Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.37
पितृभ्रातृसुहृज्ज्ञातीन् हित्वा सौरतसौहृदा: ।
ननान्दृश्यालसंवादा दीना: स्त्रैणा: कलौ नरा: ॥ ३७ ॥
pitṛ-bhrātṛ-suhṛj-jñātīn
[pitri-bhraatri-suhrij-jnaateen]
hitvā saurata-sauhṛdāḥ
[hitvaa saurata-sauhridaah]
nanāndṛ-śyāla-saṁvādā
[nanaandri-shyaala-samvaadaa]
dīnāḥ straiṇāḥ kalau narāḥ
[deenaah strainaah kalau naraah]
Word-for-word
pitṛ
—
their fathers
bhrātṛ
—
brothers
suhṛt
—
well-wishing friends
jñātīn
—
and immediate relatives
hitvā
—
giving up
saurata
—
based on sexual relationships
sauhṛdāḥ
—
their conception of friendship
nanāndṛ
—
with their wives’ sisters
śyāla
—
and wives’ brothers
saṁvādāḥ
—
associating regularly
dīnāḥ
—
wretched
straiṇāḥ
—
effeminate
kalau
—
in Kali-yuga
narāḥ
—
the men.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pitṛ-bhrātṛ-suhṛj-jñātīn
pitṛ
their fathers
bhrātṛ
brothers
suhṛt
well-wishing friends
jñātīn
and immediate relatives
hitvā saurata-sauhṛdāḥ
hitvā
giving up
saurata
based on sexual relationships
sauhṛdāḥ
their conception of friendship
nanāndṛ-śyāla-saṁvādā
nanāndṛ
with their wives’ sisters
śyāla
and wives’ brothers
saṁvādāḥ
associating regularly
dīnāḥ straiṇāḥ kalau narāḥ
dīnāḥ
wretched
straiṇāḥ
effeminate
kalau
in Kali-yuga
narāḥ
the men.
In Kali-yuga men will be wretched and controlled by women. They will reject their fathers, brothers, other relatives and friends and will instead associate with the sisters and brothers of their wives. Thus their conception of friendship will be based exclusively on sexual ties.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
In Kali-yuga, men will be wretched and controlled by women, with relationships based of sex life. They will reject their fathers, brothers, other relatives and friends and will instead associate with the sisters and brothers of their wives.
Nanāndṛ means “sister of one’s wife.”
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Personal Guidance
Men become wretched and dominated by sex-driven relationships; friendship is reduced to in-laws. Family stops meaning lineage and starts meaning bedroom. The reader chooses a richer definition of love and relation that includes elders, ancestors, and dharma.
Reflection Questions
- Have my closest bonds collapsed toward only the sexual?
- How might I deepen non-sexual bonds — with parents, mentors, siblings, sangha?
My note
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