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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.19

ధర్మ ఉవాచ కచ్చిద్భద్రేఽనామయమాత్మనస్తే విచ్ఛాయాసి మ్‍లాయతేషన్ముఖేన । ఆలక్షయే భవతీమన్తరాధిం దూరే బన్ధుం శోచసి కఞ్చనామ్బ ॥ ౧౯ ॥
dharma uvāca
[dharma uvaacha]
kaccid bhadre ’nāmayam ātmanas te
[kachchid bhadre ’naamayam aatmanas te]
vicchāyāsi mlāyateṣan mukhena
[vichchaayaasi mlaayateshan mukhena]
ālakṣaye bhavatīm antarādhiṁ
[aalakshaye bhavateem antaraadhim]
dūre bandhuṁ śocasi kaṣcanāmba
[doore bandhum shochasi kashchanaamba]
dharmaḥ uvāca — Dharma inquired kaccit — whether bhadre — madam anāmayam — quite hale and hearty ātmanaḥ — self te — unto you vicchāyā asi — appear to be covered with the shadow of grief mlāyatā — which darkens īṣat — slightly mukhena — by the face ālakṣaye — you look bhavatīm — unto yourself antarādhim — some disease within dūre — long distant bandhum — friend śocasi — thinking of kaṣcana — someone amba — O mother.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dharma uvāca
dharmaḥ uvāca
Dharma inquired
kaccid bhadre ’nāmayam ātmanas te
kaccit
whether
bhadre
madam
anāmayam
quite hale and hearty
vicchāyāsi mlāyateṣan mukhena
ātmanaḥ
self
te
unto you
vicchāyā asi
appear to be covered with the shadow of grief
mlāyatā
which darkens
īṣat
slightly
mukhena
by the face
ālakṣaye bhavatīm antarādhiṁ
ālakṣaye
you look
bhavatīm
unto yourself
antarādhim
some disease within
dūre bandhuṁ śocasi kaṣcanāmba
dūre
long distant
bandhum
friend
śocasi
thinking of
kaṣcana
someone
amba
O mother.
Dharma [in the form of a bull] asked: Madam, are you not hale and hearty? Why are you covered with the shadow of grief? It appears by your face that you have become black. Are you suffering from some internal disease, or are you thinking of some relative who is away in a distant place?

The people of the world in this Age of Kali are always full of anxieties. Everyone is diseased with some kind of ailment. From the very faces of the people of this age, one can find out the index of the mind. Everyone feels the absence of his relative who is away from home. The particular symptom of the Age of Kali is that no family is now blessed to live together. To earn a livelihood, the father lives at a place far away from the son, or the wife lives far away from the husband and so on. There are sufferings from internal diseases, separation from those near and dear, and anxieties for maintaining the status quo. These are but some important factors which make the people of this age always unhappy.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Dharma, moving about on one leg, seeing a cow with no effulgence, with tears in her eyes as if she had lost her calf, inquired from her.
Commentary

The moment that Kali-yuga had started dharma, the earth and Kali appeared in this situation. Though this was not seen by the people, Parīkṣit, who meditated with a desire to see this, saw it with his mystic eyes. Dharma in the form of a bull asked questions to the cow who had lost her effulgence (vicchāyām).

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