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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.37

పితృభ్రాతృసుహృజ్జ్ఞాతీన్ హిత్వా సౌరతసౌహృదా: । ననాన్‍ద‍ృశ్యాలసంవాదా దీనా: స్త్రైణా: కలౌ నరా: ॥ ౩౭ ॥
pitṛ-bhrātṛ-suhṛj-jṣātīn
[pitri-bhraatri-suhrij-jshaateen]
hitvā saurata-sauhṛdāḥ
[hitvaa saurata-sauhridaah]
nanāndṛ-śyāla-saṁvādā
[nanaandri-shyaala-samvaadaa]
dīnāḥ straiṇāḥ kalau narāḥ
[deenaah strainaah kalau naraah]
pitṛ — their fathers bhrātṛ — brothers suhṛt — well-wishing friends jṣātīn — and immediate relatives hitvā — giving up saurata — based on sexual relationships sauhṛdāḥ — their conception of friendship nanāndṛ — with their wives’ sisters śyāla — and wives’ brothers saṁvādāḥ — associating regularly dīnāḥ — wretched straiṇāḥ — effeminate kalau — in Kali-yuga narāḥ — the men.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pitṛ-bhrātṛ-suhṛj-jṣātīn
pitṛ
their fathers
bhrātṛ
brothers
suhṛt
well-wishing friends
jṣātīn
and immediate relatives
hitvā saurata-sauhṛdāḥ
hitvā
giving up
saurata
based on sexual relationships
sauhṛdāḥ
their conception of friendship
nanāndṛ-śyāla-saṁvādā
nanāndṛ
with their wives’ sisters
śyāla
and wives’ brothers
saṁvādāḥ
associating regularly
dīnāḥ straiṇāḥ kalau narāḥ
dīnāḥ
wretched
straiṇāḥ
effeminate
kalau
in Kali-yuga
narāḥ
the men.
In Kali-yuga men will be wretched and controlled by women. They will reject their fathers, brothers, other relatives and friends and will instead associate with the sisters and brothers of their wives. Thus their conception of friendship will be based exclusively on sexual ties.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In Kali-yuga, men will be wretched and controlled by women, with relationships based of sex life. They will reject their fathers, brothers, other relatives and friends and will instead associate with the sisters and brothers of their wives. Nanāndṛ means “sister of one’s wife.”
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