comes to increase, and likewise dharma itself comes to destruction on the face of the earth.
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NarP 1 41.4
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । दिव्यैर्द्वादशभिर्ज्ञेयं वत्सरैस्तत्र सत्तम
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti caturyugam / divyairdvādaśabhirjñeyaṃ vatsaraistatra sattama
Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali — such is the set of four yugas; therein they are to be reckoned by twelve (thousand) divine years, O most excellent one.
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NarP 1 41.5
संध्यासन्ध्यांशयुक्तानि युगानि सदृशानि वै । कालतो वेदितव्यानि इत्युक्तं तत्त्वा दर्शिभिः
saṃdhyāsandhyāṃśayuktāni yugāni sadṛśāni vai / kālato veditavyāni ityuktaṃ tattvā darśibhiḥ
The yugas, together with their twilights and twilight-portions, are indeed alike, and are to be understood in terms of time — so it has been said by those who see the truth.
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NarP 1 41.6
आद्ये कृतयुगं प्राहुस्ततस्त्रेताविधानकम् । ततश्च द्वापरं प्राहुः कलिमन्त्यं विदुः क्रमात्
ādye kṛtayugaṃ prāhustatastretāvidhānakam / tataśca dvāparaṃ prāhuḥ kalimantyaṃ viduḥ kramāt
The first they call the Kṛta age; then the ordering of the Tretā; then, they say, the Dvāpara; and last of all, in order, they know the Kali.
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NarP 1 41.7
देवदानवगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः । नासन्कृतयुगे विप्र सर्वे देवसमाः स्मृताः
devadānavagandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ / nāsankṛtayuge vipra sarve devasamāḥ smṛtāḥ
Gods, demons, gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas and serpents did not exist in the Kṛta age, O brahmin: all (beings) are said to have been equal to the gods.
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NarP 1 41.8
सर्वे हृष्टाश्च धर्मिष्टा न तत्र क्रयविक्रयौ । वेदानां च विभागश्च न युगे कृतसंज्ञके
sarve hṛṣṭāśca dharmiṣṭā na tatra krayavikrayau / vedānāṃ ca vibhāgaśca na yuge kṛtasaṃjñake
All were joyful and most righteous; there was no buying and selling there, nor was there any division of the Vedas in the age called Kṛta.
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NarP 1 41.9
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राः स्वाचारतत्पराः । सदा नारायणपरास्तपोध्यानपरायणाः
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāḥ svācāratatparāḥ / sadā nārāyaṇaparāstapodhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras were devoted to their own proper conduct, always intent on Nārāyaṇa, given over to austerity and meditation.
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NarP 1 41.10
कामादिदोषनिर्मुक्ताः शमादिगुणतत्पराः । धर्मसाधनचित्ताश्च गतासूया अदांभिकाः
kāmādidoṣanirmuktāḥ śamādiguṇatatparāḥ / dharmasādhanacittāśca gatāsūyā adāṃbhikāḥ
Free from the faults of desire and the rest, intent on the virtues of tranquillity and the rest, their minds set on the means of dharma, without envy, without hypocrisy;
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NarP 1 41.11
सत्यवाक्यरताः सर्वे चतुराश्रमधर्मिणः । वेदाध्ययनसंपन्नाः सर्वशास्त्रविचक्षणाः
satyavākyaratāḥ sarve caturāśramadharmiṇaḥ / vedādhyayanasaṃpannāḥ sarvaśāstravicakṣaṇāḥ
all delighting in truthful speech, practising the dharma of the four stages of life, accomplished in Vedic study, skilled in all the sciences.
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NarP 1 41.12
चतुराश्रमयुक्तेन कर्मणा कालयोनिना । अकामफलसंयोगाः प्रयान्ति परमां गतिम्
caturāśramayuktena karmaṇā kālayoninā / akāmaphalasaṃyogāḥ prayānti paramāṃ gatim
By action joined to the four stages of life and having time as its source, without attachment to the fruits of desire, they go to the highest goal.
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NarP 1 41.13
नारायणः कृतयुगे शुक्लवर्णः सुनिर्मलः । त्रेताधर्मान्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व सुसमाहितः
nārāyaṇaḥ kṛtayuge śuklavarṇaḥ sunirmalaḥ / tretādharmānpravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ
In the Kṛta age Nārāyaṇa is white in colour, wholly spotless. (Now) I shall declare the duties of the Tretā; listen well concentrated.
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NarP 1 41.14
धर्मः पाण्डुरतां याति त्रेतायां मुनिसत्तम । हरिस्तु रक्तातां याति किञ्चित्क्लेशान्विता जनाः
dharmaḥ pāṇḍuratāṃ yāti tretāyāṃ munisattama / haristu raktātāṃ yāti kiñcitkleśānvitā janāḥ
In the Tretā, O best of sages, dharma becomes pale, while Hari takes on redness, and people are afflicted with some measure of suffering.
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NarP 1 41.15
क्रियायोगरताः सर्वे यज्ञकर्मसु निष्टिताः । सत्यव्रता ध्यानपराः सदाध्यानपरायणाः
kriyāyogaratāḥ sarve yajñakarmasu niṣṭitāḥ / satyavratā dhyānaparāḥ sadādhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
All are devoted to the practice of ritual action, established in sacrificial works, vowed to truth, given to meditation, always intent on meditation.
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NarP 1 41.16
द्विपादो वर्तते धर्मो द्वापरे च मुनीश्वर । हरिः पीतत्वमायाति वेदश्चापि विभज्यते
dvipādo vartate dharmo dvāpare ca munīśvara / hariḥ pītatvamāyāti vedaścāpi vibhajyate
In the Dvāpara, O lord of sages, dharma proceeds on two feet; Hari comes to be yellow, and the Veda too is divided up.
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NarP 1 41.17
असत्यनिरताश्चापि केचित्तत्र द्विजोत्तमाः । ब्राह्मणाद्याश्च वर्णाः स्युः केचिद्रागादिदुर्गुणाः
asatyaniratāścāpi kecittatra dvijottamāḥ / brāhmaṇādyāśca varṇāḥ syuḥ kecidrāgādidurguṇāḥ
And some of the best of the twice-born there are given to untruth; and the classes, brahmins and the rest, come to have some bad qualities such as passion.
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NarP 1 41.18
केचित्स्वर्गापवर्गार्थं विप्रयज्ञान्प्रकुर्वते । केचिद्धनादिकामाश्च केचित्कल्मषचेतसः
kecitsvargāpavargārthaṃ viprayajñānprakurvate / keciddhanādikāmāśca kecitkalmaṣacetasaḥ
Some brahmins perform sacrifices for the sake of heaven and release; some desire wealth and the like; and some are of tainted mind.
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NarP 1 41.19
धर्माधर्मौं समौ स्यातां द्वापरे विप्रसत्तम । अधर्मस्य प्रभावेण क्षीयन्ते च प्रजास्तथा
dharmādharmauṃ samau syātāṃ dvāpare viprasattama / adharmasya prabhāveṇa kṣīyante ca prajāstathā
In the Dvāpara, O best of brahmins, dharma and unrighteousness are equal; and through the power of unrighteousness the people also dwindle.
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NarP 1 41.20
अल्पायुषो भविष्यन्ति केचिञ्चापि मुनीश्वर । केचित्पुण्यरतान् दृष्ट्वा असूयां विप्र कुर्वते
alpāyuṣo bhaviṣyanti keciñcāpi munīśvara / kecitpuṇyaratān dṛṣṭvā asūyāṃ vipra kurvate
Some too will be short-lived, O lord of sages; and some, O brahmin, on seeing those devoted to merit, feel envy.
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NarP 1 41.21
कलिस्थितिं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व समाहितः । धर्मः कलियुगे प्राप्ते पादेनैकेन वर्तते
kalisthitiṃ pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva samāhitaḥ / dharmaḥ kaliyuge prāpte pādenaikena vartate
I shall declare the condition of the Kali; listen to it concentrated. When the Kali age has come, dharma proceeds on a single foot.
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NarP 1 41.22
तामसं युगमासाद्य हरिः कृष्णत्वमेति च । यः कश्चिदपि धर्मात्मा यज्ञाचारान्करोति च
tāmasaṃ yugamāsādya hariḥ kṛṣṇatvameti ca / yaḥ kaścidapi dharmātmā yajñācārānkaroti ca
On reaching that dark age Hari takes on blackness. Whoever is of righteous nature and performs the sacrificial observances—
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NarP 1 41.23
यः कश्चिदपि पुण्यात्मा क्रियायोगरतो भवेत् । नरं धर्मरतं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे ऽसूयां प्रकुर्वते
yaḥ kaścidapi puṇyātmā kriyāyogarato bhavet / naraṃ dharmarataṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve 'sūyāṃ prakurvate
whoever is of meritorious nature and is devoted to the practice of ritual action—seeing a man devoted to dharma, all feel envy (of him).
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NarP 1 41.24
व्रताचाराः प्रणश्यन्ति ज्ञानयज्ञादयस्तथा । उपद्रवा भविष्यन्ति ह्यधर्मस्य प्रवतनात्
vratācārāḥ praṇaśyanti jñānayajñādayastathā / upadravā bhaviṣyanti hyadharmasya pravatanāt
Vows and observances perish, and likewise knowledge, sacrifices and the rest; and calamities will arise from the prevalence of unrighteousness.
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NarP 1 41.25
असूयानिरताः सर्वे दंभाचारपरायणाः । प्रजाश्चाल्पायुषः सर्वा भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
asūyāniratāḥ sarve daṃbhācāraparāyaṇāḥ / prajāścālpāyuṣaḥ sarvā bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge
All (people) will be given to envy, devoted to hypocritical conduct, and in the Kali age all the people will be short-lived.
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NarP 1 41.26
नारद उवाच युगधर्माः समाख्यातास्त्वया संक्षेपतो मुने । कलिं विस्तरतो ब्रूहि त्वं हि धर्मविदां वरः
nārada uvāca yugadharmāḥ samākhyātāstvayā saṃkṣepato mune / kaliṃ vistarato brūhi tvaṃ hi dharmavidāṃ varaḥ
Nārada said: The duties of the (four) ages have been recounted by you in brief, O sage; now tell of the Kali (age) in detail, for you are the best of those who know dharma.
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NarP 1 41.27
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश्चमुनिसत्तम । किमाहाराः किमाचाराः भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāścamunisattama / kimāhārāḥ kimācārāḥ bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge
Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, O best of sages — what food and what conduct will they have in the Kali age?
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NarP 1 41.28
सनक उवाच शृणुष्व मुनिशार्दूल सर्वलोकोपकारक । कलिधर्मान्प्रवक्ष्यामि विस्तरेण यथातथम्
sanaka uvāca śṛṇuṣva muniśārdūla sarvalokopakāraka / kalidharmānpravakṣyāmi vistareṇa yathātatham
Sanaka said: Listen, O tiger among sages, benefactor of all the worlds: I shall declare the ways of Kali in detail, just as they are.
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NarP 1 41.29
सर्वे धर्मा विनश्यन्ति कृष्णे कृष्णत्वमागते । तस्मात्कलिर्महाघोरः सर्वपातकसंकरः
sarve dharmā vinaśyanti kṛṣṇe kṛṣṇatvamāgate / tasmātkalirmahāghoraḥ sarvapātakasaṃkaraḥ
All duties perish when the Black One (Kṛṣṇa) attains blackness; therefore Kali is exceedingly terrible, a mixing together of every sin.
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NarP 1 41.30
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्रा धर्मपराङ्मुखाः । घोरे कलियुगे प्राप्ते द्विजा वेदपराङ्मुखाः
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā dharmaparāṅmukhāḥ / ghore kaliyuge prāpte dvijā vedaparāṅmukhāḥ
Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras turn their faces from dharma; when the terrible Kali age has come, the twice-born turn their faces from the Veda.
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NarP 1 41.31
व्याजधर्मरताः सर्वे असूयानिरतास्तथा । वृथाहॄङ्कारदुष्टाश्च सत्यहीनाश्च पण्डिताः
vyājadharmaratāḥ sarve asūyāniratāstathā / vṛthāhṝṅkāraduṣṭāśca satyahīnāśca paṇḍitāḥ
All are devoted to a sham dharma and likewise given over to envy; they are corrupted by vain arrogance, and the learned are devoid of truth.
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NarP 1 41.32
अहमेवाधिक इति सर्वे ऽपि विवदन्ति च । अधर्मलोलुपाः सर्वले तथा वैतंहिका नराः
ahamevādhika iti sarve 'pi vivadanti ca / adharmalolupāḥ sarvale tathā vaitaṃhikā narāḥ
"I alone am superior" — thus they all quarrel; all men are greedy for unrighteousness and likewise deceitful (as fowlers laying snares).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.33
अतः स्वल्पायुषः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे । अल्पायुष्ट्वान्मनुष्याणां न विद्याग्रहणं द्विज
ataḥ svalpāyuṣaḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge / alpāyuṣṭvānmanuṣyāṇāṃ na vidyāgrahaṇaṃ dvija
Hence all will be short-lived in the Kali age; and because men are short-lived there is no acquisition of learning, O twice-born one.
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NarP 1 41.34
विद्याग्रहणशून्यत्वादधर्मो वर्तते पुनः । व्यात्क्रमेण प्रजाः सर्वा म्नियन्ते पापतत्पराः
vidyāgrahaṇaśūnyatvādadharmo vartate punaḥ / vyātkrameṇa prajāḥ sarvā mniyante pāpatatparāḥ
Because of the absence of the acquisition of learning, unrighteousness again prevails; all creatures, intent on sin, die out of due order.
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NarP 1 41.35
ब्राह्मणाद्यास्तथा वर्णाः संकीर्यन्ते परस्परम् । कामक्रोधपरा मूढा वृथासंतापपीडिताः
brāhmaṇādyāstathā varṇāḥ saṃkīryante parasparam / kāmakrodhaparā mūḍhā vṛthāsaṃtāpapīḍitāḥ
The classes, brahmins and the rest, become mingled with one another; given over to lust and anger, deluded, they are afflicted with pointless distress.
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NarP 1 41.36
शूद्रतुल्या भविष्यन्ति सर्वे वर्णा कलौ युगे । उत्तमा नीचतां यान्ति नीचाश्चोत्तमतां तथा
śūdratulyā bhaviṣyanti sarve varṇā kalau yuge / uttamā nīcatāṃ yānti nīcāścottamatāṃ tathā
In the Kali age all the classes will become equal to śūdras; the high go to lowness and the low likewise to highness.
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NarP 1 41.37
राजनो द्रव्यनिरतास्तथा ह्यन्यायवर्त्तिनः । पीडयन्ति प्रजाश्चैव करैरत्यर्थयोजितैः
rājano dravyaniratāstathā hyanyāyavarttinaḥ / pīḍayanti prajāścaiva karairatyarthayojitaiḥ
Kings are intent on wealth and thus act unjustly, and they oppress their subjects with excessively imposed taxes.
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NarP 1 41.38
शववाहाभविष्यन्ति शूद्राणां च द्विजातयः । धर्मस्त्रीष्वपि गच्छन्ति पतयो जारधर्मिणः
śavavāhābhaviṣyanti śūdrāṇāṃ ca dvijātayaḥ / dharmastrīṣvapi gacchanti patayo jāradharmiṇaḥ
The twice-born will become corpse-bearers for śūdras; and husbands, behaving like paramours, go even to (other men's) lawful wives.
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NarP 1 41.39
द्विषन्ति पितरं पुत्रा भर्तारं च स्त्रियो ऽखिलाः । परिस्त्रीनिरतः सर्वे परद्रव्यपरायणाः
dviṣanti pitaraṃ putrā bhartāraṃ ca striyo 'khilāḥ / paristrīnirataḥ sarve paradravyaparāyaṇāḥ
Sons hate their father, and all women their husband; all are addicted to others' wives and bent on others' property.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.40
मत्स्यामिषेण जीवन्ति दुहॄन्तश्चाप्यजीविकाम् । घोरे कलियुगे विप्र सर्वे पापरता जनाः
matsyāmiṣeṇa jīvanti duhṝntaścāpyajīvikām / ghore kaliyuge vipra sarve pāparatā janāḥ
They live on fish and flesh, and milk (their cows) even beyond subsistence; in the terrible Kali age, O brahmin, all people are given to sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.41
सतामसूयानिरतां उपहासं प्रकुर्वते । सरित्तीरेषु कुद्दालैर्वापयिष्यन्ति चौषधीः
satāmasūyāniratāṃ upahāsaṃ prakurvate / sarittīreṣu kuddālairvāpayiṣyanti cauṣadhīḥ
Given over to envy of the good, they make mockery (of them); and they will sow crops with spades on the banks of rivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.42
पृथ्वी निष्फलतां याति बीजं पुष्पं विनश्यति । वेश्यालावंयशीलेषु स्पृहा कुर्वन्ति योषितः
pṛthvī niṣphalatāṃ yāti bījaṃ puṣpaṃ vinaśyati / veśyālāvaṃyaśīleṣu spṛhā kurvanti yoṣitaḥ
The earth becomes barren, seed and blossom perish; women set their desire on men whose beauty and manner is that of harlots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.43
धर्मविक्रयिणो विप्राः स्त्रियश्च भगविक्रयाः । वेदविक्रयकाश्चान्ये शूद्राचाररता द्विजाः
dharmavikrayiṇo viprāḥ striyaśca bhagavikrayāḥ / vedavikrayakāścānye śūdrācāraratā dvijāḥ
Brahmins are sellers of dharma, and women sellers of their sex; others are sellers of the Veda, and the twice-born delight in the conduct of śūdras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.44
साधूनां विधवानां च वित्तान्य पहरन्ति च । न व्रतानि चरिष्यन्ति ब्राह्मणा द्रव्यलोलुपाः
sādhūnāṃ vidhavānāṃ ca vittānya paharanti ca / na vratāni cariṣyanti brāhmaṇā dravyalolupāḥ
And they carry off the wealth of the virtuous and of widows; brahmins, greedy for money, will not perform the observances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.45
धर्माचारं परित्यज्य वृथावादैर्विषज्जिताः । द्विजाः कुर्वन्ति दंभार्थं पितृश्राद्धादिकाः क्रियाः
dharmācāraṃ parityajya vṛthāvādairviṣajjitāḥ / dvijāḥ kurvanti daṃbhārthaṃ pitṛśrāddhādikāḥ kriyāḥ
Abandoning righteous conduct, engrossed in idle talk, the twice-born perform the rites of ancestral śrāddha and the rest for the sake of ostentation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.46
अपात्रेष्वेव दानानि प्रयच्छन्ति नराधमाः । दुग्धलोभनिमित्तेन गोषु प्रीतिं च कुर्वते
apātreṣveva dānāni prayacchanti narādhamāḥ / dugdhalobhanimittena goṣu prītiṃ ca kurvate
Those lowest of men give gifts precisely to unworthy recipients, and they show affection for cows only for the sake of greed for milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.47
न कुर्वन्ति तथा विप्राः स्नानशौचादिकाः क्रियाः । अपात्रेष्वेव दानानि प्रयच्छन्ति नराधमाः
na kurvanti tathā viprāḥ snānaśaucādikāḥ kriyāḥ / apātreṣveva dānāni prayacchanti narādhamāḥ
Likewise the brahmins do not perform the rites of bathing, purification, and the rest; those lowest of men give gifts precisely to unworthy recipients.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.48
साधुनिन्दापराश्चैव विप्रनिन्दापरास्तथा । न कस्यापि मनो विप्र विष्णुभक्तिपरं भवेत्
sādhunindāparāścaiva vipranindāparāstathā / na kasyāpi mano vipra viṣṇubhaktiparaṃ bhavet
They are intent on reviling the good and likewise intent on reviling brahmins; no one's mind, O brahmin, will be devoted to devotion to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.49
यज्विनश्च द्विजानैव धनार्थराजकिङ्कराः । ताडयन्ति द्विजान्दुष्टाः कृष्णे कृष्णत्वमागते
yajvinaśca dvijānaiva dhanārtharājakiṅkarāḥ / tāḍayanti dvijānduṣṭāḥ kṛṣṇe kṛṣṇatvamāgate
And sacrificers—brahmins—will be servants of kings for the sake of money; the wicked beat brahmins, when in Kali blackness has come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.50
दानहीना नराः सर्वे घोरे कलियुगे मुने । प्रतिग्रहं प्रकुर्वन्ति पतितानामपि द्विजाः
dānahīnā narāḥ sarve ghore kaliyuge mune / pratigrahaṃ prakurvanti patitānāmapi dvijāḥ
In the dreadful Kali age, O sage, all men are devoid of giving; and brahmins accept gifts even from the fallen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.51
कलेः प्रथमपादे ऽपि विंनिन्दन्ति हरिं नराः । युगान्ते च हरेर्नाम नैवकश्चिद्वदिष्यति
kaleḥ prathamapāde 'pi viṃnindanti hariṃ narāḥ / yugānte ca harernāma naivakaścidvadiṣyati
Even in the first quarter of Kali men revile Hari; and at the end of the age no one at all will utter Hari's name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.52
शूद्रस्त्रीसंगनिरता विधवासंगलोलुपाः । शूद्रान्नभोगनिरता भविष्यन्ति कलौ द्विजाः
śūdrastrīsaṃganiratā vidhavāsaṃgalolupāḥ / śūdrānnabhoganiratā bhaviṣyanti kalau dvijāḥ
In Kali the twice-born will be given to consorting with śūdra women, eager for liaison with widows, and given to enjoying the food of śūdras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.53
विहाय वेदसन्मार्गं कुपथाचारसंगताः । पाषण्डाश्चभविशष्यन्तिचतुराश्रमनिन्दकाः
vihāya vedasanmārgaṃ kupathācārasaṃgatāḥ / pāṣaṇḍāścabhaviśaṣyanticaturāśramanindakāḥ
Abandoning the good path of the Veda, joined to the practice of evil ways, there will be heretics who revile the four stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.54
न चद्विजा तिशुश्रूषां कुर्वन्ति चरणोद्भवाः । द्विजातिधर्मान्गृह्णन्ति पाखण्डलिङ्गिनो ऽधमाः
na cadvijā tiśuśrūṣāṃ kurvanti caraṇodbhavāḥ / dvijātidharmāngṛhṇanti pākhaṇḍaliṅgino 'dhamāḥ
And those born from the (Lord's) feet do not render service to the twice-born; base men wearing the marks of heresy take up the duties of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.55
काषायपरिवीताश्च जटिला भस्मधूलिताः । शूद्राधर्मान्प्रवक्ष्यन्ती कूटयुक्तपरायणाः
kāṣāyaparivītāśca jaṭilā bhasmadhūlitāḥ / śūdrādharmānpravakṣyantī kūṭayuktaparāyaṇāḥ
Wrapped in ochre robes, wearing matted hair, smeared with ash-dust, devoted to fraudulent arguments, they will proclaim the duties (of brahmins) to śūdras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.56
द्विजाःस्वाचारमुत्ःसृज्यचपरपाकान्नभोजिनः । भविष्यन्तिदुरात्मानः शूद्राः प्रव्रजितास्तथा
dvijāḥsvācāramutḥsṛjyacaparapākānnabhojinaḥ / bhaviṣyantidurātmānaḥ śūdrāḥ pravrajitāstathā
Twice-born men, abandoning their own proper conduct, will become eaters of food cooked by others and evil-souled; and śūdras likewise will become wandering ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.57
उत्कोचजीविनस्तत्र भविष्यन्ति कलौ मुने । धर्मटीनास्तु पाषण्डा कापाला भिक्षवो ऽधमाः
utkocajīvinastatra bhaviṣyanti kalau mune / dharmaṭīnāstu pāṣaṇḍā kāpālā bhikṣavo 'dhamāḥ
There in the Kali age, O sage, there will be men who live by bribes; and there will be heretics who make a trade of religion, skull-bearers, and base mendicants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.58
धर्मविध्वंसशीलानां द्विजानां द्विजसत्तम । शूद्रा धर्मान्प्रवक्ष्यन्तिह्यधिरुह्योत्तमासनम्
dharmavidhvaṃsaśīlānāṃ dvijānāṃ dvijasattama / śūdrā dharmānpravakṣyantihyadhiruhyottamāsanam
O best of the twice-born, śūdras, having mounted the highest seat, will proclaim the duties of the twice-born, whose nature it is to destroy dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.59
एते चान्येच बहवो नग्नरक्तपटादिकाः । पाषण्डाः प्रचारिष्यन्ति प्रायो वेदविदूषकाः
ete cānyeca bahavo nagnaraktapaṭādikāḥ / pāṣaṇḍāḥ pracāriṣyanti prāyo vedavidūṣakāḥ
These and many others—the naked, the red-robed, and such—heretics who mostly revile the Veda, will spread abroad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.60
गीतवादित्रकुशलाः क्षुद्रधर्मसमाश्रयाः । भविष्यन्तिकलौ प्रायो धर्मविध्वंसका नराः
gītavāditrakuśalāḥ kṣudradharmasamāśrayāḥ / bhaviṣyantikalau prāyo dharmavidhvaṃsakā narāḥ
In Kali men will mostly be skilled in song and instrumental music, resorting to petty religious practices, destroyers of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.61
अल्पद्रव्या वृथालिङ्गा वृथाहॄङ्कारदूषिताः । हर्तारं परवित्तानां भवितारो नराधमाः
alpadravyā vṛthāliṅgā vṛthāhṝṅkāradūṣitāḥ / hartāraṃ paravittānāṃ bhavitāro narādhamāḥ
Possessed of little wealth, bearing false marks (of holiness), corrupted by empty arrogance, those lowest of men will become stealers of others' property.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.62
प्रतिग्रहपरा नित्यं जगदुन्मार्गशीलिनः । आत्मस्तुतिपराः सर्वे परनिन्दापरास्तथा
pratigrahaparā nityaṃ jagadunmārgaśīlinaḥ / ātmastutiparāḥ sarve paranindāparāstathā
Always bent on receiving gifts, leading the world along wrong paths, all are given to praising themselves and likewise to reviling others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.63
विश्वस्तघातिनः क्रूरा दयाधर्मविवर्जिताः । भविष्यन्ति नरा विप्र कलौ चाधर्मबान्धवाः
viśvastaghātinaḥ krūrā dayādharmavivarjitāḥ / bhaviṣyanti narā vipra kalau cādharmabāndhavāḥ
O brahmin, in Kali men will be killers of those who trust them, cruel, devoid of compassion and dharma, and kinsmen of unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.64
परमायुश्च भविता तदा वर्षाणि षोडश । घोरे कलियुगे विप्र पञ्चवर्षा प्रसूयते
paramāyuśca bhavitā tadā varṣāṇi ṣoḍaśa / ghore kaliyuge vipra pañcavarṣā prasūyate
Then the maximum lifespan will be sixteen years; in the dreadful Kali age, O brahmin, a five-year-old girl gives birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.65
सप्तवर्षाष्टवर्षाश्च युवानो ऽतः परे जरा । स्वकर्मत्यागिनः सर्वे कृतघ्नाभिन्नवृत्तयः
saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāśca yuvāno 'taḥ pare jarā / svakarmatyāginaḥ sarve kṛtaghnābhinnavṛttayaḥ
At seven years and at eight years they are young; beyond that comes old age. All abandon their own duties, are ungrateful, and are of degraded conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.66
याचकाश्चद्विजा नित्यं भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे । परावमाननिरताः प्रहृष्टाः परवेश्मनि
yācakāścadvijā nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge / parāvamānaniratāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ paraveśmani
And in the Kali age the twice-born will constantly be beggars, given to insulting others, delighted (to be) in another's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.67
तत्रैव निन्दानिरता वृथाविश्रंभिणो जनाः । निदां कुर्वन्ति सततं पितृमातृसुतेषु च
tatraiva nindāniratā vṛthāviśraṃbhiṇo janāḥ / nidāṃ kurvanti satataṃ pitṛmātṛsuteṣu ca
Right there people are given to fault-finding and are trusting without cause; they constantly slander (their) fathers, mothers and sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.68
वदन्ति वाचा धर्मांश्च चेतसा पापलोलुपाः । धनविद्यावयोमत्ताः सर्वदुःखपरायणाः
vadanti vācā dharmāṃśca cetasā pāpalolupāḥ / dhanavidyāvayomattāḥ sarvaduḥkhaparāyaṇāḥ
With (their) speech they utter religious duties, but in mind they are greedy for sin; drunk with wealth, learning and youth, they are bound for every kind of suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.69
व्याधितस्करदुर्भिक्षैः पीडिता अतिमांयिनः । प्रपुष्यन्ति वृथैवामी न विचार्य च दुष्कृतम्
vyādhitaskaradurbhikṣaiḥ pīḍitā atimāṃyinaḥ / prapuṣyanti vṛthaivāmī na vicārya ca duṣkṛtam
Afflicted by disease, thieves and famine, yet excessively proud, these (people) thrive in vain, and do not reflect upon (their) evil deed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.70
धर्ममार्गप्रणेतारं तिरस्कुर्वन्ति पापिनः । धर्मकार्ये रतं चैव वृथाविश्रंभिणो जनाः
dharmamārgapraṇetāraṃ tiraskurvanti pāpinaḥ / dharmakārye rataṃ caiva vṛthāviśraṃbhiṇo janāḥ
The sinners revile him who lays out the path of dharma, and (him) devoted to the work of dharma — people who trust without cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.71
भविष्यन्ति कलौ प्राप्ते राजानो म्लेच्छजातयः । शूद्रा भैक्ष्यरताश्चैव तेषां शुश्रूषणे द्विजाः
bhaviṣyanti kalau prāpte rājāno mlecchajātayaḥ / śūdrā bhaikṣyaratāścaiva teṣāṃ śuśrūṣaṇe dvijāḥ
When the Kali (age) has arrived, kings will be of barbarian birth, and Śūdras (will be) devoted to living on alms, while the twice-born (will be) in service to them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.72
न शिष्यो न गुरुः कश्चिन्न पुत्रो लन पिता तथा । न भार्या न पतिश्चैव भवितारो ऽत्र संकरे
na śiṣyo na guruḥ kaścinna putro lana pitā tathā / na bhāryā na patiścaiva bhavitāro 'tra saṃkare
No pupil, no teacher at all, no son and likewise no father, no wife and no husband — such will they be here in (this) confusion (of classes).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.73
कलौ गते भविष्यन्ति धनाढ्या अपि याचकाः । रस विक्रयिणश्चापि भविष्यन्ति द्विजातयः
kalau gate bhaviṣyanti dhanāḍhyā api yācakāḥ / rasa vikrayiṇaścāpi bhaviṣyanti dvijātayaḥ
When the Kali (age) has advanced, even those rich in wealth will be beggars, and the twice-born will also become sellers of liquids (i.e. tradesmen).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.74
धर्मकञ्चुकसंवीता मुनिवेषधरा द्विजाः । अपण्यविक्रयरता अगम्यागामिनस्तथा
dharmakañcukasaṃvītā muniveṣadharā dvijāḥ / apaṇyavikrayaratā agamyāgāminastathā
Twice-born men wrapped in the cloak of dharma, wearing the garb of ascetics, given to selling what may not be sold, and likewise going to (women) who may not be approached;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.75
वेदनिन्दापराश्चैव धर्मशास्त्रविनिन्दुकाः । शूद्रवृत्त्यैव जीवन्ति नरकार्हा द्विजा मुने
vedanindāparāścaiva dharmaśāstravinindukāḥ / śūdravṛttyaiva jīvanti narakārhā dvijā mune
and intent on reviling the Veda, disparagers of the treatises on dharma, they live by the very livelihood of Śūdras — twice-born fit for hell, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.76
अनावृष्टभयं प्राप्ता गगनासक्तदृष्टयः । भविष्यन्ति कलौ मर्त्यासर्वे क्षुद्भयकातराः
anāvṛṣṭabhayaṃ prāptā gaganāsaktadṛṣṭayaḥ / bhaviṣyanti kalau martyāsarve kṣudbhayakātarāḥ
Overtaken by fear of drought, (their) gazes fixed on the sky, in the Kali (age) all mortals will be timid with the fear of hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.77
कन्दपर्णफलाहारास्तापंसा इव मानवाः । आत्मानं तारयिष्यन्ति अनावृष्ट्यातिदुखिताः
kandaparṇaphalāhārāstāpaṃsā iva mānavāḥ / ātmānaṃ tārayiṣyanti anāvṛṣṭyātidukhitāḥ
Living on bulbs, leaves and fruit like ascetics, men will bring themselves through (i.e. survive), greatly distressed by drought.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.78
कामार्ता ह्रस्वदेहाश्च लुब्धा श्चाधर्मतत्पराः । कलौ सर्वे भविष्यन्ति स्वल्पभाग्या बहुप्रजाः
kāmārtā hrasvadehāśca lubdhā ścādharmatatparāḥ / kalau sarve bhaviṣyanti svalpabhāgyā bahuprajāḥ
Tormented by desire, short of body, greedy and bent on unrighteousness — in the Kali (age) all will be of little fortune and many offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.79
स्त्रियः स्वपोषणपरा वेश्या लावण्यशीलिकाः । पतिवाक्यमनादृत्य सदान्यगृहतत्पराः
striyaḥ svapoṣaṇaparā veśyā lāvaṇyaśīlikāḥ / pativākyamanādṛtya sadānyagṛhatatparāḥ
Women (will be) intent on feeding themselves, whores, making a practice of (mere) beauty, disregarding (their) husband's word, always intent on another's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.80
दुःशीला दुष्टशीलेषु करिष्यिन्ति सदा स्पृहाम् । असद्वृत्ता भविष्यन्ति पुरुषेषु कुलाङ्गनाः
duḥśīlā duṣṭaśīleṣu kariṣyinti sadā spṛhām / asadvṛttā bhaviṣyanti puruṣeṣu kulāṅganāḥ
Ill-behaved, they will always feel longing for ill-behaved men; women of good family will become misbehaved toward (other) men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.81
चौरादिभयभीताश्च काष्टयन्त्राणि कुर्वते । दुर्भिक्षकरपीडाभिरतीवोपद्रुता जनाः
caurādibhayabhītāśca kāṣṭayantrāṇi kurvate / durbhikṣakarapīḍābhiratīvopadrutā janāḥ
And frightened by the danger of thieves and the like, they make contrivances of wood; people are exceedingly harried by famine and the oppression of taxes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.82
गोधूमान्नयवान्नाढ्ये देशे यास्यन्ति दुःखिताः । निधाय हृद्यकर्मणि प्रेरयन्ति वचः शुभम्
godhūmānnayavānnāḍhye deśe yāsyanti duḥkhitāḥ / nidhāya hṛdyakarmaṇi prerayanti vacaḥ śubham
Suffering, they will go to a region rich in wheat-food and barley-food; keeping (their real aim) hidden, they put forth pleasant words for a pleasing purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.85
स्वकार्यसिद्धिपर्यन्तं बन्धुतां कुर्वते जनाः । भिक्षवश्चाव मित्रादिस्नेहसंबन्धयन्त्रिताः ॥ नर्प्_१,४१।८३ ॥ अन्नोपाधिनिमित्तेन शिष्यान्गृह्णन्ति भिक्षवः ॥ नर्प्_१,४१।८४ ॥ उभाभ्यामथ पाणिभ्यां शिरःकण्डूयनं स्त्रियः । कुर्वन्त्यो गुरुभर्तृआणामाज्ञामुल्लङ्घयन्ति च
svakāryasiddhiparyantaṃ bandhutāṃ kurvate janāḥ / bhikṣavaścāva mitrādisnehasaṃbandhayantritāḥ // narp_1,41.83 // annopādhinimittena śiṣyāngṛhṇanti bhikṣavaḥ // narp_1,41.84 // ubhābhyāmatha pāṇibhyāṃ śiraḥkaṇḍūyanaṃ striyaḥ / kurvantyo gurubhartṛāṇāmājñāmullaṅghayanti ca
People make kinship only until their own business is accomplished; and mendicants too are bound by the ties of affection for friends and the rest. (83) Mendicants take pupils for the sake of the pretext of food. (84) And then women, scratching their heads with both hands, transgress the command of elders and husbands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.86
पाषण्डालापनिरताः पाषण्डजनसंगिनः । यदा द्विजा भविष्यन्ति तदा वृद्धिं कलिर्व्रजेत्
pāṣaṇḍālāpaniratāḥ pāṣaṇḍajanasaṃginaḥ / yadā dvijā bhaviṣyanti tadā vṛddhiṃ kalirvrajet
When the twice-born become given to the talk of heretics and companions of heretical folk, then the Kali (age) will go to increase.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.87
यदा प्रजा न यक्ष्यन्ति न होष्यन्ति द्विजातयः । तदैव तु कलेर्वृद्धिरनुमेया विचक्षणैः
yadā prajā na yakṣyanti na hoṣyanti dvijātayaḥ / tadaiva tu kalervṛddhiranumeyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ
When people do not sacrifice and the twice-born do not make oblations, then indeed the increase of the Kali (age) is to be inferred by the discerning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.88
अधर्मवृद्धिर्भविता बासमृत्युरपि द्विजा । सर्वधर्मेषु नष्टेषु याति निःश्रीकतां जगत्
adharmavṛddhirbhavitā bāsamṛtyurapi dvijā / sarvadharmeṣu naṣṭeṣu yāti niḥśrīkatāṃ jagat
Unrighteousness will increase, and even (untimely) death of children, O twice-born; when all the dharmas have perished, the world goes to a state void of prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.89
एवं कलेः स्वरूपं ते कथितं विप्रसत्तम । हरिभक्तिपरानेष न कलिर्बाधते क्वचित्
evaṃ kaleḥ svarūpaṃ te kathitaṃ viprasattama / haribhaktiparāneṣa na kalirbādhate kvacit
Thus the nature of Kali has been told to you, O best of brahmins; but this Kali nowhere afflicts those devoted to devotion to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.90
ततः परं कृतयुगे त्रेतायुगे त्रेतायां ध्यानमेव च । द्वापरे यज्ञमेवाहुर्दानमेकं कलौ युगे
tataḥ paraṃ kṛtayuge tretāyuge tretāyāṃ dhyānameva ca / dvāpare yajñamevāhurdānamekaṃ kalau yuge
Beyond that (the highest is austerity?) in the Krita age; in the Treta age, in the Treta, meditation alone; in the Dvapara they declare sacrifice alone; in the Kali age, giving alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.91
यत्कृते दशभिर्वर्षैस्त्रेतायां शरदा च यत् । द्वापरे यञ्च मासेन ह्यहोरात्रेण तत्कलौ
yatkṛte daśabhirvarṣaistretāyāṃ śaradā ca yat / dvāpare yañca māsena hyahorātreṇa tatkalau
What (is gained) in the Krita age by ten years, and what in the Treta by a season, and what in the Dvapara by a month — that (is gained) in the Kali by a single day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.92
ध्यायन्कृते जयन्यज्ञैस्त्रेतायां द्वापरेर्ऽचयन् । यदाप्नोति तदाप्नोति कलौ संकीर्त्य केशवम्
dhyāyankṛte jayanyajñaistretāyāṃ dvāparer'cayan / yadāpnoti tadāpnoti kalau saṃkīrtya keśavam
What one obtains by meditating in the Krita age, by conquering (i.e. prevailing) through sacrifices in the Treta, by worshipping in the Dvapara — that one obtains in the Kali by proclaiming (the name of) Keshava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.93
अहोरात्रं हरेर्नाम कीर्तयन्ति च ये नराः । कुर्वन्ति हरिपूजां वा न कलिर्बाधते च तान्
ahorātraṃ harernāma kīrtayanti ca ye narāḥ / kurvanti haripūjāṃ vā na kalirbādhate ca tān
Those men who day and night proclaim the name of Hari, or who perform worship of Hari — Kali does not afflict them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.94
नमो नारायणायेति कीर्तयन्ति च ये नराः । निष्कामा वा सकामा वा न कलिर्बाधते च तान्
namo nārāyaṇāyeti kīrtayanti ca ye narāḥ / niṣkāmā vā sakāmā vā na kalirbādhate ca tān
And those men who proclaim "Homage to Narayana," whether free of desire or with desire — Kali does not afflict them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.96
हरिनामपरा ये तु घोरे कलियुगे द्विज । त एव कृतकृत्याश्च न कलिर्बाधते हि तान् ॥ नर्प्_१,४१।९५॥। हरिपूजापरा ये च हरिनामपरायणाः । त एव शिवतुल्याश्च नात्र कार्या विचारणा
harināmaparā ye tu ghore kaliyuge dvija / ta eva kṛtakṛtyāśca na kalirbādhate hi tān // narp_1,41.95//. haripūjāparā ye ca harināmaparāyaṇāḥ / ta eva śivatulyāśca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
But those who are devoted to the name of Hari in the dreadful Kali age, O twice-born — they alone have accomplished their task, and Kali does not afflict them. // 41.95 // And those who are devoted to the worship of Hari and intent on the name of Hari — they alone are equal to Shiva; no deliberation is to be made about this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.97
समस्तजगदाधारं परमार्थस्वरुपिणम् । घोरे कलियुगे प्राप्ते विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति
samastajagadādhāraṃ paramārthasvarupiṇam / ghore kaliyuge prāpte viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanna sīdati
When the dreadful Kali age has arrived, one who meditates on Vishnu, the support of the whole world, whose form is the highest reality, does not sink down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.98
अहो अति सुभाग्यास्ते सकृद्वै केशवार्चकाः । घोरे कलियुगे प्राप्ते सर्वधर्मविवर्जिते
aho ati subhāgyāste sakṛdvai keśavārcakāḥ / ghore kaliyuge prāpte sarvadharmavivarjite
Ah, exceedingly fortunate are those who worship Keshava even once, when the dreadful Kali age, devoid of all dharma, has arrived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.99
न्यूनातिरिक्तदोषाणां कलौ वेदोक्तकर्मणाम् । हरिस्मरणमेवात्र संपूर्णत्वविधायकम्
nyūnātiriktadoṣāṇāṃ kalau vedoktakarmaṇām / harismaraṇamevātra saṃpūrṇatvavidhāyakam
For the faults of deficiency and excess in the rites enjoined by the Veda in the Kali age, the remembrance of Hari alone here brings about their completeness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.100
हरे केशव गोविन्द वासुदेव जगन्मय । इतीरयन्ति ये नित्यं नहि तान्बाधते कलिः
hare keśava govinda vāsudeva jaganmaya / itīrayanti ye nityaṃ nahi tānbādhate kaliḥ
"Hari, Keshava, Govinda, Vasudeva, you who pervade the world!" — those who constantly utter this, Kali does not afflict them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.101
शिव शङ्कर रुद्रेश नीलकण्ठ त्रिलोचन । इति जल्पन्ति ये वापि कलिस्तान्नापि बाधते
śiva śaṅkara rudreśa nīlakaṇṭha trilocana / iti jalpanti ye vāpi kalistānnāpi bādhate
"Shiva, Shankara, Rudresha, Nilakantha, Trilochana!" — those too who say this, Kali does not afflict either.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.102
महादेव विरूपाक्ष गङ्गाधर मृडाव्यय । इत्थं वदन्ति ये विप्र ते कृतार्था न संशयः
mahādeva virūpākṣa gaṅgādhara mṛḍāvyaya / itthaṃ vadanti ye vipra te kṛtārthā na saṃśayaḥ
"Mahadeva, Virupaksha, Gangadhara, Mrida, Imperishable One!" — those who speak thus, O brahmin, have attained their aim; there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.103
जनार्दन जगन्नात पीतांबरधराच्युत । इति वाप्युञ्चरन्तीह न च तेषां कलेर्भयम्
janārdana jagannāta pītāṃbaradharācyuta / iti vāpyuñcarantīha na ca teṣāṃ kalerbhayam
"Janardana, Jagannatha, wearer of the yellow garment, Achyuta!" — or those who utter this here, for them there is no fear from Kali.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.104
संसारे सुलभाः पुंसां पुत्रदारधनादयः । घोरे कलियुगे विप्र हरिभक्तस्तु दुर्लभा
saṃsāre sulabhāḥ puṃsāṃ putradāradhanādayaḥ / ghore kaliyuge vipra haribhaktastu durlabhā
In worldly existence sons, wives, wealth and the rest are easy for men to get; but in the dreadful Kali age, O brahmin, devotees of Hari are hard to find.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.105
कर्मश्रद्धाविहीना ये पाषण्डा वेदनिन्दकाः । अधर्मनिरता नैव नरकार्हा हरिस्मृतेः
karmaśraddhāvihīnā ye pāṣaṇḍā vedanindakāḥ / adharmaniratā naiva narakārhā harismṛteḥ
Those who are without faith in rites, heretics, revilers of the Veda, given over to unrighteousness — they are by no means fit for hell, because of the remembrance of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.106
वेदमार्गबहिष्टानां जनानां पापकर्मणाम् । मनः शुद्धिविहीनानां हरिनाम्नैव निष्कृतिः
vedamārgabahiṣṭānāṃ janānāṃ pāpakarmaṇām / manaḥ śuddhivihīnānāṃ harināmnaiva niṣkṛtiḥ
For people who stand outside the path of the Veda, who do evil deeds, who lack purity of mind, expiation comes by the name of Hari alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.107
दैवाधीनं जगत्सर्वमिदं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । यथाप्रेरितमेतेन तथैव कुरुतें द्विज
daivādhīnaṃ jagatsarvamidaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam / yathāpreritametena tathaiva kuruteṃ dvija
This whole world, moving and unmoving, is subject to fate; as it is impelled by that, so it acts, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.108
शक्तितः सर्वकर्माणि वेदोक्तानि विधाय च । समर्पयेन्महाविष्णौ नारायणपरायणः
śaktitaḥ sarvakarmāṇi vedoktāni vidhāya ca / samarpayenmahāviṣṇau nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ
Having performed, according to his ability, all the rites enjoined by the Veda, one intent on Narayana should offer them up to the great Vishnu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.109
समर्पितानि कर्माणि महविष्णौ परात्मनि । संपूर्णतां प्रयान्त्येव हरिस्मरणमात्रतः
samarpitāni karmāṇi mahaviṣṇau parātmani / saṃpūrṇatāṃ prayāntyeva harismaraṇamātrataḥ
Actions offered up to Mahāviṣṇu, the supreme Self, come to completeness merely by the remembrance of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.110
हरिभक्तिरतानां च पापबन्धो न जायते । अतो ऽतिदुर्लभा लोके हरिभक्तिर्दुरात्मनाम्
haribhaktiratānāṃ ca pāpabandho na jāyate / ato 'tidurlabhā loke haribhaktirdurātmanām
And for those devoted to Hari-bhakti no bondage of sin arises; therefore in this world devotion to Hari is very hard to obtain for the evil-souled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.111
अहो हरिपरा ये तु कलौ घोरे भयङ्करे । ते सुभाग्या महात्मानः सत्संगर हिता अपि
aho hariparā ye tu kalau ghore bhayaṅkare / te subhāgyā mahātmānaḥ satsaṃgara hitā api
Ah, those who are devoted to Hari in this terrible, fearsome Kali (age) — they are of good fortune, great souls, and beneficial through the company of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.112
हरिस्मरणनिष्टानां शिवनामरतात्मनाम् । सत्यं समस्तकर्माणि यान्ति संपूर्णतां द्विज
harismaraṇaniṣṭānāṃ śivanāmaratātmanām / satyaṃ samastakarmāṇi yānti saṃpūrṇatāṃ dvija
For those steadfast in remembrance of Hari and whose selves delight in the name of Śiva, truly all their actions attain completeness, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.113
अहो भाग्यमहो भाग्यं हरिनाम रतात्मनाम् । त्रिदर्शेरपि ते पूज्याः किमन्यैर्बहुभाषितैः
aho bhāgyamaho bhāgyaṃ harināma ratātmanām / tridarśerapi te pūjyāḥ kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ
Ah, the good fortune, ah, the good fortune of those whose selves delight in the name of Hari! They are to be worshipped even by the gods — what need of other much talking?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.114
तस्मात्समस्तलोकानां हितमेव मयोच्यते । हरिनामपरान्मर्त्यान्न कलिर्बाधर्तक्वचित्
tasmātsamastalokānāṃ hitameva mayocyate / harināmaparānmartyānna kalirbādhartakvacit
Therefore what I speak is just the welfare of all the worlds: Kali never afflicts anywhere those mortals devoted to the name of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.115
हरेर्नामैव नामैव नामैव मम जीवनम् । कलौ नास्त्येव नास्त्येव गतिरन्यथा
harernāmaiva nāmaiva nāmaiva mama jīvanam / kalau nāstyeva nāstyeva gatiranyathā
The name of Hari alone, the name alone, the name alone is my life; in Kali there is no, there is truly no other way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.116
सूत उवाच एवं स नारदो विप्राः सनकेन प्रबोधितः । परां निर्वृत्तिमापन्नः पुनरेतदुवाच ह
sūta uvāca evaṃ sa nārado viprāḥ sanakena prabodhitaḥ / parāṃ nirvṛttimāpannaḥ punaretaduvāca ha
Sūta said: Thus, O brahmins, that Nārada, awakened by Sanaka, attained the highest contentment and spoke this again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.117
नारद उवाच भगवन्सर्वशास्त्रज्ञ स्वयातिकरुणात्मना । प्रकाशितं जगज्ज्योतिः परं ब्रह्म सनातनम्
nārada uvāca bhagavansarvaśāstrajña svayātikaruṇātmanā / prakāśitaṃ jagajjyotiḥ paraṃ brahma sanātanam
Nārada said: O Lord, knower of all scriptures, by your own exceedingly compassionate nature the light of the world, the supreme eternal Brahman, has been revealed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.118
एतदेव परं पुण्यमेतदेव परं तपः । यः स्मरेत्पुण्डरीकाक्षं सर्वपापविनाशनम्
etadeva paraṃ puṇyametadeva paraṃ tapaḥ / yaḥ smaretpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam
This itself is the highest merit, this itself the highest austerity — that one should remember the lotus-eyed one, the destroyer of all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 41.119
ब्रह्मन्नानाजगञ्चैतदेकचित्संप्रकाशितम् । त्वयोक्तं तत्प्रतीये ऽहं कथं दृष्टान्तमन्तरा
brahmannānājagañcaitadekacitsaṃprakāśitam / tvayoktaṃ tatpratīye 'haṃ kathaṃ dṛṣṭāntamantarā
O brahmin, you have said that this manifold world is illumined forth by the one consciousness; how am I to be convinced of that without an illustration?
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NarP 1 41.120
तस्माद्येन यथा ब्रह्म प्रतीतं बोधितेन तु । तदाख्याहि यथा चित्तं सीदत्स्थितिमवाप्नुयात्
tasmādyena yathā brahma pratītaṃ bodhitena tu / tadākhyāhi yathā cittaṃ sīdatsthitimavāpnuyāt
Therefore tell (me) by whom and in what way Brahman was realized when he had been instructed, so that the sinking mind may attain steadiness.
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NarP 1 41.121
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो विप्रा नारदस्य महात्मनः । सनकः प्रत्युवाचेदं स्मरन्नारायणं परम्
etacchrutvā vaco viprā nāradasya mahātmanaḥ / sanakaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ smarannārāyaṇaṃ param
Having heard this speech of the great-souled Nārada, O brahmins, Sanaka, remembering the supreme Nārāyaṇa, replied thus.
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NarP 1 41.122
सनक उवाच ब्रह्मन्नहं ध्यानपरो भवेयं सनन्दनं पृच्छ यथाभिलाषम् । वेदान्तशास्त्रे कुशलस्तवायं निवर्तयेद्वा परमार्यवन्द्यः
sanaka uvāca brahmannahaṃ dhyānaparo bhaveyaṃ sanandanaṃ pṛccha yathābhilāṣam / vedāntaśāstre kuśalastavāyaṃ nivartayedvā paramāryavandyaḥ
Sanaka said: O brahmin, I would be intent on meditation; ask Sanandana as you wish. He is skilled in the Vedānta scriptures and, worthy of the reverence of the highest noble ones, he will dispel your (doubt).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 41.123
इतीरितं समाकर्ण्य सनकस्य स नारदः । सनन्दनं मोक्षधर्मान्प्रष्टुं समुपचक्रमे
itīritaṃ samākarṇya sanakasya sa nāradaḥ / sanandanaṃ mokṣadharmānpraṣṭuṃ samupacakrame
Having heard what Sanaka had thus said, that Nārada began to ask Sanandana about the laws of liberation.
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