SB 12.3.24 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.24

कलौ तु धर्मपादानां तुर्यांशोऽधर्महेतुभि: । एधमानै: क्षीयमाणो ह्यन्ते सोऽपि विनङ्‌क्ष्यति ॥ २४ ॥

kalau tu dharma-pādānāṁ

[kalau tu dharma-paadaanaam]

turyāṁśo ’dharma-hetubhiḥ

[turyaamsho ’dharma-hetubhih]

edhamānaiḥ kṣīyamāṇo

[edhamaanaih ksheeyamaano]

hy ante so ’pi vinaṅkṣyati

[hy ante so ’pi vinankshyati]

Word-for-word

kalau — in the Age of Kali tu — and dharma-pādānām — of the legs of religion turya-aṁśaḥ — one fourth adharma — of irreligion hetubhiḥ — by the principles edhamānaiḥ — which are increasing kṣīyamāṇaḥ — decreasing hi — indeed ante — in the end saḥ — that one quarter api — also vinaṅkṣyati — will be destroyed.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

kalau tu dharma-pādānāṁ

kalau

in the Age of Kali

and

dharma-pādānām

of the legs of religion

turyāṁśo ’dharma-hetubhiḥ

turya-aṁśaḥ

one fourth

adharma

of irreligion

hetubhiḥ

by the principles

edhamānaiḥ kṣīyamāṇo

edhamānaiḥ

which are increasing

kṣīyamāṇaḥ

decreasing

indeed

hy ante so ’pi vinaṅkṣyati

ante

in the end

saḥ

that one quarter

api

also

vinaṅkṣyati

will be destroyed.

In the Age of Kali only one fourth of the religious principles remains. That last remnant will continuously be decreased by the ever-increasing principles of irreligion and will finally be destroyed.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

In the age of Kali, only one fourth of the four legs of religious principles remains. That last remnant will continuously be decreased by the ever-increasing principles of irreligion and will finally be destroyed. One quarter of the legs which cause dharma remain, and these are destroyed by violence, lying, dissatisfaction and quarrel.

Personal Guidance

In Kali only one-quarter of dharma remains, and even that is being eroded. The verse is not despair — it is honesty. The reader, knowing how little is left, holds the remaining quarter even more carefully, the way one shelters a flame in wind.

Reflection Questions

What 'one quarter' of dharma am I still actively practicing?
How am I shielding it from the wind of the age?

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