Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 58
VaP 1 58.1
।।सूत उवाच ।। अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्वापरस्य विधिं पुनः। तत्र त्रेतायुगे क्षीणे द्वापरं प्रतिपद्यते
||sūta uvāca || ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvāparasya vidhiṃ punaḥ| tatra tretāyuge kṣīṇe dvāparaṃ pratipadyate
Sūta said: Beyond this I shall next declare the ordinance of the Dvāpara. There, when the Tretā age is spent, the Dvāpara sets in.
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VaP 1 58.2
द्वापरादौ प्रजानान्तु सिद्धिस्त्रतायुगे तु या। परिवृत्ते युगे तस्मिंस्ततः सा संप्रणश्यति
dvāparādau prajānāntu siddhistratāyuge tu yā| parivṛtte yuge tasmiṃstataḥ sā saṃpraṇaśyati
At the beginning of the Dvāpara, the accomplishment which belonged to creatures in the Tretā age — when that age has turned over, it thereupon perishes entirely.
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VaP 1 58.3
ततः प्रवर्त्तते तासां प्रजानां द्वापरे पुनः। लोभोऽधृतिर्वणिग्युद्धं तत्त्वानामविनिश्चयः
tataḥ pravarttate tāsāṃ prajānāṃ dvāpare punaḥ| lobho'dhṛtirvaṇigyuddhaṃ tattvānāmaviniścayaḥ
Then in the Dvāpara there arise again among those creatures greed, unsteadiness, trade, war, and uncertainty about truths.
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VaP 1 58.4
तम्भेदश्चैव वर्णानां कार्याणाञ्चा विनिर्णयः। यज्ञौषधेः पशोर्दण्डो मदो दम्भोऽक्षमा बलम्। एषां रजस्तमोयुक्ता प्रवृत्तिर्द्वापरे स्मृता
tambhedaścaiva varṇānāṃ kāryāṇāñcā vinirṇayaḥ| yajñauṣadheḥ paśordaṇḍo mado dambho'kṣamā balam| eṣāṃ rajastamoyuktā pravṛttirdvāpare smṛtā
And then division among the classes, and indecision about what is to be done; punishment (?) of the sacrificial herb and the sacrificial animal; intoxication, hypocrisy, impatience, force — the activity of these, joined with rajas and tamas, is declared (to belong) to the Dvāpara.
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VaP 1 58.5
आद्ये कृते च धर्मोऽस्ति त्रेतायां सम्प्रपद्यते। द्वापरे व्याकुलीभूत्वा प्रणश्यति कलौ युगे
ādye kṛte ca dharmo'sti tretāyāṃ samprapadyate| dvāpare vyākulībhūtvā praṇaśyati kalau yuge
In the first (age), the Kṛta, dharma stands (complete); in the Tretā it (still) holds; in the Dvāpara it becomes confused, and in the Kali age it perishes.
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VaP 1 58.6
वर्णानां विपरिध्वंसः संकीर्त्त्यते तथाश्रमः। द्वैधमुत्पद्यते चैव युगे तस्मिन् श्रुतौ स्मृतौ
varṇānāṃ viparidhvaṃsaḥ saṃkīrttyate tathāśramaḥ| dvaidhamutpadyate caiva yuge tasmin śrutau smṛtau
The ruin of the classes is proclaimed, and likewise (that) of the stages of life; and in that age a twofoldness arises in śruti and in smṛti.
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VaP 1 58.7
द्वैधात् श्रुतेः स्मृतेश्चैव निश्चयो नाधिगम्यते। अनिश्चयादिगमनाद्धर्मतत्त्वं निगद्यते। धर्मतत्त्वे तु भिन्नानां मतिभेदो भवेन्नृणाम्
dvaidhāt śruteḥ smṛteścaiva niścayo nādhigamyate| aniścayādigamanāddharmatattvaṃ nigadyate| dharmatattve tu bhinnānāṃ matibhedo bhavennṛṇām
Because of the twofoldness of śruti and of smṛti, no certainty is arrived at; and from the failure to reach certainty the truth of dharma is (variously) declared; and among men who differ as to the truth of dharma there comes to be a division of opinion.
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VaP 1 58.8
परस्परविभिन्नैस्तैर्दृष्टीनां विभ्रमेण च। अयं धर्मो ह्ययं नेति निश्चयो नाभिगम्यते
parasparavibhinnaistairdṛṣṭīnāṃ vibhrameṇa ca| ayaṃ dharmo hyayaṃ neti niścayo nābhigamyate
Through those (opinions) that differ from one another, and through the confusion of views, no certainty is reached as to 'this is dharma' and 'this is not'.
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VaP 1 58.9
कारणानाञ्च वकैल्यात् कारणस्याप्यनिश्चयात्। मतिभेदे च तेषां वै दृष्टीनां विभ्रमो भवेत्
kāraṇānāñca vakailyāt kāraṇasyāpyaniścayāt| matibhede ca teṣāṃ vai dṛṣṭīnāṃ vibhramo bhavet
And from the deficiency of the causes, and from the uncertainty even of the cause, when there is a difference of opinion among them, a confusion of views arises.
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VaP 1 58.10
ततो दृष्टिविभिन्नैस्तैः कृतं शास्त्रकुलन्त्विदम्। एको वेदश्वतुष्पादस्त्रेतास्विह विधीयते
tato dṛṣṭivibhinnaistaiḥ kṛtaṃ śāstrakulantvidam| eko vedaśvatuṣpādastretāsviha vidhīyate
Then by those whose views differ this multitude of treatises is composed. The Veda, single and four-footed, is ordained here in the Tretā ages.
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VaP 1 58.11
संरोधादायुषश्चैव दृश्यते द्वापरेषु च । वेदव्यासैश्चतुर्धा तु व्यस्यते द्वापरादिषु
saṃrodhādāyuṣaścaiva dṛśyate dvāpareṣu ca | vedavyāsaiścaturdhā tu vyasyate dvāparādiṣu
And because of the curtailment of life-span (it) is seen (thus) in the Dvāpara ages; by the Veda-arrangers it is divided fourfold at the beginnings of the Dvāparas.
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VaP 1 58.12
ऋषिपुत्रैः पुनर्वेदा भिद्यन्ते दृष्टिविभ्रमैः। मन्त्रब्राह्मणविन्यासैः स्वरवर्णविपर्ययैः
ṛṣiputraiḥ punarvedā bhidyante dṛṣṭivibhramaiḥ| mantrabrāhmaṇavinyāsaiḥ svaravarṇaviparyayaiḥ
Again by the sons of the seers the Vedas are split up through confusions of view, through (varying) arrangements of mantra and brāhmaṇa (portions), and through transpositions of accent and syllable.
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VaP 1 58.13
संहिता ऋग्यजुःसाम्नां संहन्यन्ते श्रुतर्षिभिः। सामान्याद्वैकृताच्चैव दृष्टिभिन्नैः व्कचित्व्कचित्
saṃhitā ṛgyajuḥsāmnāṃ saṃhanyante śrutarṣibhiḥ| sāmānyādvaikṛtāccaiva dṛṣṭibhinnaiḥ vkacitvkacit
The collections of the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman are put together by the seers learned in śruti, here and there, from what is common and from what is modified, by those whose views differ.
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VaP 1 58.14
ब्राह्मणं कल्पसूत्राणि मन्त्रप्रवचनानि च। अन्ये तु प्रहितास्तीर्थैः केचित्तान् प्रत्यवस्थिताः
brāhmaṇaṃ kalpasūtrāṇi mantrapravacanāni ca| anye tu prahitāstīrthaiḥ kecittān pratyavasthitāḥ
The Brāhmaṇa, the Kalpa-sūtras and the expositions of the mantras — but others are sent forth by (the various) schools, and some stand opposed to them.
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VaP 1 58.15
द्वापरेषु प्रवर्त्तन्ते भिन्नवृत्ताश्रमा द्विजाः। एकमाध्वर्यवं पूर्वमासीद्द्वैधं पुनस्ततः
dvāpareṣu pravarttante bhinnavṛttāśramā dvijāḥ| ekamādhvaryavaṃ pūrvamāsīddvaidhaṃ punastataḥ
In the Dvāpara ages the twice-born proceed with differing practices and stages of life. Formerly the Adhvaryu (Yajurvedic) tradition was one; then afterwards it became twofold.
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VaP 1 58.16
सामान्यविपरीतार्थैः कृतं शास्त्रकुलन्त्विदम्। आध्वर्यवस्य प्रस्तावैर्बहुधा व्याकुलं कृतम्
sāmānyaviparītārthaiḥ kṛtaṃ śāstrakulantvidam| ādhvaryavasya prastāvairbahudhā vyākulaṃ kṛtam
By (people holding) meanings contrary to the common (one) this mass of treatises is composed; by (their various) preambles the Adhvaryu tradition has been made confused in many ways.
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VaP 1 58.17
तथैवाथर्वऋक्साम्नां विकल्पैश्चाप्यसंक्षयैः। व्याकुलं द्वापरे भिन्ने क्रियते भिन्नदर्शनैः
tathaivātharvaṛksāmnāṃ vikalpaiścāpyasaṃkṣayaiḥ| vyākulaṃ dvāpare bhinne kriyate bhinnadarśanaiḥ
So too (the tradition) of the Atharvan, the Ṛk and the Sāman is made confused, with countless variants, in the divided Dvāpara, by those of differing views.
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VaP 1 58.18
तैषां भेदाः प्रभेदाश्च विकल्पैश्चाप्यसंक्षयाः । द्वापरे सम्प्रवर्तन्ते विनश्यन्ति पुनः कलौ
taiṣāṃ bhedāḥ prabhedāśca vikalpaiścāpyasaṃkṣayāḥ | dvāpare sampravartante vinaśyanti punaḥ kalau
Their divisions and subdivisions, countless with variants, come fully into being in the Dvāpara and perish again in the Kali.
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VaP 1 58.19
तेषां विपर्ययाश्चैव भवन्ति द्वापरे पुनः। अवृष्टिर्मरणञ्चैव तथैव व्याध्युपद्ववाः
teṣāṃ viparyayāścaiva bhavanti dvāpare punaḥ| avṛṣṭirmaraṇañcaiva tathaiva vyādhyupadvavāḥ
And again in the Dvāpara their reversals occur: drought and death, and likewise diseases and calamities.
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VaP 1 58.20
वाङ्मनःकर्मजैर्दुःखैर्निर्वेदो जायते पुनः । निर्वेदाज्जायते तेषां दुःखमोक्ष विचारणा
vāṅmanaḥkarmajairduḥkhairnirvedo jāyate punaḥ | nirvedājjāyate teṣāṃ duḥkhamokṣa vicāraṇā
Again, from the sufferings born of speech, mind and action, disgust (with the world) arises; from disgust there arises in them the inquiry into release from suffering.
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VaP 1 58.21
विचाराणाच्च वैराग्यं वैराग्याद्दोपदर्शनम्। दोषाणां दर्शनाच्चैव द्वापरे ज्ञानसम्भवः
vicārāṇācca vairāgyaṃ vairāgyāddopadarśanam| doṣāṇāṃ darśanāccaiva dvāpare jñānasambhavaḥ
And from inquiry, dispassion; from dispassion, the perceiving of faults; and from the perceiving of faults, knowledge comes to be in the Dvāpara.
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VaP 1 58.22
तेषाञ्च मानिनां पूर्वमाद्ये स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे। उत्पद्यन्ते हि शास्त्राणां द्वापरे परिपन्थिनः
teṣāñca mānināṃ pūrvamādye svāyambhuve'ntare| utpadyante hi śāstrāṇāṃ dvāpare paripanthinaḥ
And of those conceited ones — formerly, in the first, the Svāyambhuva interval — there arise in the Dvāpara obstructors of the treatises.
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VaP 1 58.23
आयुर्वेदविकल्पाश्च अङ्गानां ज्यौतिषस्य च। अर्थशास्त्रविकल्पश्च हेतुशास्त्रविकल्पनम्
āyurvedavikalpāśca aṅgānāṃ jyautiṣasya ca| arthaśāstravikalpaśca hetuśāstravikalpanam
And the variant (schools) of the Āyurveda, and of the (Vedic) auxiliaries and of astronomy; and variation in the science of statecraft, and diversification of the science of reasoning;
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VaP 1 58.24
स्मृतिशास्त्रप्रभेदाश्च प्रस्थानानि पृथक् पृथक्। द्वापरेष्वभिवर्त्तन्ते मतिभेदास्तथा नृणाम्
smṛtiśāstraprabhedāśca prasthānāni pṛthak pṛthak| dvāpareṣvabhivarttante matibhedāstathā nṛṇām
and the subdivisions of the smṛti treatises, (their) separate systems one by one — these come about in the Dvāpara ages, and likewise the differences of opinion among men.
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VaP 1 58.25
मनसा कर्मणा वाचा कृच्छ्रा द्वार्त्ता प्रसिद्ध्यति। द्वापरे सर्वभूतानां कायक्लेशपुरस्कृता
manasā karmaṇā vācā kṛcchrā dvārttā prasiddhyati| dvāpare sarvabhūtānāṃ kāyakleśapuraskṛtā
By mind, by deed, by speech, livelihood is achieved (only) with difficulty; in the Dvāpara (age) it comes to all beings with bodily toil foremost.
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VaP 1 58.26
लोभेऽधृतिर्वणिग्युद्धं तत्त्वानामविनिश्चयः। वेदशास्त्रप्रणयनं धर्माणां सङ्करस्तथा
lobhe'dhṛtirvaṇigyuddhaṃ tattvānāmaviniścayaḥ| vedaśāstrapraṇayanaṃ dharmāṇāṃ saṅkarastathā
In greed, lack of restraint; trade and war; no settled certainty about the truths; the composing of Vedas and treatises, and likewise the mixing of duties.
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VaP 1 58.27
द्वापरेषु प्रवर्त्तन्ते रोगो लोभो वधस्तथा। वर्णाश्रमपरिध्वंसाः कामद्वेषौ तथैव च
dvāpareṣu pravarttante rogo lobho vadhastathā| varṇāśramaparidhvaṃsāḥ kāmadveṣau tathaiva ca
In the Dvāpara ages there come about disease, greed, and killing, the ruin of the classes and the stages of life, and likewise desire and hatred.
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VaP 1 58.28
पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे द्वे परमायुस्तुथा नृणाम्। निःशेपे द्वापरे तस्मिन् तस्य सन्ध्या तु पादतः
pūrṇe varṣasahasre dve paramāyustuthā nṛṇām| niḥśepe dvāpare tasmin tasya sandhyā tu pādataḥ
When two full thousand years (have passed) — such being the maximum lifespan of men — when that Dvāpara is finished, its twilight (comes) by a quarter.
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VaP 1 58.29
प्रतिष्ठते गुणैर्हीनो धर्मोऽसौ द्वापरस्य तु । तथैव सन्ध्यापादेन अंशस्तस्यावतिष्ठते
pratiṣṭhate guṇairhīno dharmo'sau dvāparasya tu | tathaiva sandhyāpādena aṃśastasyāvatiṣṭhate
That dharma of the Dvāpara, deficient in (its) qualities, stands firm; and just so, by the quarter that is the twilight, a portion of it remains.
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VaP 1 58.30
द्वापरस्य च वर्षे या तिष्यस्य तु निबोधत। द्वापरस्यांशशेषे तु प्रतिपत्तिः कलेरतः
dvāparasya ca varṣe yā tiṣyasya tu nibodhata| dvāparasyāṃśaśeṣe tu pratipattiḥ kalerataḥ
Learn now about the years of the Dvāpara and of the Tiṣya (age): at the remainder of the Dvāpara's portion, the onset of the Kali (comes) thereafter.
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VaP 1 58.31
हिंसासूयानृतं माया वधश्चैव तपस्विनाम्। एते स्वभावास्तिष्यस्य साधयन्ति च वै प्रजाः
hiṃsāsūyānṛtaṃ māyā vadhaścaiva tapasvinām| ete svabhāvāstiṣyasya sādhayanti ca vai prajāḥ
Violence, envy, falsehood, deceit, and the killing of ascetics — these are the inherent traits of the Tiṣya (age), and (thus) do the creatures conduct themselves.
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VaP 1 58.32
एष धर्मः कृतः कृत्स्नो धर्मश्च परिहीयते। मनसा कर्मणा स्तुत्या वार्त्ता सिद्ध्यति वा न वा
eṣa dharmaḥ kṛtaḥ kṛtsno dharmaśca parihīyate| manasā karmaṇā stutyā vārttā siddhyati vā na vā
This is the whole dharma as it was made, and dharma is (now) declining; by mind, by deed, by praise, livelihood may succeed or may not.
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VaP 1 58.33
कलौ प्रमारको रोगः सततं क्षुद्भयानि वै। अनावृष्टिभयं घोरं दर्शनञ्च विपर्ययम्
kalau pramārako rogaḥ satataṃ kṣudbhayāni vai| anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ ghoraṃ darśanañca viparyayam
In the Kali (age) there is deadly disease, constant terrors of hunger, dreadful fear of drought, and a reversal of what is seen.
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VaP 1 58.34
न प्रमाणं स्मृतेरस्ति तिष्ये लोके युगे युगे। गर्भस्थो म्रियते कश्चिद्यौवनस्थस्तथापरः । स्थाविरे मध्यकौमारे म्रियन्ते वै कलौ प्रजाः
na pramāṇaṃ smṛterasti tiṣye loke yuge yuge| garbhastho mriyate kaścidyauvanasthastathāparaḥ | sthāvire madhyakaumāre mriyante vai kalau prajāḥ
In the Tiṣya (age) there is in the world no authority of the traditional teaching, age after age; one dies while still in the womb, another in his youth; in old age, in middle age, in childhood do the creatures die in the Kali.
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VaP 1 58.35
अधार्मिकास्त्वनाचारास्तीक्ष्ण कोपाल्पतेजसः। अनृतब्रुवश्च सततं तिष्ये जायन्ति वै प्रजाः
adhārmikāstvanācārāstīkṣṇa kopālpatejasaḥ| anṛtabruvaśca satataṃ tiṣye jāyanti vai prajāḥ
In the Tiṣya (age) the creatures are born unrighteous, without proper conduct, harsh, angry, of little vigour, and forever speaking untruth.
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VaP 1 58.36
दुरिष्टैर्दुरधीतैश्च दुराचारैर्दुरागमैः। विप्राणां कर्मदोषैस्तैः प्रजानां जायते भयम्
duriṣṭairduradhītaiśca durācārairdurāgamaiḥ| viprāṇāṃ karmadoṣaistaiḥ prajānāṃ jāyate bhayam
Through bad sacrifices, bad study, bad conduct, bad traditions — through those faults in the rites of the brahmins, fear arises for the people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.37
हिंसा माया तथेर्ष्या च क्रोधोऽसूयाक्षमानृतम्। तिष्ये भवन्ति जन्तूनां रागो लोभश्च सर्वशः
hiṃsā māyā tatherṣyā ca krodho'sūyākṣamānṛtam| tiṣye bhavanti jantūnāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sarvaśaḥ
In the Tiṣya (age) violence, deceit, and jealousy, anger, envy, unforgivingness, falsehood arise among living beings, and passion and greed in every way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.38
संक्षोभो जायतेऽत्यर्थं कलिमासाद्य वै युगम्। नाधीयन्ते तदा वेदा न यजन्ते द्विजातयः। उत्सीदन्ति नराश्चैव क्षत्रियाः सविशः क्रमात्
saṃkṣobho jāyate'tyarthaṃ kalimāsādya vai yugam| nādhīyante tadā vedā na yajante dvijātayaḥ| utsīdanti narāścaiva kṣatriyāḥ saviśaḥ kramāt
Great upheaval arises when the Kali age is reached; then the Vedas are not studied, the twice-born do not sacrifice; and men perish — the kṣatriyas together with the vaiśyas, in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.39
क्षुद्राणामन्त्ययोनेस्तु सम्बन्धा ब्राह्मणैः सह। भवन्तीह कलौ तस्मिन् शयनासनभोजनैः
kṣudrāṇāmantyayonestu sambandhā brāhmaṇaiḥ saha| bhavantīha kalau tasmin śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ
In that Kali (age) the lowly, of the lowest birth, come to have connections with brahmins here — in bed, in seat, and in food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.40
राजानः शूद्रभूयिष्ठा पाषण्डानां प्रवर्तकाः। भ्रूणहत्याः प्रजास्तत्र प्रजा एवं प्रवर्त्तते
rājānaḥ śūdrabhūyiṣṭhā pāṣaṇḍānāṃ pravartakāḥ| bhrūṇahatyāḥ prajāstatra prajā evaṃ pravarttate
Kings will be for the most part śūdras, promoters of heretical sects; the people there are slayers of embryos — thus do the people conduct themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.41
आयुर्मेधा बलं रूपं कुलञ्चैव प्रहीयते। शूद्राश्च ब्राह्मणाचाराः शूद्राचाराश्च ब्राह्मणाः
āyurmedhā balaṃ rūpaṃ kulañcaiva prahīyate| śūdrāśca brāhmaṇācārāḥ śūdrācārāśca brāhmaṇāḥ
Lifespan, intelligence, strength, beauty and family all decline; śūdras take up the conduct of brahmins, and brahmins the conduct of śūdras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.42
राजवृत्ते स्थिताश्चौराश्चौरवृत्ताश्च पार्थिवाः। भृत्याश्च नष्टसुहृदो युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते
rājavṛtte sthitāścaurāścauravṛttāśca pārthivāḥ| bhṛtyāśca naṣṭasuhṛdo yugānte paryupasthite
Thieves stand in the office of kings, and kings behave like thieves; and servants become bereft of friends, when the age's end draws near.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.43
अशीलिन्योऽव्रताश्चापि स्त्रियो मद्यामिषप्रियाः। मायामात्रा भविष्यन्ति युगान्ते प्रत्युपस्थिते
aśīlinyo'vratāścāpi striyo madyāmiṣapriyāḥ| māyāmātrā bhaviṣyanti yugānte pratyupasthite
Women will be of bad character and without observances, fond of liquor and meat, and nothing but deceit, when the age's end has arrived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.44
श्वापदप्रबलत्वञ्च गवाञ्चैवाप्युपक्षयः। साधूनां विनिवृत्तिश्च विद्यात्तस्मिन् कलौ युगे
śvāpadaprabalatvañca gavāñcaivāpyupakṣayaḥ| sādhūnāṃ vinivṛttiśca vidyāttasmin kalau yuge
The predominance of beasts of prey, the decline of cattle, and the withdrawal of good men — this one should know (as occurring) in that Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.45
तदा सूक्ष्मे महोदर्को दुर्लभो भोगिनां तथा। चतुराश्रमशैथिल्याद्धर्मः प्रविचलिष्यति
tadā sūkṣme mahodarko durlabho bhogināṃ tathā| caturāśramaśaithilyāddharmaḥ pravicaliṣyati
Then, (dharma) being subtle, a great result is hard for the pleasure-lovers to win; and through the slackening of the four life-stages dharma will be shaken loose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.46
तदा ह्यल्पफला देवी भवेद्भूमिर्महीयसी। शूद्रास्तपश्चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते प्रत्युपश्थिते
tadā hyalpaphalā devī bhavedbhūmirmahīyasī| śūdrāstapaścariṣyanti yugānte pratyupaśthite
Then the goddess Earth, though vast, will bear little fruit; and Śūdras will practise austerities when the end of the age has arrived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.47
तदा ह्यैकाहिको धर्मो द्वापरे यश्च मासिकः। त्रेतायां वत्सरस्थश्च एकाहादतिरिच्यते
tadā hyaikāhiko dharmo dvāpare yaśca māsikaḥ| tretāyāṃ vatsarasthaśca ekāhādatiricyate
Then the dharma (performed) for a single day, and that (which took) a month in the Dvāpara age, and in the Tretā age that lasting a year — (all these) are surpassed by one day (in Kali).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.48
अरक्षितारो हर्त्तारो बलिभागस्य पार्थिवाः। युगान्तेषु भविष्यन्ति स्वरक्षणपरायणाः
arakṣitāro harttāro balibhāgasya pārthivāḥ| yugānteṣu bhaviṣyanti svarakṣaṇaparāyaṇāḥ
At the ends of the ages the rulers will be no protectors but seizers of the share of tribute, intent only on guarding themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.49
अक्षत्रियाश्च राजानो विशः शूद्रोपजीविनः। शूद्राभिवादिनः सर्वे युगान्ते द्विजसत्तमाः
akṣatriyāśca rājāno viśaḥ śūdropajīvinaḥ| śūdrābhivādinaḥ sarve yugānte dvijasattamāḥ
And the kings will be non-Kṣatriyas, the Vaiśyas will live off the Śūdras, and at the end of the age, O best of the twice-born, all will greet Śūdras (with deference).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.50
पतयश्च भविष्यन्ति बहवोऽस्मिन् कलौ युगे। चित्रवर्षी तदा देवो यदा स्यात्तु युगक्षयः
patayaśca bhaviṣyanti bahavo'smin kalau yuge| citravarṣī tadā devo yadā syāttu yugakṣayaḥ
And there will be many masters in this Kali age; then the god (of rain) will rain unevenly, when the destruction of the age comes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.51
सर्वे वाणिजकाश्चापि भविष्यन्त्यधमे युगे। भूयिष्ठं कूटमानैश्च पण्यविक्रीततेजनैः
sarve vāṇijakāścāpi bhaviṣyantyadhame yuge| bhūyiṣṭhaṃ kūṭamānaiśca paṇyavikrītatejanaiḥ
And in the lowest age all will be traders, mostly with false measures and with goods sold (after being) sharpened up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.52
कुशीलचर्या पाषण्डैर्वृथारूपैः समावृतम्। पुरुषाल्पं बहुस्त्रीकं युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते
kuśīlacaryā pāṣaṇḍairvṛthārūpaiḥ samāvṛtam| puruṣālpaṃ bahustrīkaṃ yugānte paryupasthite
(The world will be) filled with heretics of ill conduct and false garb, with few men and many women, when the end of the age is at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.53
बहुयाचनको लोको भविष्यति परस्परम्। क्रव्यादनः क्रूरवाक्यो नार्जवो नानसूयकः
bahuyācanako loko bhaviṣyati parasparam| kravyādanaḥ krūravākyo nārjavo nānasūyakaḥ
People will beg much from one another; (the world will be) flesh-eating, cruel in speech, without straightforwardness and not free from spite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.54
न कृते प्रतिकर्ता च क्षीणो लोको भविष्यति। अशङ्का चैव पतिते तद्युगान्तस्य लक्षणम्
na kṛte pratikartā ca kṣīṇo loko bhaviṣyati| aśaṅkā caiva patite tadyugāntasya lakṣaṇam
And there will be no one who returns a favour done; the world will be diminished; and (there will be) no scruple about one who has fallen — that is the mark of the end of that age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.55
नरशून्या वसुमती शून्या चैव भविष्यति। मण्डलानि भवन्त्यत्र देशेषु नगरेषु च
naraśūnyā vasumatī śūnyā caiva bhaviṣyati| maṇḍalāni bhavantyatra deśeṣu nagareṣu ca
The earth will be empty of men, indeed empty; here in the countries and the cities there come to be (only) circles (of settlement).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.56
अल्पोदका चाल्पफला भविष्यति वसुन्धरा। गोप्तारश्चाप्यगोप्तारः प्रभविष्यन्त्यशासनाः
alpodakā cālpaphalā bhaviṣyati vasundharā| goptāraścāpyagoptāraḥ prabhaviṣyantyaśāsanāḥ
The earth will have little water and little fruit; the protectors too will be no protectors, and they will hold sway without (proper) rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.57
हर्त्तारः पररत्नानां परदारप्रधर्षकाः। कामात्मानो दुरात्मानो ह्यधर्मात् साहसप्रियाः
harttāraḥ pararatnānāṃ paradārapradharṣakāḥ| kāmātmāno durātmāno hyadharmāt sāhasapriyāḥ
Seizers of others' jewels, violators of others' wives, ruled by desire, evil-souled, delighting in violence out of unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.58
अनष्टचेतनाः पुंसो मुक्तकेशास्तु चूलिकाः। ऊनषोडशवर्षाश्च प्रजायन्ते युगक्षये
anaṣṭacetanāḥ puṃso muktakeśāstu cūlikāḥ| ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣāśca prajāyante yugakṣaye
Men with their wits not (yet) lost, with loosened hair and top-knots, and under sixteen years of age, are born at the destruction of the age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.59
शुक्लदन्ता जिताक्षाश्च मुण्डाः काषायवाससः। शूद्रा धर्मञ्चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते
śukladantā jitākṣāśca muṇḍāḥ kāṣāyavāsasaḥ| śūdrā dharmañcariṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite
With white teeth, with senses conquered, shaven-headed, wearing ochre robes, Śūdras will practise dharma when the end of the age is at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.60
सस्यचौरा भविष्यंति तथा चैलाभिमर्शनाः। चौराश्चौरस्य हर्त्तारो हन्तुर्हर्त्तार एव व
sasyacaurā bhaviṣyaṃti tathā cailābhimarśanāḥ| caurāścaurasya harttāro hanturharttāra eva va
There will be stealers of grain and also snatchers of clothes; thieves who rob a thief, and killers who rob a killer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.61
ज्ञानकर्मण्युपरते लोके निष्क्रियताङ्गते । कीटमूषिकसर्पाश्च धर्षयिष्यन्ति मानवान्
jñānakarmaṇyuparate loke niṣkriyatāṅgate | kīṭamūṣikasarpāśca dharṣayiṣyanti mānavān
When knowledge and ritual action have ceased and the world has fallen into inactivity, insects, mice and snakes will assail human beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.62
सुभिक्षं क्षेममारोग्यं सामर्थ्यं दुर्लभं भवेत्। कौशिकाः प्रतिवत्स्यन्ति देशान् क्षुद्भयपीडितान्
subhikṣaṃ kṣemamārogyaṃ sāmarthyaṃ durlabhaṃ bhavet| kauśikāḥ prativatsyanti deśān kṣudbhayapīḍitān
Abundance of food, security, health and capability will become hard to get; owls will dwell in the lands afflicted by hunger and fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.63
दुःखेनाभिप्लुतानाञ्च परमायुः शतं भवेत्। दृश्यन्ते न च दृश्यन्ते वेदाः कलियुगेऽखिलाः
duḥkhenābhiplutānāñca paramāyuḥ śataṃ bhavet| dṛśyante na ca dṛśyante vedāḥ kaliyuge'khilāḥ
And for those overwhelmed by suffering the utmost lifespan will be a hundred (years); in the Kali age the Vedas are seen and yet not seen in their entirety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.64
उत्सीदन्ति तथा यज्ञाः केवला धर्मपीडिताः। कषायिणश्च निर्ग्रन्थास्तथा कापालिनश्च ह
utsīdanti tathā yajñāḥ kevalā dharmapīḍitāḥ| kaṣāyiṇaśca nirgranthāstathā kāpālinaśca ha
Likewise the sacrifices collapse, oppressed merely by (nominal) dharma; and there are the ochre-robed ones, the Nirgranthas, and also the Kāpālikas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.65
वेदविक्रयिणश्चान्ये तीर्थविक्रयिणोऽपरे । वर्णाश्रमाणां ये चान्ये पाषण्डाः परिपन्थिनः
vedavikrayiṇaścānye tīrthavikrayiṇo'pare | varṇāśramāṇāṃ ye cānye pāṣaṇḍāḥ paripanthinaḥ
Others are sellers of the Veda, and yet others sellers of pilgrimage places; and there are still others, heretics, who obstruct the classes and the stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.66
उत्पद्यन्ते तथा ते वै संप्राप्ते तु कलौ युगे। नाधीयन्ते तदा वेदाः शूद्रा धर्मार्थकोविदाः
utpadyante tathā te vai saṃprāpte tu kalau yuge| nādhīyante tadā vedāḥ śūdrā dharmārthakovidāḥ
Such men indeed arise when the Kali age has come; then the Vedas are not studied, and Śūdras (pass for) those learned in dharma and its purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.67
यजन्ते नाश्वमेधेन राजानः शूद्रयोनयः। स्त्रीवधं गोवधं कृत्वा हत्वा चैव परस्परम्। उपहन्युस्तदान्योन्यं साधयन्ति तथा प्रजाः
yajante nāśvamedhena rājānaḥ śūdrayonayaḥ| strīvadhaṃ govadhaṃ kṛtvā hatvā caiva parasparam| upahanyustadānyonyaṃ sādhayanti tathā prajāḥ
Kings born of Śūdra wombs do not sacrifice with the horse-sacrifice; having committed the killing of women and the killing of cows, and having slain one another, then they strike at each other, and so the people (perish/press on).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.68
दुःखप्रचारतोऽल्पायुर्देशोत्सादः सरोगता। मोहो ग्लानिस्तथासौख्यं तमोवृत्तं कलौ स्मृतम्
duḥkhapracārato'lpāyurdeśotsādaḥ sarogatā| moho glānistathāsaukhyaṃ tamovṛttaṃ kalau smṛtam
From the prevalence of suffering: short life, ruin of the land, disease-ridden condition, delusion, exhaustion, and lack of ease — this course of darkness is recorded for the Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.69
प्रजा तु भ्रूणहत्यायामथ वै सम्प्रवर्त्तते। तस्मादायुर्बलं रूपं कलिं प्राप्य प्रहीयते। दुःखेनाभिप्लुतानां वै परमायुः शतं नृणाम्
prajā tu bhrūṇahatyāyāmatha vai sampravarttate| tasmādāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ kaliṃ prāpya prahīyate| duḥkhenābhiplutānāṃ vai paramāyuḥ śataṃ nṛṇām
But the people set about the killing of embryos; therefore, on reaching the Kali (age), life-span, strength and beauty decline; for men overwhelmed by suffering the maximum life-span is a hundred (years).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.70
दृश्यन्ते नाभिदृश्यन्ते वेदाः कलियुगेऽखिलाः। उत्सीदन्ते तदा यज्ञाः कोवला धर्मपीडिताः
dṛśyante nābhidṛśyante vedāḥ kaliyuge'khilāḥ| utsīdante tadā yajñāḥ kovalā dharmapīḍitāḥ
In the Kali age the Vedas are seen and are not fully seen (in their entirety); then sacrifices collapse, being alone and oppressed with respect to dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.71
तदा त्वल्पेन कालेन सिद्धिं यास्यन्ति मानवाः। धन्या धर्मञ्चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते द्विजसत्तमाः
tadā tvalpena kālena siddhiṃ yāsyanti mānavāḥ| dhanyā dharmañcariṣyanti yugānte dvijasattamāḥ
But then men will attain success in a short time; at the end of the age the best of the twice-born, fortunate ones, will practise dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.72
श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं धर्मं ये चरन्त्यनसूयकाः. त्रेतायां वार्षिको धर्मो द्वापरे मासिकः स्मृतः। यथाशक्तिं चरन् प्राज्ञस्तदह्ना प्राप्रुयात् कलौ
śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmaṃ ye carantyanasūyakāḥ. tretāyāṃ vārṣiko dharmo dvāpare māsikaḥ smṛtaḥ| yathāśaktiṃ caran prājñastadahnā prāpruyāt kalau
(Those) who without spite practise the dharma declared in śruti and smṛti — in the Tretā the merit (took) a year, in the Dvāpara it is recorded as a month; in the Kali the wise man, practising according to his ability, may obtain it in a day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.73
एषा कलियुगेऽवस्था सन्ध्यांशन्तु निबोध मे । युगे युगे तु हीयन्ते त्रींस्त्रीन् पादांश्च सिद्धयः
eṣā kaliyuge'vasthā sandhyāṃśantu nibodha me | yuge yuge tu hīyante trīṃstrīn pādāṃśca siddhayaḥ
This is the condition in the Kali age; now learn from me about the twilight portion. In age after age the (spiritual) attainments decline by three quarters each.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.74
युगस्वभावात्सन्ध्यास्तु तिष्ठन्तीमास्तु पादशः। सन्ध्यास्वभावाच्चांशेषु पादशस्ते प्रतिष्ठिताः
yugasvabhāvātsandhyāstu tiṣṭhantīmāstu pādaśaḥ| sandhyāsvabhāvāccāṃśeṣu pādaśaste pratiṣṭhitāḥ
By the nature of the age, these twilight (periods) stand quarter by quarter; and by the nature of the twilight, they are established quarter by quarter in the (twilight-)portions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.75
एवं सन्ध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके। तेषां शास्ता ह्यसाधूनां भृगूणां निधनोत्थितः
evaṃ sandhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte tu yugāntike| teṣāṃ śāstā hyasādhūnāṃ bhṛgūṇāṃ nidhanotthitaḥ
Thus, when the time of the twilight-portion has come at the end of the age, there arises the chastiser of those wicked men, born from the line of the Bhṛgus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.76
गोत्रेण वै चन्द्रमसो नाम्ना प्रमितिरुच्यते। माधवस्य तु सोंशेन पूर्वं स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे
gotreṇa vai candramaso nāmnā pramitirucyate| mādhavasya tu soṃśena pūrvaṃ svāyambhuve'ntare
By lineage he belongs to the moon; by name he is called Pramiti; (he arose) with a portion of Mādhava, formerly, in the Svāyambhuva interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.77
समाः स विंशतिं पूर्णाः पर्यटन् वै वसुन्धराम्। आचकर्ष स वै सेनां सवाजिरथकुञ्जराम्
samāḥ sa viṃśatiṃ pūrṇāḥ paryaṭan vai vasundharām| ācakarṣa sa vai senāṃ savājirathakuñjarām
For twenty full years, wandering over the earth, he drew together an army with horses, chariots and elephants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.78
प्रगृहीतायुधैर्विप्रैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। स तदा तैः परिवृतो म्लेच्छान् हन्ति सहस्रशः
pragṛhītāyudhairvipraiḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ| sa tadā taiḥ parivṛto mlecchān hanti sahasraśaḥ
With Brahmins bearing weapons, by hundreds and by thousands — surrounded then by them he slays the Mlecchas by thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.79
स हत्वा सर्वगश्चैव राज्ञस्तान् शूद्रयोनिजात्। पाषण्डान् स ततः सर्वान्निःशेषान् कृतवान् प्रभुः
sa hatvā sarvagaścaiva rājñastān śūdrayonijāt| pāṣaṇḍān sa tataḥ sarvānniḥśeṣān kṛtavān prabhuḥ
And he, going everywhere, having slain those kings born of Śūdra wombs, the lord then left none of the heretics remaining.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.80
नात्यर्थं धार्मिका ये च तान् सर्वान् हन्ति सर्वशः। वर्णव्यत्यासजातांश्च ये च तानुपजीविनः
nātyarthaṃ dhārmikā ye ca tān sarvān hanti sarvaśaḥ| varṇavyatyāsajātāṃśca ye ca tānupajīvinaḥ
And those who are not sufficiently observant of dharma — all these he slays utterly; and those born from the mixing of classes, and those who live off them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.81
उदीच्यान्मध्यदेशांश्च पार्वतीयांस्तथैव च। प्राच्यान् प्रतीच्यांश्च तथा विन्ध्यपृष्ठापरान्तिकान्
udīcyānmadhyadeśāṃśca pārvatīyāṃstathaiva ca| prācyān pratīcyāṃśca tathā vindhyapṛṣṭhāparāntikān
The northerners and those of the middle country, and likewise the mountain-dwellers, the easterners and westerners, and those on the back of the Vindhyas and in the western borderlands;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.82
तथैव दाक्षिणात्यांश्च द्रविडान् सिंहलैः सह। गान्दारान् पारदांश्चैव पह्नवान् यवनांस्तथा
tathaiva dākṣiṇātyāṃśca draviḍān siṃhalaiḥ saha| gāndārān pāradāṃścaiva pahnavān yavanāṃstathā
and likewise the southerners, the Draviḍas together with the Siṃhalas, the Gāndhāras and the Pāradas, and the Pahlavas and the Yavanas;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.83
तुषारान् वर्वरांश्चीनान् शूलिकान् दरदान् खसान्। लम्पाकान्थ केतांश्च किरातानाञ्च जातयः
tuṣārān varvarāṃścīnān śūlikān daradān khasān| lampākāntha ketāṃśca kirātānāñca jātayaḥ
the Tuṣāras, Barbaras, Cīnas, Śūlikas, Daradas, Khasas, the Lampākas and the Ketas, and the tribes of the Kirātas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.84
प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवान् म्लेच्छानामन्तकृद्विभुः। अधृष्यः सर्वभूतानां चचाराथ वसुन्धराम्
pravṛttacakro balavān mlecchānāmantakṛdvibhuḥ| adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ cacārātha vasundharām
With his wheel (of sovereignty) set in motion, mighty, the lord who makes an end of the Mlecchas, unassailable by all beings, he then ranged over the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.85
माधवस्य तु सोंशेन देवस्य हि विजज्ञिवान् । पूर्वजन्मविधिज्ञैश्च प्रमितिर्नाम वीर्यवान्
mādhavasya tu soṃśena devasya hi vijajñivān | pūrvajanmavidhijñaiśca pramitirnāma vīryavān
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 58.86
गोत्रेण वै चन्द्रमसः पूर्वे कलियुगे प्रभुः। द्वात्रिंशेऽभ्युदिते वर्षे प्रक्रान्ते विंशतिं समाः
gotreṇa vai candramasaḥ pūrve kaliyuge prabhuḥ| dvātriṃśe'bhyudite varṣe prakrānte viṃśatiṃ samāḥ
By lineage (he belongs) to the Moon; (he is) the lord in the earlier part of the Kali age. In his thirty-second year, when he had arisen and set forth, for twenty years —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.87
विनिघ्नन् सर्वभूतानि मानवानि सहस्रशः। कृत्वा वीर्यावशेषान्तु पृथ्वीं ऱूढेन कर्मणा । परस्परनिमित्तेन कोपेनाकस्मिकेन तु
vinighnan sarvabhūtāni mānavāni sahasraśaḥ| kṛtvā vīryāvaśeṣāntu pṛthvīṃ ṟūḍhena karmaṇā | parasparanimittena kopenākasmikena tu
Slaying all human creatures by the thousands, leaving on the earth only a remnant of (its) strength, by his practised action, and by a sudden wrath arising from mutual provocation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.88
स साधयित्वा वृषलान् प्रायशस्तानधार्मिकान् । गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये निष्ठां प्राप्तः सहानुगः
sa sādhayitvā vṛṣalān prāyaśastānadhārmikān | gaṅgāyamunayormadhye niṣṭhāṃ prāptaḥ sahānugaḥ
Having subdued those low-born men (vṛṣalas), who were for the most part unrighteous, he met his end between the Ganges and the Yamunā, together with his followers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.89
ततो व्यतीते तस्मिंस्तु अमात्ये सत्यसैनिके। उत्साद्य पार्थिवान् सर्वान् म्लेच्छांश्चैव सहस्रशः
tato vyatīte tasmiṃstu amātye satyasainike| utsādya pārthivān sarvān mlecchāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ
Then, when that minister with his loyal soldiers had passed away, after he had destroyed all the kings and the barbarians (mlecchas) by the thousands —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.90
तत्र सन्ध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके। स्थितास्वल्पावशिष्टासु प्रजास्विह व्कचित् व्कचित्
tatra sandhyāṃśake kāle samprāpte tu yugāntike| sthitāsvalpāvaśiṣṭāsu prajāsviha vkacit vkacit
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 1 58.91
अप्रग्रहास्ततस्ता वै लोकचेष्टास्तु वृन्दशः। उपहिंसन्ति चान्योन्यं प्रपद्यन्ते परस्परम्
apragrahāstatastā vai lokaceṣṭāstu vṛndaśaḥ| upahiṃsanti cānyonyaṃ prapadyante parasparam
Then those doings of the people, having no restraint, (proceed) in throngs; they injure one another and fall upon each other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.92
अराजके युगवशात् संशये समुपस्थिते। प्रजास्ता वै ततः सर्वाः परस्परभयार्दिताः
arājake yugavaśāt saṃśaye samupasthite| prajāstā vai tataḥ sarvāḥ parasparabhayārditāḥ
In the absence of a king, by force of the age, when peril had come upon (them), all those people were then afflicted by fear of one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.93
व्याकुलाश्च परिश्रान्तास्त्यक्त्वा दारान् गृहाणि च। स्वान् प्राणान् समवेक्षन्तो निष्ठां प्राप्ताः सुदुःखिताः
vyākulāśca pariśrāntāstyaktvā dārān gṛhāṇi ca| svān prāṇān samavekṣanto niṣṭhāṃ prāptāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ
Distraught and worn out, abandoning their wives and their homes, looking only to their own lives, they came to ruin, utterly miserable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.94
नष्टे श्रौते स्मृते धर्मे परस्परहतास्तदा। निर्मर्यादा निराक्रन्दा निःस्नेहा निरपत्रपाः
naṣṭe śraute smṛte dharme parasparahatāstadā| nirmaryādā nirākrandā niḥsnehā nirapatrapāḥ
When the dharma of śruti and smṛti had perished, they then struck one another, without bounds, without lament, without affection, without shame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.95
नष्टे वर्पे प्रतिहता ह्रस्वकाः पञ्जविंशकाः। हित्वा दारांश्च पुत्रांश्च विषादव्याकुलेन्द्रियाः
naṣṭe varpe pratihatā hrasvakāḥ pañjaviṃśakāḥ| hitvā dārāṃśca putrāṃśca viṣādavyākulendriyāḥ
When (their) form was destroyed, they were beaten down, short-lived, of twenty-five (years); abandoning wives and sons, their senses distraught with despair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.96
अनावृष्टिहताश्चैव वार्त्तामुत्सृज्य दुःखिताः। प्रत्यन्तांस्तान्निपेवन्ते हित्वा जनपदान् स्वकान्
anāvṛṣṭihatāścaiva vārttāmutsṛjya duḥkhitāḥ| pratyantāṃstānnipevante hitvā janapadān svakān
Stricken by drought, giving up their livelihood, in misery, they resort to those borderlands, abandoning their own countries.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.97
सरितः सागरान् कूपान् सेवन्ते पर्वतांस्तदा। मधुमांसैर्मूलफलैर्वर्त्तयन्ति सुदुःखिताः
saritaḥ sāgarān kūpān sevante parvatāṃstadā| madhumāṃsairmūlaphalairvarttayanti suduḥkhitāḥ
They then resort to rivers, seas, wells and mountains; in great misery they subsist on honey, meat, roots and fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.98
चीरवस्त्राजिनधरा निष्पत्रा निष्परिग्रहाः। वर्णाश्रमपरिभ्रष्टाः सङ्करं घोरमास्थिताः
cīravastrājinadharā niṣpatrā niṣparigrahāḥ| varṇāśramaparibhraṣṭāḥ saṅkaraṃ ghoramāsthitāḥ
Wearing bark-cloth and hides, without leaves (to cover them), without possessions, fallen away from class and stage of life, they abide in a dreadful mixture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.99
एताः काष्ठामनुप्राप्ता अल्पशेषास्तथा प्रजाः । जराव्याधिक्षुधाविष्टा दुःखान्निर्वेदमागमन्
etāḥ kāṣṭhāmanuprāptā alpaśeṣāstathā prajāḥ | jarāvyādhikṣudhāviṣṭā duḥkhānnirvedamāgaman
These creatures, thus reduced to a small remnant, having come to (that) extremity, beset by old age, disease and hunger, from suffering came to disgust (with the world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.100
विचारणन्तु निर्वेदात् साम्यावस्था विचारणात्। साम्यावस्थासु सम्बोधः सम्बोधाद्धर्मशीलता
vicāraṇantu nirvedāt sāmyāvasthā vicāraṇāt| sāmyāvasthāsu sambodhaḥ sambodhāddharmaśīlatā
But from disgust comes reflection, from reflection a state of equilibrium; in states of equilibrium (comes) awakening, and from awakening the practice of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.101
तासुपगमयुक्तासु कलिशिष्टासु वै स्वयम्। अहोरात्रं तदा तासां युगन्तु परिवर्त्तते
tāsupagamayuktāsu kaliśiṣṭāsu vai svayam| ahorātraṃ tadā tāsāṃ yugantu parivarttate
When those (creatures) surviving the Kali (age) are of themselves joined to (this) approach, then for them a day and a night — indeed a yuga — turns round.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.102
चित्तसम्मोहनं कृत्वा तासान्तैः सप्तमन्तु तत्। भाविनोऽर्थस्य च बलात्ततः कृतमवर्तत
cittasammohanaṃ kṛtvā tāsāntaiḥ saptamantu tat| bhāvino'rthasya ca balāttataḥ kṛtamavartata
Having produced a bewilderment of mind, for them by those (?) that was the seventh; and by the force of what was destined to be, thereafter the Kṛta (age) came into operation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 58.103
प्रवृत्ते तु पुनस्तस्मिंस्ततः कृतयुगे तु वै। उत्पन्नाः कलिशिष्टास्तु कार्तयुग्यः प्रजाम्तदा
pravṛtte tu punastasmiṃstataḥ kṛtayuge tu vai| utpannāḥ kaliśiṣṭāstu kārtayugyaḥ prajāmtadā
When that (age) had again set in, then, in the Kṛta yuga, those left over from the Kali were born; the creatures then belonged to the Kṛta age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.104
तिष्ठन्ति चेह ये सिद्धाः सुदृष्टा विचरन्ति च। सदा सप्तर्षयश्चैव तत्र ते च व्यवस्थिताः
tiṣṭhanti ceha ye siddhāḥ sudṛṣṭā vicaranti ca| sadā saptarṣayaścaiva tatra te ca vyavasthitāḥ
And those Siddhas who remain here and, well seen, roam about, and likewise the Seven Sages ever — they too are established there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.105
ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशः शूद्रा बीजार्थं ये स्मृता इह। कलिजैः सह ते सर्वे निर्विशेषास्तदाभवन्
brahmakṣatraviśaḥ śūdrā bījārthaṃ ye smṛtā iha| kalijaiḥ saha te sarve nirviśeṣāstadābhavan
The brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras who are here recorded as (remaining) for the sake of seed — all of them then became indistinguishable, together with those born in the Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.106
तेषां सप्तर्षयो धर्म कथयन्तीतरेषु च । वर्णा श्रमाचारयुक्तः श्रौतः स्मार्तो द्विधा तु सः
teṣāṃ saptarṣayo dharma kathayantītareṣu ca | varṇā śramācārayuktaḥ śrautaḥ smārto dvidhā tu saḥ
To them the seven seers declare the Law, and to the others also: (the Law) joined with the observances of the classes and the stages of life; and it is twofold, based on śruti and on smṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.107
ततस्तेषु क्रियावत्सु वर्त्तन्ते वै प्रजाः कृते । श्रौतः स्मार्त्तः कृतानान्तु धर्मः सप्तर्षिदर्शितः
tatasteṣu kriyāvatsu varttante vai prajāḥ kṛte | śrautaḥ smārttaḥ kṛtānāntu dharmaḥ saptarṣidarśitaḥ
Then, when they are engaged in (the proper) rites, the creatures live on in the Kṛta age; the Law of those of the Kṛta age, śrauta and smārta, is that shown by the seven seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 58.108
तासु धर्मव्यवस्तार्थं तिष्ठन्तीहायुगक्षयात् । मन्वन्तराधिकारेषु तिष्ठन्ति मुनयस्तु वै
tāsu dharmavyavastārthaṃ tiṣṭhantīhāyugakṣayāt | manvantarādhikāreṣu tiṣṭhanti munayastu vai
Among these (creatures) they remain here, for the sake of the establishment of the Law, until the destruction of the age; the sages remain (through) the tenures of the manvantaras.
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VaP 1 58.109
यथा दावप्रदग्धेषु तृणेष्विह तपे ऋतौ । नवानां प्रथमं दृष्टस्तेषां मूले तु सम्भवः
yathā dāvapradagdheṣu tṛṇeṣviha tape ṛtau | navānāṃ prathamaṃ dṛṣṭasteṣāṃ mūle tu sambhavaḥ
Just as, when the grasses have been burnt up by a forest fire here in the hot season, the first sprouting of new ones is seen to arise from the root,
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VaP 1 58.110
एवं युगाद्युगस्तेह सन्तानस्तु परस्परम् । वर्त्तते ह्यव्यवच्छेदाद्यावन्मन्वन्तरक्षयः
evaṃ yugādyugasteha santānastu parasparam | varttate hyavyavacchedādyāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ
so here the succession, age after age, continues mutually without interruption, as long as until the destruction of the manvantara.
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VaP 1 58.111
सुखमायुर्बलं रूपं धर्मार्थौ काम एव च । युगेष्वेतानि हीयन्ते त्रीणि पादक्रमेण तु
sukhamāyurbalaṃ rūpaṃ dharmārthau kāma eva ca | yugeṣvetāni hīyante trīṇi pādakrameṇa tu
Happiness, lifespan, strength, beauty, Law and wealth, and desire too — these diminish in the ages, the three (later ages) by the successive (loss of a) quarter.
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VaP 1 58.112
ससन्ध्यंशेषु हीयन्ते युगानां धर्मसिद्धयः। इत्येष प्रतिसन्धिर्वः कीर्त्तितस्तु मया द्विजाः
sasandhyaṃśeṣu hīyante yugānāṃ dharmasiddhayaḥ| ityeṣa pratisandhirvaḥ kīrttitastu mayā dvijāḥ
In the ages together with their twilight portions the attainments of the Law diminish. Thus this transition has been proclaimed to you by me, O twice-born ones.
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VaP 1 58.113
चतुर्युगानां सर्वेषामेतेनैव प्रसाधनम् ।। एषा चतुर्युगावृत्तिरासहस्रात् प्रवर्त्तते
caturyugānāṃ sarveṣāmetenaiva prasādhanam || eṣā caturyugāvṛttirāsahasrāt pravarttate
By this very (account) the establishing of all the sets of four ages (is accomplished). This revolution of the four ages proceeds up to a thousand (times).
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VaP 1 58.114
ब्रह्मणस्तदहः प्रोक्तं रात्रिश्च तावती स्मृता । अत्रार्जवं जडीभावो भूतानामायुगक्षयात्
brahmaṇastadahaḥ proktaṃ rātriśca tāvatī smṛtā | atrārjavaṃ jaḍībhāvo bhūtānāmāyugakṣayāt
That is declared to be a day of Brahmā, and the night is held to be of the same length. Herein there is straightforwardness and (then) a state of torpor of beings, up to the destruction of the age.
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VaP 1 58.115
एतदेव तु सर्वेषां युगानां लक्षणं स्मृतम्। एषा चतुर्युगानान्तु गणना ह्येकसप्ततिः। क्रमेण परिवृत्ता तु मनोरन्तरमुच्यते
etadeva tu sarveṣāṃ yugānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ smṛtam| eṣā caturyugānāntu gaṇanā hyekasaptatiḥ| krameṇa parivṛttā tu manorantaramucyate
This same is held to be the mark of all the ages. This counting of the sets of four ages is indeed seventy-one; when it has revolved in order, it is called an interval of a Manu.
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VaP 1 58.116
चतुर्युगे तथैकस्मिन् भवतीह यथाश्रुतम्। तथा चान्येषु भवति पुनस्तद्वै यथाक्रमम्
caturyuge tathaikasmin bhavatīha yathāśrutam| tathā cānyeṣu bhavati punastadvai yathākramam
As it happens here in one set of four ages, according to what has been heard, so it happens in the others too, again and again in due order.
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VaP 1 58.117
सर्गे सर्गे यथा भेदा उत्पद्यन्ते तथैव तु । पञ्चविंशत्परिमिता न न्यूना नाधिकास्तथा
sarge sarge yathā bhedā utpadyante tathaiva tu | pañcaviṃśatparimitā na nyūnā nādhikāstathā
In creation after creation, as the divisions arise, just so they are numbered twenty-five, neither fewer nor more.
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VaP 1 58.118
तथा कल्पयुगैः सार्द्धं भवन्ति समलक्षणाः। मन्वन्तराणां सर्वेषामेतदेव तु लक्षणम्
tathā kalpayugaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhavanti samalakṣaṇāḥ| manvantarāṇāṃ sarveṣāmetadeva tu lakṣaṇam
Thus, along with the ages of the kalpa, they come to have the same characteristics; and this same is the mark of all the manvantaras.
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VaP 1 58.119
तथा युगानां परिवर्त्तनानि चिरप्रवृत्तानि युगस्वभवात् । तथा न सन्तिष्ठति जीवलोकः क्षयोदयाभ्यां परिवर्त्तमानः
tathā yugānāṃ parivarttanāni cirapravṛttāni yugasvabhavāt | tathā na santiṣṭhati jīvalokaḥ kṣayodayābhyāṃ parivarttamānaḥ
So too the revolutions of the ages have long been in motion by the very nature of the ages; and so the world of living beings does not stand still, revolving through decline and rise.
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VaP 1 58.120
इत्येतल्लक्षणं प्रोक्तं युगानां वै समासतः। अतीतानागतानां वै सर्वाण्येवान्तराणि
ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ yugānāṃ vai samāsataḥ| atītānāgatānāṃ vai sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi
Thus this mark of the ages has been declared in brief; (thus) indeed are all the intervals of the past and of the future.
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VaP 1 58.121
अनागतेषु तद्वच्च तर्क्कः कार्यो विजानता। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु अतीतानागतेष्विह
anāgateṣu tadvacca tarkkaḥ kāryo vijānatā| manvantareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣviha
And likewise, regarding those to come, the inference is to be made by one who knows — in all the manvantaras here, past and future.
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VaP 1 58.122
मन्वन्तरेण चैकेन सर्वाण्येवान्तराणि वै। व्याख्यातानि विजानीद्वं कल्पे कल्पेन चैव हि
manvantareṇa caikena sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi vai| vyākhyātāni vijānīdvaṃ kalpe kalpena caiva hi
By means of one manvantara know that all the intervals have been explained, and likewise (all kalpas) by one kalpa.
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VaP 1 58.123
अस्याभिमानिनः सर्वे नामरूपैर्भवन्त्युत। देवा ह्यष्टविधा ये च इह मन्वन्तरेश्वराः
asyābhimāninaḥ sarve nāmarūpairbhavantyuta| devā hyaṣṭavidhā ye ca iha manvantareśvarāḥ
All those who identify themselves with this come to be by names and forms: the gods of eight kinds, and those who here are lords of the manvantaras,
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VaP 1 58.124
ऋषयो मनवश्चैव सर्वे तुल्याः प्रयोजनैः। एवं वर्णाश्रमाणान्तु प्रविभागो युगे युगे
ṛṣayo manavaścaiva sarve tulyāḥ prayojanaiḥ| evaṃ varṇāśramāṇāntu pravibhāgo yuge yuge
the seers and the Manus — all are equal in their functions. Thus is the division of classes and stages of life in age after age.
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VaP 1 58.125
युगस्वभावाच्च तथा विधत्ते वै सदा प्रभुः । वर्णाश्रमविभागश्च युगानि युगसिद्धये
yugasvabhāvācca tathā vidhatte vai sadā prabhuḥ | varṇāśramavibhāgaśca yugāni yugasiddhaye
And the Lord always ordains (things) in accordance with the nature of the yuga; and (he ordains) the division of the classes and the stages of life, and the yugas, for the accomplishing of the yuga.
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VaP 1 58.126
अनुषङ्गः समाख्यातः सृष्टिसर्गन्निबोधत। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च स्थितिं वक्ष्ये युगेष्विह
anuṣaṅgaḥ samākhyātaḥ sṛṣṭisargannibodhata| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca sthitiṃ vakṣye yugeṣviha
The connected account has been fully related; now learn of the bringing forth of creation. And in detail and in due order I shall here describe the state (of things) in the yugas.
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