SB 12.3.30 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.30

యదా మాయానృతం తన్ద్రా నిద్రా హింసా విషాదనమ్ । శోకమోహౌ భయం దైన్యం స కలిస్తామస: స్మృత: ॥ ౩౦ ॥

yadā māyānṛtaṁ tandrā

[yadaa maayaanritam tandraa]

nidrā hiṁsā viṣādanam

[nidraa himsaa vishaadanam]

śoka-mohau bhayaṁ dainyaṁ

[shoka-mohau bhayam dainyam]

sa kalis tāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ

[sa kalis taamasah smritah]

Word-for-word

yadā — when māyā — deceit anṛtam — false speech tandrā — sloth nidrā — sleep and intoxication hiṁsā — violence viṣādanam — depression śoka — lamentation mohau — and delusion bhayam — fear dainyam — poverty saḥ — that kaliḥ — the Age of Kali tāmasaḥ — in the mode of ignorance smṛtaḥ — is considered.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

yadā māyānṛtaṁ tandrā

yadā

when

māyā

deceit

anṛtam

false speech

tandrā

sloth

nidrā hiṁsā viṣādanam

nidrā

sleep and intoxication

hiṁsā

violence

viṣādanam

depression

śoka-mohau bhayaṁ dainyaṁ

śoka

lamentation

mohau

and delusion

bhayam

fear

dainyam

poverty

sa kalis tāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ

saḥ

that

kaliḥ

the Age of Kali

tāmasaḥ

in the mode of ignorance

smṛtaḥ

is considered.

When there is a predominance of cheating, lying, sloth, sleepiness, violence, depression, lamentation, bewilderment, fear and poverty, that age is Kali, the age of the mode of ignorance.

Purport

In Kali-yuga, people are almost exclusively devoted to gross materialism, with hardly any affinity for self-realization.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

When people favor only acts of adharma, then it is known as Kali, with a predominance of ignorance. At that time there are cheating, lying, laziness, sleepiness, violence, depression, lamentation, bewilderment, fear and poverty. When people are fond of only adharma, then Kali with prominence of tamas appears, and deceit, lying, etc. appear. Viṣādanam means depression.

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