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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.2.9

శాకమూలామిషక్షౌద్రఫలపుష్పాష్టిభోజనా: । అనావృష్టయ‍ా వినఙ్‌క్ష్యన్తి దుర్భిక్షకరపీడితా: ॥ ౯ ॥
śāka-mūlāmiṣa-kṣaudra-
[shaaka-moolaamisha-kshaudra-]
phala-puṣpāṣṭi-bhojanāḥ
[phala-pushpaashti-bhojanaah]
anāvṛṣṭyā vinaṅkṣyanti
[anaavrishtyaa vinankshyanti]
durbhikṣa-kara-pīḍitāḥ
[durbhiksha-kara-peeditaah]
śāka — leaves mūla — roots āmiṣa — meat kṣaudra — wild honey phala — fruits puṣpa — flowers aṣṭi — and seeds bhojanāḥ — eating anāvṛṣṭyā — because of drought vinaṅkṣyanti — they will become ruined durbhikṣa — by famine kara — and taxation pīḍitāḥ — tormented.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śāka-mūlāmiṣa-kṣaudra-
śāka
leaves
mūla
roots
āmiṣa
meat
kṣaudra
wild honey
phala-puṣpāṣṭi-bhojanāḥ
phala
fruits
puṣpa
flowers
aṣṭi
and seeds
bhojanāḥ
eating
anāvṛṣṭyā vinaṅkṣyanti
anāvṛṣṭyā
because of drought
vinaṅkṣyanti
they will become ruined
durbhikṣa-kara-pīḍitāḥ
durbhikṣa
by famine
kara
and taxation
pīḍitāḥ
tormented.
Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Struck by drought, they will become completely ruined.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam authoritatively describes the future of our planet. Just as a leaf disconnected from a plant or tree dries up, withers and disintegrates, when human society is disconnected from the Supreme Lord it withers up and disintegrates in violence and chaos. Despite our computers and rockets, if the Supreme Lord does not send rain we shall all starve.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Struck by drought, they will become completely ruined.
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