Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 3: The Bhūmi-gītā |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.3.24
kalau tu dharma-pādānāḿ
turyāḿśo 'dharma-hetubhiḥ
edhamānaiḥ kṣīyamāṇo
hy ante so 'pi vinańkṣyati
SYNONYMS
kalau — in the age of Kali; tu — and; dharma-pādānām — of the legs of religion; turya-aḿśaḥ — one fourth; adharma — of irreligion; hetubhiḥ — by the principles; edhamānaiḥ — which are increasing; kṣīyamāṇaḥ — decreasing; hi — indeed; ante — in the end; saḥ — that one quarter; api — also; vinańkṣyati — will be destroyed.
TRANSLATION
In the age of Kali only one fourth of the religious principles remains. That last remnant will continuously be decreased by the ever-increasing principles of irreligion and will finally be destroyed.
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