Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.7
पर्जन्य: शतवर्षाणि भूमौ राजन् न वर्षति ।
तदा निरन्ने ह्यन्योन्यं भक्ष्यमाणा: क्षुधार्दिता: ।
क्षयं यास्यन्ति शनकै: कालेनोपद्रुता: प्रजा: ॥ ७ ॥
parjanyaḥ śata-varṣāṇi
[parjanyah shata-varshaani]
bhūmau rājan na varṣati
[bhoomau raajan na varshati]
tadā niranne hy anyonyaṁ
[tadaa niranne hy anyonyam]
bhakṣyamāṇāḥ kṣudhārditāḥ
[bhakshyamaanaah kshudhaarditaah]
kṣayaṁ yāsyanti śanakaiḥ
[kshayam yaasyanti shanakaih]
kālenopadrutāḥ prajāḥ
[kaalenopadrutaah prajaah]
Word-for-word
parjanyaḥ
—
the clouds
śata-varṣāṇi
—
for one hundred years
bhūmau
—
upon the earth
rājan
—
my dear King
na varṣati
—
will not give rain
tadā
—
then
niranne
—
with the coming of famine
hi
—
indeed
anyonyam
—
one another
bhakṣyamāṇāḥ
—
eating
kṣudhā
—
by hunger
arditāḥ
—
distressed
kṣayam
—
to destruction
yāsyanti
—
they go
śanakaiḥ
—
gradually
kālena
—
by the force of time
upadrutāḥ
—
confounded
prajāḥ
—
the people.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
parjanyaḥ śata-varṣāṇi
parjanyaḥ
the clouds
śata-varṣāṇi
for one hundred years
bhūmau rājan na varṣati
bhūmau
upon the earth
rājan
my dear King
na varṣati
will not give rain
tadā niranne hy anyonyaṁ
tadā
then
niranne
with the coming of famine
hi
indeed
anyonyam
one another
bhakṣyamāṇāḥ kṣudhārditāḥ
bhakṣyamāṇāḥ
eating
kṣudhā
by hunger
arditāḥ
distressed
kṣayaṁ yāsyanti śanakaiḥ
kṣayam
to destruction
yāsyanti
they go
śanakaiḥ
gradually
kālenopadrutāḥ prajāḥ
kālena
by the force of time
upadrutāḥ
confounded
prajāḥ
the people.
As annihilation approaches, O King, there will be no rain upon the earth for one hundred years. Drought will lead to famine, and the starving populace will literally consume one another. The inhabitants of the earth, bewildered by the force of time, will gradually be destroyed.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! There will be no rain upon the earth for one hundred years. Drought will lead to famine and the starving populace will consume one another. The inhabitants of the earth, bewildered by the force of time, will gradually be destroyed.
The way in which that destruction takes place is now described.
Personal Guidance
A hundred years of drought, famine, then people eating each other — Bhagavatam doesn't flinch from depicting collapse. The frankness is purposeful: we should not be naive about the breakdown latent in material arrangements, and should anchor in dharma before crises arrive.
Reflection Questions
- Where am I assuming the systems I depend on will always function?
- What inner reserves — devotion, simplicity, community — am I quietly building?
My note
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