Padma Purana — Kriya Khanda — Chapter 26
PdP 7 26.1
जैमिनिरुवाच- कलौ युगे महाभाग समायाते सुदारुणे । भविष्यंति जनाः सर्वे कीदृशास्तद्वदस्व मे
jaiminiruvāca- kalau yuge mahābhāga samāyāte sudāruṇe | bhaviṣyaṃti janāḥ sarve kīdṛśāstadvadasva me
Jaimini said: When the Kali age, O greatly fortunate one, has arrived, very terrible—of what sort will all the people be? Tell me that.
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PdP 7 26.2
व्यास उवाच- आद्यं सत्ययुगं प्राहुस्तत्र विप्रादयो जनाः । नारायणार्चनपराः शोकव्याधिविवर्जिताः
vyāsa uvāca- ādyaṃ satyayugaṃ prāhustatra viprādayo janāḥ | nārāyaṇārcanaparāḥ śokavyādhivivarjitāḥ
Vyāsa said: The first they call the Satya age; in it the people, brahmins and the rest, were devoted to the worship of Nārāyaṇa, free of grief and disease,
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PdP 7 26.3
सत्योक्तिभाषिणः सर्वे सदया दीर्घजीविनः । धनधान्यादिसम्पन्ना हिंसादंभविवर्जिताः
satyoktibhāṣiṇaḥ sarve sadayā dīrghajīvinaḥ | dhanadhānyādisampannā hiṃsādaṃbhavivarjitāḥ
all speakers of truthful speech, compassionate, long-lived, endowed with wealth, grain and the rest, free of violence and hypocrisy,
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PdP 7 26.4
परोपकरणाश्चैव सर्वशास्त्रविदस्तथा । एवंविधाः सत्ययुगे सर्वे लोका द्विजोत्तम
paropakaraṇāścaiva sarvaśāstravidastathā | evaṃvidhāḥ satyayuge sarve lokā dvijottama
and helpers of others, and likewise knowers of all the scriptures. Of such a kind were all the people in the Satya age, O best of the twice-born;
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PdP 7 26.5
राजधर्मग्राहिणश्च भूपाला जनपालनाः । अहो सत्ययुगस्यास्ति को व्याख्यातुं गुणं यशः
rājadharmagrāhiṇaśca bhūpālā janapālanāḥ | aho satyayugasyāsti ko vyākhyātuṃ guṇaṃ yaśaḥ
and the kings, upholding the royal duty, were protectors of the people. Ah, who is (able) to expound the virtue and glory of the Satya age,
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PdP 7 26.6
अधर्मोच्चारणं यत्र जनाः केऽपि न कुर्वते । त्रेतायुगे समायाते धर्मः पादोनकं गतः
adharmoccāraṇaṃ yatra janāḥ ke'pi na kurvate | tretāyuge samāyāte dharmaḥ pādonakaṃ gataḥ
in which no people at all utter unrighteousness? When the Tretā age arrived, righteousness was reduced by a quarter.
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PdP 7 26.7
अल्पशोकान्विता लोकाः केचित्केचिदघाश्रयाः । विष्णुध्यानरता लोका यज्ञदानपरायणाः
alpaśokānvitā lokāḥ kecitkecidaghāśrayāḥ | viṣṇudhyānaratā lokā yajñadānaparāyaṇāḥ
Some people were afflicted with slight grief, some were seats of sin; (yet) people delighted in meditation on Viṣṇu, intent on sacrifice and giving,
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PdP 7 26.8
वर्णाश्रमाचाररताः सुखिनः स्वस्थचेतसः । क्षेत्रभूमिकृतः शूद्राः सर्वेब्राह्मणसेविनः
varṇāśramācāraratāḥ sukhinaḥ svasthacetasaḥ | kṣetrabhūmikṛtaḥ śūdrāḥ sarvebrāhmaṇasevinaḥ
(They are) devoted to the observances of caste and stage of life, happy, sound of mind; the Śūdras are engaged in field-work on the land, and all of them serve the Brahmins.
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PdP 7 26.9
ब्राह्मणाश्च महात्मानो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः । प्रतिग्रहनिवृत्ताश्च सत्यसन्धा जितेन्द्रियाः
brāhmaṇāśca mahātmāno vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ | pratigrahanivṛttāśca satyasandhā jitendriyāḥ
And the Brahmins are great souls, masters of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, abstaining from accepting gifts, true to their word, with senses subdued,
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PdP 7 26.10
तपोव्रतरता नित्यं दातारो विष्णुसेविनः । त्रेतायुगस्यावसाने द्वापरे युग आगते
tapovrataratā nityaṃ dātāro viṣṇusevinaḥ | tretāyugasyāvasāne dvāpare yuga āgate
always devoted to austerity and vows, givers, servants of Viṣṇu. At the end of the Tretā age, when the Dvāpara age has come,
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PdP 7 26.11
द्विपादहीनो धर्मः स्यात्सुखदुःखान्विता नराः । केचित्केचित्पापरताः केचित्केचिच्च धर्मिणः
dvipādahīno dharmaḥ syātsukhaduḥkhānvitā narāḥ | kecitkecitpāparatāḥ kecitkecicca dharmiṇaḥ
dharma would be deprived of two feet; men are attended by both pleasure and pain; some are given to sin, and some are righteous.
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PdP 7 26.12
केचित्केचिद्गुणैर्हीनाः केचित्केचिन्महागुणाः । अत्यन्तदुःखिनः केचित्केचिच्च सुखिनस्तथा
kecitkecidguṇairhīnāḥ kecitkecinmahāguṇāḥ | atyantaduḥkhinaḥ kecitkecicca sukhinastathā
Some are lacking in virtues, some are of great virtues; some are exceedingly miserable, and some likewise happy.
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PdP 7 26.13
प्रतिग्रहे ब्राह्मणश्च कदाचित्कुरुते स्पृहाम् । भूभुजैर्धनलोभेन कदाचित्पीड्यते प्रजा
pratigrahe brāhmaṇaśca kadācitkurute spṛhām | bhūbhujairdhanalobhena kadācitpīḍyate prajā
And the Brahmin sometimes feels a longing for the receiving of gifts; sometimes the people are oppressed by kings out of greed for wealth.
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PdP 7 26.14
विष्णुपूजापरा विप्राः शूद्राश्च द्विजसेविनः । यदा युगेयुगे धर्मः पादोनतां गतो द्विज
viṣṇupūjāparā viprāḥ śūdrāśca dvijasevinaḥ | yadā yugeyuge dharmaḥ pādonatāṃ gato dvija
The Brahmins are intent on the worship of Viṣṇu, and the Śūdras serve the twice-born. When, age by age, dharma had gone to the state of being short by a foot, O twice-born one,
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PdP 7 26.15
तदा व्यासो विष्णुरूपी वेदभागं चकार ह । कलौयुगे च विप्रेन्द्र सर्वपापैकमंदिरे
tadā vyāso viṣṇurūpī vedabhāgaṃ cakāra ha | kalauyuge ca viprendra sarvapāpaikamaṃdire
then Vyāsa, having the form of Viṣṇu, made the division of the Veda. And in the Kali age, O best of Brahmins, that single abode of all sins,
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PdP 7 26.16
एकपादो भवेद्धर्मः सर्वे पापरता जनाः । ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्त्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राः पापपरायणाः
ekapādo bhaveddharmaḥ sarve pāparatā janāḥ | brāhmaṇāḥ kṣattriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāḥ pāpaparāyaṇāḥ
dharma will have one foot; all people are given to sin; Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas and Śūdras are devoted to sin.
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PdP 7 26.17
अत्यंतकामिनः क्रूरा भविष्यंति कलौ युगे । वेदनिंदाकराश्चैव द्यूतचौर्यकरास्तथा
atyaṃtakāminaḥ krūrā bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge | vedaniṃdākarāścaiva dyūtacauryakarāstathā
In the Kali age (people) will be extremely lustful and cruel, revilers of the Veda, and likewise gamblers and thieves.
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PdP 7 26.18
विधवासंगमग्नाश्च भविष्यंति कलौ युगे । वृत्त्यर्थब्राह्मणाः केचिन्महाकपटधर्मिणः
vidhavāsaṃgamagnāśca bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge | vṛttyarthabrāhmaṇāḥ kecinmahākapaṭadharmiṇaḥ
In the Kali age they will be sunk in intercourse with widows; some will be Brahmins for the sake of a livelihood, practising a religion of great deceit.
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PdP 7 26.19
सर्वे स्त्रैणा भविष्यंति मादकद्रव्यसेविनः । सदा स्त्रीयोनिनिरताः परद्रव्यं हरंति च
sarve straiṇā bhaviṣyaṃti mādakadravyasevinaḥ | sadā strīyoniniratāḥ paradravyaṃ haraṃti ca
All will be dominated by women and users of intoxicating substances; ever intent on the wombs of women, and they steal others' property.
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PdP 7 26.20
परान्नलोलुपा नित्यं तपोव्रतपराङ्मुखाः । पाखण्डसङ्गबद्धाश्च भविष्यंति कलौ युगे
parānnalolupā nityaṃ tapovrataparāṅmukhāḥ | pākhaṇḍasaṅgabaddhāśca bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge
Always greedy for others' food, turned away from austerity and vows, and bound by association with heretics they will be in the Kali age.
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PdP 7 26.21
रक्ताम्बरा भविष्यंति ब्राह्मणाः शूद्रधर्मिणः । कलौ यास्यंति निर्वृत्ता उत्तमा अति नीचताम्
raktāmbarā bhaviṣyaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ śūdradharmiṇaḥ | kalau yāsyaṃti nirvṛttā uttamā ati nīcatām
Brahmins will wear red garments and follow the practices of Śūdras; in the Kali age the highest, having lost their livelihood, will go to utter lowness.
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PdP 7 26.22
नीचाश्च धनसम्पन्ना यास्यंत्युच्चपदं प्रति । प्रदास्यंत्युपकारिभ्यो दानानि सकला जनाः
nīcāśca dhanasampannā yāsyaṃtyuccapadaṃ prati | pradāsyaṃtyupakāribhyo dānāni sakalā janāḥ
And low men, being possessed of wealth, will move toward high position; all people will give gifts (only) to those who do them a service.
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PdP 7 26.23
यत्नादपि च नेष्यंति वृषला विप्रवर्त्तनम् । मित्रस्नेहाद्वदिष्यंति कूटसाक्ष्यं कलौ जनाः
yatnādapi ca neṣyaṃti vṛṣalā vipravarttanam | mitrasnehādvadiṣyaṃti kūṭasākṣyaṃ kalau janāḥ
And even with effort the base-born will not accept Brahminical conduct; out of affection for a friend people in the Kali age will give false testimony.
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PdP 7 26.24
अधर्मबुद्धिलपना धर्मबुद्धिविलापिनः । परोक्षनिंदकाः क्रूराः संमुखे प्रियवादिनः
adharmabuddhilapanā dharmabuddhivilāpinaḥ | parokṣaniṃdakāḥ krūrāḥ saṃmukhe priyavādinaḥ
Prattling with minds set on unrighteousness, discoursing away righteous thought, revilers behind one's back, cruel, speakers of pleasant words to one's face,
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PdP 7 26.25
साध्वीवादं वदिष्यंति भर्तारं पुंश्चली स्त्रियः । परस्त्रीहिंसकाश्चैव गोत्रविक्रयिणो द्विजाः
sādhvīvādaṃ vadiṣyaṃti bhartāraṃ puṃścalī striyaḥ | parastrīhiṃsakāścaiva gotravikrayiṇo dvijāḥ
Unchaste women will speak to their husband the talk of a virtuous wife; and (men will be) violators of others' wives, and the twice-born sellers of their lineage.
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PdP 7 26.26
कन्याविक्रयिणश्चैव भविष्यंति कलौ युगे । स्त्रीजिताः पुरुषाः सर्वे स्त्रियोऽप्यत्यंतचञ्चलाः पूर्वकं पुराणमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षड्विंशतितमोऽध्यायः
kanyāvikrayiṇaścaiva bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge | strījitāḥ puruṣāḥ sarve striyo'pyatyaṃtacañcalāḥ pūrvakaṃ purāṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
And in the Kali age they will be sellers of their daughters; all men are conquered by women, and women too are exceedingly fickle. [Here ends the twenty-sixth chapter, called 'The Description of the Greatness of the Ancient Purāṇa'.]
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PdP 7 26.27
कलौयुगे भविष्यंति कलौ मर्त्या दुराशयाः । अल्पसस्या वसुमती मेघाः स्वल्पोदकास्तथा
kalauyuge bhaviṣyaṃti kalau martyā durāśayāḥ | alpasasyā vasumatī meghāḥ svalpodakāstathā
In the Kali age mortals will be of evil intent in the Kali (age); the earth will have little grain, and the clouds likewise little water.
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PdP 7 26.28
अकालवर्षिणश्चापि भविष्यंति कलौ युगे । कलौ विड्भोजिनो गावः स्वल्पक्षीराश्च जैमिने
akālavarṣiṇaścāpi bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge | kalau viḍbhojino gāvaḥ svalpakṣīrāśca jaimine
And (the clouds) will rain out of season in the Kali age; in Kali, O Jaimini, cows will eat filth and give little milk.
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PdP 7 26.29
घृतहीनं च तत्क्षीरं भविष्यंति न संशयः । आत्मस्तुतिपरा लोकाः परनिंदापरायणाः
ghṛtahīnaṃ ca tatkṣīraṃ bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ | ātmastutiparā lokāḥ paraniṃdāparāyaṇāḥ
And that milk will be without butterfat — there is no doubt of it. People will be intent on praising themselves and devoted to blaming others.
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PdP 7 26.30
भविष्यंति च खर्वाङ्गा बाला बह्वन्नभोजनाः । पितृयज्ञं करिष्यंति दंभार्थं ब्राह्मणाः कलौ
bhaviṣyaṃti ca kharvāṅgā bālā bahvannabhojanāḥ | pitṛyajñaṃ kariṣyaṃti daṃbhārthaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ kalau
And they will be short-limbed, childish, and eaters of much food; in Kali the brahmins will perform the sacrifice to the fathers for the sake of show.
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PdP 7 26.31
सर्वे वचःस्नेहिनः स्युर्यावत्कार्यं न सिद्ध्यति । नरान्धर्मपरान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वे चोपहसंति वै
sarve vacaḥsnehinaḥ syuryāvatkāryaṃ na siddhyati | narāndharmaparāndṛṣṭvā sarve copahasaṃti vai
All will be affectionate in speech (only) so long as their business is not accomplished; and seeing men devoted to dharma, all will mock them.
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PdP 7 26.32
वर्धंत्यधर्मतो लोकास्तस्मात्पापरता जनाः । दशद्वादशवर्षे च समूलोऽप्येति संक्षयम्
vardhaṃtyadharmato lokāstasmātpāparatā janāḥ | daśadvādaśavarṣe ca samūlo'pyeti saṃkṣayam
People increase through unrighteousness, and therefore men are given to sin; and in ten or twelve years (a man) goes, root and all, to destruction.
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PdP 7 26.33
जलस्येव भविष्यंति यथा वर्षासु वृद्धयः । ततो लोका भविष्यंति कलौ गलितयौवनाः
jalasyeva bhaviṣyaṃti yathā varṣāsu vṛddhayaḥ | tato lokā bhaviṣyaṃti kalau galitayauvanāḥ
(Their) growth will be like that of water, as (waters) swell in the rains; thereafter in Kali people will be such that their youth has slipped away.
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PdP 7 26.34
पंचमे वापि षष्ठे वा वर्षे स्त्री गर्भधारिणी । बह्वपत्याश्च पुरुषा भविष्यंत्यतिदुःखिनः
paṃcame vāpi ṣaṣṭhe vā varṣe strī garbhadhāriṇī | bahvapatyāśca puruṣā bhaviṣyaṃtyatiduḥkhinaḥ
Even in her fifth or sixth year a woman will be bearing a child, and men will have many offspring and be exceedingly wretched.
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PdP 7 26.35
नेतुकामाश्च सर्वेऽपि दातुकामा न केऽपि च । कलौ म्लेच्छा भविष्यंति राजानः पापतत्पराः
netukāmāśca sarve'pi dātukāmā na ke'pi ca | kalau mlecchā bhaviṣyaṃti rājānaḥ pāpatatparāḥ
All will wish to take, and none at all will wish to give; in Kali the kings will be barbarians, intent upon sin.
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PdP 7 26.36
एकवर्णा भविष्यंति विषयार्थं कलौ जनाः । कलेः प्रथमसंध्यायां हरिं निंदंति मानवाः
ekavarṇā bhaviṣyaṃti viṣayārthaṃ kalau janāḥ | kaleḥ prathamasaṃdhyāyāṃ hariṃ niṃdaṃti mānavāḥ
In Kali people will be of a single class (only) for the sake of sense-objects; in the first twilight of Kali men will revile Hari.
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PdP 7 26.37
कलेर्मध्ये न पश्यंति हरेर्नामानि केवले । ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्त्रिया वैश्या वृषलाश्च कलौ युगे
kalermadhye na paśyaṃti harernāmāni kevale | brāhmaṇāḥ kṣattriyā vaiśyā vṛṣalāśca kalau yuge
In the middle of Kali they will not regard the names of Hari alone; brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras (are all alike) in the Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 26.38
एकवर्णा भविष्यंति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । यदायदा द्विजश्रेष्ठ हानिः सुकृतिनां भवेत्
ekavarṇā bhaviṣyaṃti varṇāścatvāra eva ca | yadāyadā dvijaśreṣṭha hāniḥ sukṛtināṃ bhavet
They will become of one class, though the classes are indeed four. Whenever, O best of the twice-born, there is a decline of the virtuous,
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PdP 7 26.39
वृद्धिश्च पापिनां नॄणां ज्ञेया वृद्धिस्तदा कलौ । यद्यप्ययं कलिर्घोरो मया प्रोक्तो द्विजोत्तम
vṛddhiśca pāpināṃ nṝṇāṃ jñeyā vṛddhistadā kalau | yadyapyayaṃ kalirghoro mayā prokto dvijottama
and an increase of sinful men, then the growth of Kali is to be recognized. Although this Kali has been declared by me to be terrible, O best of the twice-born,
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PdP 7 26.40
तथाप्यस्ति महानस्य गुणो गुणवतां वर । सत्ये द्वादशभिर्वर्षैर्भवेत्पुण्यस्य साधनम्
tathāpyasti mahānasya guṇo guṇavatāṃ vara | satye dvādaśabhirvarṣairbhavetpuṇyasya sādhanam
yet it has one great virtue, O best of the virtuous: in the Satya (age) the achievement of merit would take twelve years;
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PdP 7 26.41
तदर्धेन च त्रेतायां मासेन द्वापरे भवेत् । अहोरात्रेणैव विप्र भवेत्तच्च कलौ युगे
tadardhena ca tretāyāṃ māsena dvāpare bhavet | ahorātreṇaiva vipra bhavettacca kalau yuge
in the Tretā it would come about in half of that, in the Dvāpara in a month, and in the Kali age, O brahmin, it would come about in a single day and night.
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PdP 7 26.42
तस्मात्कलियुगे नॄणां मर्त्येनैवोत्तमा गतिः । द्वादशाब्दैर्युगेऽन्यस्मिन्हरिमभ्यर्च्य यत्फलम्
tasmātkaliyuge nṝṇāṃ martyenaivottamā gatiḥ | dvādaśābdairyuge'nyasminharimabhyarcya yatphalam
Therefore in the Kali age the highest goal (is attained) by men through mortal (birth) itself. Whatever fruit comes from worshipping Hari for twelve years in another age,
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PdP 7 26.43
तत्फलं लभते मर्त्यो हरिमुच्चार्य वै कलौ । हरेर्नामैकमप्यत्र कलौ वदति यो नरः
tatphalaṃ labhate martyo harimuccārya vai kalau | harernāmaikamapyatra kalau vadati yo naraḥ
that fruit a mortal obtains in Kali merely by uttering 'Hari'. Whatever man here in Kali speaks even one name of Hari,
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PdP 7 26.44
कलिर्न बाधते तं च सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः । जैमिनिरुवाच- मनः शुद्धिविहीनत्वात्समस्तं कर्मनिष्फलम्
kalirna bādhate taṃ ca satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | jaiminiruvāca- manaḥ śuddhivihīnatvātsamastaṃ karmaniṣphalam
Kali does not afflict him — truly, truly, there is no doubt. Jaimini said: "Because of the absence of purity of mind, every rite is fruitless" —
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PdP 7 26.45
इति पूर्वं त्वया प्रोक्तं मनो विस्मयदं मम । कलौ सर्वे भविष्यंति मनःशुद्धिविवर्जिताः
iti pūrvaṃ tvayā proktaṃ mano vismayadaṃ mama | kalau sarve bhaviṣyaṃti manaḥśuddhivivarjitāḥ
this was said before by you, and it fills my mind with amazement; for in Kali all will be devoid of purity of mind.
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PdP 7 26.46
तेषां यथा भवेत्कर्म सकलं ब्रूहि तद्गुरो । व्यास उवाच- यत्किंचित्कुरुते कर्म मर्त्यो धर्मं कलौ युगे
teṣāṃ yathā bhavetkarma sakalaṃ brūhi tadguro | vyāsa uvāca- yatkiṃcitkurute karma martyo dharmaṃ kalau yuge
Tell me then, O teacher, how their rites may become complete (fruitful). Vyāsa said: Whatever act of dharma a mortal performs in the Kali age,
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PdP 7 26.47
तदर्पयेन्महाविष्णौ भक्तिभावसमन्वितः । विष्णौ समर्पितं कर्म सर्वमेवाक्षयं भवेत्
tadarpayenmahāviṣṇau bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ | viṣṇau samarpitaṃ karma sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet
let him offer it to the great Viṣṇu, filled with a spirit of devotion; every act offered up to Viṣṇu becomes imperishable.
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PdP 7 26.48
व्यास उवाच- इति ते कथितं सर्वं वृत्तं ब्राह्मणसत्तम । यच्छ्रुत्वा भक्तिभावेन नरो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
vyāsa uvāca- iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ vṛttaṃ brāhmaṇasattama | yacchrutvā bhaktibhāvena naro mokṣamavāpnuyāt
Vyāsa said: Thus the whole account has been told to you, O best of brahmins — hearing which with devotion a man may attain liberation.
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PdP 7 26.49
सूत उवाच- एवं प्रबोधितस्तेन जैमिनिः परमात्मना । क्रियायोगरतो भूत्वा जगाम परमं पदम्
sūta uvāca- evaṃ prabodhitastena jaiminiḥ paramātmanā | kriyāyogarato bhūtvā jagāma paramaṃ padam
Sūta said: Thus instructed by him, the Supreme Self, Jaimini became devoted to the yoga of ritual action and went to the highest state.
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PdP 7 26.50
इमं क्रियायोगसारं व्यासेनोक्तं महात्मना । ये पठंति जना भक्त्या शृण्वंति च मुमुक्षवः ५० 7.26.
imaṃ kriyāyogasāraṃ vyāsenoktaṃ mahātmanā | ye paṭhaṃti janā bhaktyā śṛṇvaṃti ca mumukṣavaḥ 50 7.26.
Those people who recite with devotion this Essence of the Yoga of Action, spoken by the great-souled Vyāsa, and those seekers of liberation who listen to it —
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PdP 7 26.51
ते सर्वे पातकैर्घोरैर्बहुजन्मार्जितैरपि । विमुक्ताः परमां मुक्तिं लभंते नात्र संशयः
te sarve pātakairghorairbahujanmārjitairapi | vimuktāḥ paramāṃ muktiṃ labhaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ
they all, freed even from dreadful sins accumulated over many births, obtain the highest liberation; there is no doubt in this.
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PdP 7 26.52
यद्यदिष्टं पठंत्येतच्छृण्वन्ति च मुमुक्षवः । लभंते तत्तदेवाशु प्रसादात्कमलापतेः
yadyadiṣṭaṃ paṭhaṃtyetacchṛṇvanti ca mumukṣavaḥ | labhaṃte tattadevāśu prasādātkamalāpateḥ
Whatever is desired — (when) they recite this and seekers of liberation listen to it — that very thing they quickly obtain, by the grace of the Lord of Kamalā.
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PdP 7 26.53
श्लोकार्द्धं श्लोकमेकं वा श्लोकपादमथापि वा । नरः पठित्वा श्रुत्वा च लभते वांछितं फलम्
ślokārddhaṃ ślokamekaṃ vā ślokapādamathāpi vā | naraḥ paṭhitvā śrutvā ca labhate vāṃchitaṃ phalam
Half a verse, or a single verse, or even a quarter of a verse — a man, having recited or heard (it), obtains the fruit he wishes for.
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PdP 7 26.54
लिखित्वा लेखयित्वा वा यः शास्त्रमिदमर्चयेत् । स विष्णुपूजनस्यैव फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः
likhitvā lekhayitvā vā yaḥ śāstramidamarcayet | sa viṣṇupūjanasyaiva phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
He who, having written it or had it written, should worship this scripture — that man obtains the very fruit of worshipping Viṣṇu.
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PdP 7 26.55
इदमतिशयगुह्यं निःसृतं व्यास वक्त्राद् ??चिरतरपुराणं प्रीतिदं वैष्णवानाम् । चिरममरवराद्यैर्वंदितांघ्रेर्मुरारेः सकलभुवनभर्त्तुश्चक्रिणः प्रीतयेऽस्तु
idamatiśayaguhyaṃ niḥsṛtaṃ vyāsa vaktrād ??ciratarapurāṇaṃ prītidaṃ vaiṣṇavānām | ciramamaravarādyairvaṃditāṃghrermurāreḥ sakalabhuvanabharttuścakriṇaḥ prītaye'stu
This exceedingly secret, most ancient purāṇa, come forth from Vyāsa's mouth, giving delight to the Vaiṣṇavas — may it long be for the pleasure of Murāri, whose feet are saluted by the chief of the immortals and the rest, the supporter of all the worlds, the bearer of the discus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain