prayenalpayusah sabhya
kalav asmin yuge janah
mandah sumanda-matayo
manda-bhagya hy upadrutah
prayena—almost always; alpa—meager; ayusah—duration of life; sabhya—member of a learned society; kalau—in this age of Kali (quarrel); asmin—herein; yuge—age; janah—the public; mandah—lazy; sumanda-matayah—misguided; manda-bhagyah—unlucky; hi—and above all; upadrutah—disturbed.
O learned one, in this iron age of Kali men have but short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and, above all, always disturbed.
Saunaka Rsi
SB 12.2.1
sri-suka uvaca
tatas canu-dinam dharmah
satyam saucam kshama daya
kalena balina rajan
nankshyaty ayur balam smritih
sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; tatah -- then; ca -- and; anudinam -- day after day; dharmah -- religion; satyam -- truth; saucam -- cleanliness; kshama -- tolerance; daya -- mercy; kalena -- by the force of time; balina -- strong; rajan -- O King Parikshit; nankshyati -- will become ruined; ayuh -- duration of life; balam -- strength; smritih -- memory.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Then, O King, religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of Kali.
SB 12.3.51
kaler dosa-nidhe rajann
asti hy eko mahan gunah
kirtanad eva krsnasya
mukta-sangah param vrajet
kaleh—of the age of Kali; dosa-nidheh—in the ocean of faults; rajan—O King; asti—there is; hi—certainly; ekah—one; mahan—very great; gunah—good quality; kirtanat—by chanting; eva—certainly; krsnasya—of the holy name of Krsna; mukta-sangah—liberated from material bondage; param—to the transcendental spiritual kingdom; vrajet—one can go.
My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.
Sukadeva Gosvami
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