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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.4

दुरुक्तौ कलिराधत्त भयं मृत्युं च सत्तम । तयोश्च मिथुनं जज्ञे यातना निरयस्तथा ॥ ४ ॥
duruktau kalir ādhatta
[duruktau kalir aadhatta]
bhayaṁ mṛtyuṁ ca sattama
[bhayam mrityum cha sattama]
tayoś ca mithunaṁ jajñe
[tayosh cha mithunam jajne]
yātanā nirayas tathā
[yaatanaa nirayas tathaa]
Word-for-word
duruktau — in Durukti kaliḥ — Kali ādhatta — produced bhayam — Fearfulness mṛtyum — Death ca — and sat-tama — O greatest of all good men tayoḥ — of those two ca — and mithunam — by combination jajñe — were produced yātanā — Excessive Pain nirayaḥ — Hell tathā — as well.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
duruktau kalir ādhatta
duruktau
in Durukti
kaliḥ
Kali
ādhatta
produced
bhayaṁ mṛtyuṁ ca sattama
bhayam
Fearfulness
mṛtyum
Death
ca
and
sat-tama
O greatest of all good men
tayoḥ
of those two
tayoś ca mithunaṁ jajñe
ca
and
mithunam
by combination
jajñe
were produced
yātanā nirayas tathā
yātanā
Excessive Pain
nirayaḥ
Hell
tathā
as well.
O greatest of all good men, by the combination of Kali and Harsh Speech were born children named Mṛtyu (Death) and Bhīti (Fear). From the combination of Mṛtyu and Bhīti came children named Yātanā (Excessive Pain) and Niraya (Hell).
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O greatest of good men! Quarrel produced in Profanity the children named Fear and Death. From the combination of Death and Fear came children named Pain and Hell. One may ask about the favorable and unfavorable elements for bhakti, the ultimate method described in the scriptures. The elements ending with Hell, the family members of Adharma, have been described as the elements to be avoided.
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Personal Guidance
Kali and Harsh Speech beget Death and Fear, whose offspring are Pain and Hell. Casual harsh words don't just sting in the moment — they spawn a whole hellish lineage downstream.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose pain in my orbit may be a downstream grandchild of words I once let fly?
  • Where could careful speech today disinherit a future generation of suffering?
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