The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.188: aṣṭāśītyadhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

3.188.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
evamuktāstu te pārthā yamau ca puruṣarṣabhau |
draupadyā kṛṣṇayā sārdhaṃ namaścakrurjanārdanam || 1 ||

Vaisampayana continued, "Thus addressed, the sons of Pritha and those bulls among men--the twins, along with Draupadi, all bowed down unto Janardana. And that tiger among men deserving of every respect thus revered by the sons of Pandu, then consoled them all with words of great sweetness."

"Markandeya continued, 'The Deity then said, 'O Brahmana, the gods even do not know me truly! As however, I have been gratified with thee, I will tell thee how I created the universe! O regenerate Rishi, thou art devoted to thy ancestors and hast also sought my protection! Thou hast also beheld me with thy eyes, and thy ascetic merit also is great! In ancient times I called the waters by the name of Nara; and because the waters have ever been my ayana or home, therefore have I been called Narayana (the water-homed). O best of regenerate ones, I am Narayana, the Source of all things, the Eternal, the Unchangeable. I am the Creator of all things, and the Destroyer also of all. I am Vishnu, I am Brahma and I am Sakra, the chief of the gods. I am king Vaisravana, and I am Yama, the lord of the deceased spirits. I am Siva, I am Soma, and I am Kasyapa the lord of the created things. And, O best of regenerate ones, I am he called Dhatri, and he also that is called Vidhatri, and I am Sacrifice embodied. Fire is my mouth, the earth my feet, and the Sun and the Moon are my eyes; the Heaven is the crown of my head, the firmament and the cardinal points are my ears; the waters are born of my sweat. Space with the cardinal points are my body, and the Air is my mind. I have performed many hundreds of sacrifices with gifts in profusion. I am always present in the sacrifices of the gods; and they that are cognisant of the Vedas and officiate therein, make their offerings to me.

On earth the Kshatriya chiefs that rule over men, in performing their sacrifices from desire of obtaining heaven, and the Vaisyas also in performing theirs from desire of winning those happy regions, all worship me at such times and by those ceremonials. It is I who, assuming the form of Sesha support (on my head) this earth bounded by the four seas and decked by Meru and Mandara. And O regenerate one, it is I who, assuming the form of a boar, had raised in days of yore this earth sunk in water. And, O best of Brahmanas, it is I who, becoming the fire that issues out of the Equine mouth, drink up the waters (of the ocean) and create them again. In consequence of my energy from my mouth, my arms, my thighs, and my feet gradually sprang Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas and Sudras. It is from me that the Rik, the Sama, the Yajus, and the Atharvan Vedas spring, and it is in me that they all enter when the time cometh. Brahmanas devoted to asceticism, they that value Peace as the highest attribute, they that have their souls under complete control, they that are desirous of knowledge, they that are freed from lust and wrath and envy, they that are unwedded to things of the earth, they that have their sins completely washed away, they that are possessed of gentleness and virtue, and are divested of pride, they that have a full knowledge of the Soul, all worship me with profound meditation.

I am the flame known as Samvartaka, I am the Wind called by that name, I am the Sun wearing that appellation, and I am the fire that hath that designation. And, O best of Brahmanas, those things that are seen in the firmament as stars, know them to be the pores of my skin. The ocean--those mines of gems and the four cardinal points, know, O Brahmana, are my robes, my bed, and my home. By me have they been distributed for serving the purposes of the gods. And, O best of men, know also that lust, wrath, joy, fear, and the over-clouding of the intellect, are all different forms of myself. And, O Brahmana, whatever is obtained by men by the practice of truth, charity, ascetic austerities, and peace and harmlessness towards all creatures, and such other handsome deeds, is obtained because of my arrangements. Governed by my ordinance, men wander within my body, their senses overwhelmed by me. They move not according to their will but as they are moved by me. Regenerate Brahmanas that have thoroughly studied the Vedas, that have tranquillity in their souls, they that have subdued their wrath, obtain a high reward by means of their numerous sacrifices. That reward, however, is unattainable by men that are wicked in their deeds, overwhelmed by covetousness, mean and disreputable with souls unblessed and impure.

Therefore, must thou know, O Brahmana that this reward which is obtained by persons having their souls under control and which is unobtainable by the ignorant and the foolish,--this which is attainable by asceticism alone,--is productive of high merit. And, O best of men, at those times when virtue and morality decrease and sin and immorality increase, I create myself in new forms. And, O Muni, when fierce and malicious Daityas and Rakshasas that are incapable of being slain by even the foremost of the gods, are born on earth, I then take my birth in the families of virtuous men, and assuming human body restore tranquillity by exterminating all evils. Moved by my own maya, I create gods and men, and Gandharvas and Rakshasas, and all immobile things and then destroy them all myself (when the time cometh). For the preservation of rectitude and morality I assume a human form, and when the season for action cometh, I again assume forms that are inconceivable. In the Krita age I become white, in the Treta age I become yellow, in the Dwapara I have become red and in the Kali age I become dark in hue, I the Kali age, the proportion of immorality becometh three-fourths, (a fourth only being that of morality). And when the end of the Yuga cometh, assuming the fierce form of Death, alone I destroy all the three worlds with their mobile and immobile existences. With three steps, I cover the whole Universe; I am the Soul of the universe; I am the source of all happiness;

I am the humbler of all pride; I am omnipresent; I am infinite; I am the Lord of the senses; and my prowess is great. O Brahmana, alone do I set a-going the wheel of Time; I am formless; I am the Destroyer of all creatures; and I am the cause of all efforts of all my creatures. O best of Munis, my soul completely pervadeth all my creatures, but, O foremost of all regenerate ones, no one knoweth me. It is me that the pious and the devoted worship in all the worlds. O regenerate one, whatever of pain thou hast felt within my stomach, know, O sinless one, that all that is for thy happiness and good fortune. And whatever of mobile and immobile objects thou hast seen in the world, everything hath been ordained by my Soul which is the Spring of all existence. The grandsire of all creatures is half my body; I am called Narayana, and I am bearer of the conch-shell, the discus and the mace. O regenerate Rishi, for a period measured by a thousand times the length of the Yugas, I who am the Universal Soul sleep overwhelming all creatures in insensibility. And, O best of regenerate Rishis, I stay here thus for all time, in the form of a boy though I am old, until Brahma waketh up. O foremost of Brahmanas, gratified with thee, I who am Brahma have repeatedly granted thee boons, O thou who art worshipped by regenerate Rishis! Beholding one vast expanse of water and seeing that all mobile and immobile creatures have been destroyed, thou wert afflicted with melancholy.

I know this, and it is for this that I showed thee the universe (within my stomach). And while thou wert within my body, beholding the entire universe, thou wert filled with wonder and deprived of thy senses. O regenerate Rishi, it is for this that thou wert speedily brought out by me through my mouth. I have (now) told thee of that Soul which is incapable of being comprehended by the gods and the Asuras. And as long as that great ascetic, the holy Brahma, doth not awake, thou, O regenerate Rishi, canst happily and trustfully dwell here. And when that Grandsire of all creatures awaketh up, I will then, O best of Brahmanas, alone create all creatures endued with bodies, the firmament, the earth, light, the atmosphere, water, and indeed all else of mobile and immobile creatures (that thou mayst have seen) on the earth!'

'Markandeya continued, 'Having said so unto me that wonderful Deity vanished, O son, from my sight! I then beheld this varied and wondrous creation start into life. O king, O thou foremost of the Bharata race, I witnessed all this, so wonderful, O thou foremost of all virtuous men, at the end of the Yuga! And the Deity, of eyes large as lotus leaves, seen by me, in days of yore is this tiger among men, this Janardana who hath become thy relative! It is in consequence of the boon granted to me by this one that memory doth not fail me, that the period of my life, O son of Kunti, is so long and death itself is under my control. This is that ancient and supreme Lord Hari of inconceivable soul who hath taken his birth as Krishna of the Vrishni race, and who endued with mighty arms, seemeth to sport in this world! This one is Dhatri and Vidhatri, the Destroyer of all the Eternal, the bearer of the Sreevatsa mark on his breast, the Lord of the lord of all creatures, the highest of the high, called also Govinda! Beholding this foremost of all gods, this ever-victorious Being, attired in yellow robes, this chief of the Vrishni race, my recollection cometh back to me! This Madhava is the father and mother of all creatures! Ye bulls of the Kuru race, seek ye the refuge of this Protector!'

Vaisampayana continued, "Thus addressed, the sons of Pritha and those bulls among men--the twins, along with Draupadi, all bowed down unto Janardana. And that tiger among men deserving of every respect thus revered by the sons of Pandu, then consoled them all with words of great sweetness."

3.188.2

sa caitānpuruṣavyāghra sāmnā paramavalgunā |
sāntvayāmāsa mānārhānmanyamāno yathāvidhi || 2 ||

3.188.3

yudhiṣṭhirastu kaunteyo mārkaṇḍeyaṃ mahāmunim |
punaḥ papraccha sāmrājye bhaviṣyāṃ jagato gatim || 3 ||

"Vaisampayana said Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, once more asked the great Muni Markandeya about the future course of the government of the Earth.

"Vaisampayana said Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, once more asked the great Muni Markandeya about the future course of the government of the Earth.

"And Yudhishthira said, 'O thou foremost of all speakers, O Muni of Bhrigu's race, that which we have heard from thee about the destruction and re-birth of all things at the end of the Yuga, is, indeed, full of wonder! I am filled with curiosity, however, in respect of what may happen in the Kali age. When morality and virtue will be at an end, what will remain there! What will be the prowess of men in that age, what their food, and what their amusements? What will be the period of life at the end of the Yuga? What also is the limit, having attained which the Krita age will begin anew? Tell me all in detail, O Muni, for all that thou narratest is varied and delightful.'

"Thus addressed, that foremost of Munis began his discourse again, delighting that tiger of the Vrishni race and the sons of Pandu as well. And Markandeya said, 'Listen, O monarch, to all that hath been seen and heard by me, and to all, O king of kings, that hath been known to me by intuition from the grace of the God of gods! O bull of the Bharata race, listen to me as I narrate the future history of the world during the sinful age. O bull of the Bharata race, in the Krita age, everything was free from deceit and guile and avarice and covetousness; and morality like a bull was among men, with all the four legs complete. In the Treta age sin took away one of these legs and morality had three legs. In the Dwapara, sin and morality are mixed half and half; and accordingly morality is said to have two legs only. In the dark age (of Kali), O thou best of the Bharata race, morality mixed with three parts of sin liveth by the side of men. Accordingly morality then is said to wait on men, with only a fourth part of itself remaining. Know, O Yudhishthira, that the period of life, the energy, intellect and the physical strength of men decrease in every Yuga! O Pandava, the Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas and Sudras, (in the Kali age) will practise morality and virtue deceitfully and men in general will deceive their fellows by spreading the net of virtue. And men with false reputation of learning will, by their acts, cause Truth to be contracted and concealed.

And in consequence of the shortness of their lives they will not be able to acquire much knowledge. And in consequence of the littleness of their knowledge, they will have no wisdom. And for this, covetousness and avarice will overwhelm them all. And wedded to avarice and wrath and ignorance and lust men will entertain animosities towards one another, desiring to take one another's lives. And Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas with their virtue contracted and divested of asceticism and truth will all be reduced to an equality with the Sudras. And the lowest orders of men will rise to the position of the intermediate ones, and those in intermediate stations will, without doubt, descend to the level of the lowest ones. Even such, O Yudhishthira, will become the state of the world at the end of the Yuga. Of robes those will be regarded the best that are made of flax and of grain the Paspalum frumentacea will be regarded the best. Towards this period men will regard their wives as their (only) friends. And men will live on fish and milk, goats and sheep, for cows will be extinct. And towards that period, even they that are always observant of vows, will become covetous. And opposed to one another, men will, at such a time, seek one another's lives; and divested of Yuga, people will become atheists and thieves. And they will even dig the banks of streams with their spades and sow grains thereon. And even those places will prove barren for them at such a time.

And those men who are devoted to ceremonial rites in honour of the deceased and of the gods, will be avaricious and will also appropriate and enjoy what belongs to others. The father will enjoy what belongs to the son; and the son, what belongs to the father. And those things will also be enjoyed by men in such times, the enjoyment of which hath been forbidden in the scriptures. And the Brahmanas, speaking disrespectfully of the Vedas, will not practise vows, and their understanding clouded by the science of disputation, they will no longer perform sacrifices and the Homa. And deceived by the false science of reasons, they will direct their hearts towards everything mean and low. And men will till low lands for cultivation and employ cows and calves that are one year old, in drawing the plough and carrying burthens. And sons having slain their sires, and sires having slain their sons will incur no opprobrium. And they will frequently save themselves from anxiety by such deeds, and even glory in them. And the whole world will be filled with mleccha behaviour and notions and ceremonies, and sacrifices will cease and joy will be nowhere and general rejoicing will disappear. And men will rob the possession of helpless persons of those that are friendless and of wisdoms also. And, possessed of small energy and strength, without knowledge and given to avarice and folly and sinful practices men will accept with joy the gifts made by wicked people with words of contempt.

And, O son of Kunti, the kings of the earth, with hearts wedded to sin without knowledge and always boastful of their wisdom, will challenge one another from desire of taking one another's life. And the Kshatriyas also towards the end of such a period will become the thorns of the earth. And filled with avarice and swelling with pride and vanity and, unable and unwilling to protect (their subjects), they will take pleasure in inflicting punishments only. And attacking and repeating their attacks upon the good and the honest, and feeling no pity for the latter, even when they will cry in grief, the Kshatriyas will, O Bharata, rob these of their wives and wealth. And no one will ask for a girl (for purposes of marriage) and no one will give away a girl (for such purposes), but the girls will themselves choose their lords, when the end of the Yuga comes. And the kings of the earth with souls steeped in ignorance, and discontented with what they have, will at such a time, rob their subjects by every means in their power. And without doubt the whole world will be mlecchified. And when the end of the Yuga comes, the right hand will deceive the left; and the left, the right. And men with false reputation of learning will contract Truth and the old will betray the senselessness of the young, and the young will betray the dotage of the old. And cowards will have the reputation of bravery and the brave will be cheerless like cowards.

And towards the end of the Yuga men will cease to trust one another. And full of avarice and folly the whole world will have but one kind of food. And sin will increase and prosper, while virtue will fade and cease to flourish. And Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas will disappear, leaving, O king, no remnants of their orders. And all men towards the end of the Yuga will become members of one common order, without distinction of any kind. And sires will not forgive sons, and sons will not forgive sires. And when the end approaches, wives will not wait upon and serve their husbands. And at such a time men will seek those countries where wheat and barley form the staple food. And, O monarch, both men and women will become perfectly free in their behaviour and will not tolerate one another's acts. And, O Yudhishthira, the whole world will be mlecchified. And men will cease to gratify the gods by offerings of Sraddhas. And no one will listen to the words of others and no one will be regarded as a preceptor by another. And, O ruler of men, intellectual darkness will envelop the whole earth, and the life of man will then be measured by sixteen years, on attaining to which age death will ensue. And girls of five or six years of age will bring forth children and boys of seven or eight years of age will become fathers. And, O tiger among kings, when the end of the Yuga will come, the wife will never be content with her husband, nor the husband with his wife.

And the possessions of men will never be much, and people will falsely bear the marks of religion, and jealousy and malice will fill the world. And no one will, at that time, be a giver (of wealth or anything else) in respect to any one else. And the inhabited regions of the earth will be afflicted with dearth and famine, and the highways will be filled with lustful men and women of evil repute. And, at such a time, the women will also entertain an aversion towards their husbands. And without doubt all men will adopt the behaviour of the mlecchas, become omnivorous without distinction, and cruel in all their acts, when the end of the Yuga will come. And, O thou foremost of the Bharatas, urged by avarice, men will, at that time, deceive one another when they sell and purchase. And without a knowledge of the ordinance, men will perform ceremonies and rites, and, indeed, behave as listeth them, when the end of the Yuga comes. And when the end of the Yuga comes, urged by their very dispositions, men will act cruelly, and speak ill of one another. And people will, without compunction, destroy trees and gardens. And men will be filled with anxiety as regards the means of living. And, O king, overwhelmed with covetousness, men will kill Brahmanas and appropriate and enjoy the possessions of their victims. And the regenerate ones, oppressed by Sudras, and afflicted with fear, and crying Oh and Alas, will wander over the earth without anybody to protect them.

And when men will begin to slay one another, and become wicked and fierce and without any respect for animal life, then will the Yuga come to an end. And, O king, even the foremost of the regenerate ones, afflicted by robbers, will, like crows, fly in terror and with speed, and seek refuge, O perpetuator of the Kuru race, in rivers and mountains and inaccessible regions. And always oppressed by bad rulers with burthens of taxes, the foremost of the regenerate classes, O lord of the earth, will, in those terrible times, take leave of all patience and do improper acts by becoming even the servants of the Sudras. And Sudras will expound the scriptures, and Brahmanas will wait upon and listen to them, and settle their course of duty accepting such interpretations as their guides. And the low will become the high, and the course of things will look contrary. And renouncing the gods, men will worship bones and other relics deposited within walls. And, at the end of the Yuga, the Sudras will cease to wait upon and serve the Brahmanas. And in the asylums of great Rishis, and the teaching institutions of Brahmanas, and in places sacred to the gods and sacrificial compounds, and in sacred tanks, the earth will be disfigured with tombs and pillars containing bony relics and not graced with temples dedicated to the gods. All this will take place at the end of the Yuga, and know that these are the signs of the end of the Yuga.

And when men become fierce and destitute of virtue and carnivorous and addicted to intoxicating drinks, then doth the Yuga come to an end. And, O monarch, when flowers will be begot within flowers, and fruits within fruits, then will the Yuga come to an end. And the clouds will pour rain unseasonably when the end of the Yuga approaches. And, at that time, ceremonial rites of men will not follow one another in due order, and the Sudras will quarrel with the Brahmanas. And the earth will soon be full of mlecchas, and the Brahmanas will fly in all directions for fear of the burthen of taxes. And all distinctions between men will cease as regards conduct and behaviour, and afflicted with honorary tasks and offices, people will fly to woody retreats, subsisting on fruits and roots. And the world will be so afflicted, that rectitude of conduct will cease to be exhibited anywhere. And disciples will set at naught the instructions of preceptors, and seek even to injure them. And preceptors impoverished will be disregarded by men. And friends and relatives and kinsmen will perform friendly offices for the sake of the wealth only that is possessed by a person. And when the end of the Yuga comes, everybody will be in want. And all the points of the horizon will be ablaze, and the stars and stellar groups will be destitute of brilliancy, and the planets and planetary conjunctions will be inauspicious.

And the course of the winds will be confused and agitated, and innumerable meteors will flash through the sky, foreboding evil. And the Sun will appear with six others of the same kind. And all around there will be din and uproar, and everywhere there will be conflagrations. And the Sun, from the hour of his rising to that of setting, will be enveloped by Rahu. And the deity of a thousand eyes will shower rain unseasonably. And when the end of the Yuga comes, crops will not grow in abundance. And the women will always be sharp in speech and pitiless and fond of weeping. And they will never abide by the commands of their husbands. And when the end of the Yuga comes, sons will slay fathers and mothers. And women, living uncontrolled, will slay their husbands and sons. And, O king, when the end of the Yuga comes, Rahu will swallow the Sun unseasonably. And fires will blaze up on all sides. And travellers unable to obtain food and drink and shelter even when they ask for these, will lie down on the wayside refraining from urging their solicitations. And when the end of the Yuga comes, crows and snakes and vultures and kites and other animals and birds will utter frightful and dissonant cries. And when the end of the Yuga comes, men will cast away and neglect their friends and relatives and attendants. And, O monarch, when the end of the Yuga comes, men abandoning the countries and directions and towns and cities of their occupation, will seek for new ones, one after another.

And people will wander over the earth, uttering, 'O father, O son', and such other frightful and rending cries.

The word in the text is Kora-dushakas, supposed by Wilson to be the Paspalum frumentacea (vide Dict.).

The word in the text is mlecchibhutam. The Sanskrit grammar affords a great facility for the formation of verbs from substantives. Mlecchify may be hybrid, but it correctly and shortly signifies the Sanskrit word.

"And when those terrible times will be over, the creation will begin anew. And men will again be created and distributed into the four orders beginning with Brahmanas. And about that time, in order that men may increase, Providence, according to its pleasure, will once more become propitious. And then when the Sun, the Moon, and Vrihaspati will, with the constellation Pushya, enter the same sign, the Krita age will begin again. And the clouds will commence to shower seasonably, and the stars and stellar conjunctions will become auspicious. And the planets, duly revolving in their orbits, will become exceedingly propitious. And all around, there will be prosperity and abundance and health and peace. And commissioned by Time, a Brahmana of the name of Kalki will take his birth. And he will glorify Vishnu and possess great energy, great intelligence, and great prowess. And he will take his birth in a town of the name of Sambhala in an auspicious Brahmana family. And vehicles and weapons, and warriors and arms, and coats of mail will be at his disposal as soon as he will think of them. And he will be the king of kings, and ever victorious with the strength of virtue. And he will restore order and peace in this world crowded with creatures and contradictory in its course. And that blazing Brahmana of mighty intellect, having appeared, will destroy all things. And he will be the Destroyer of all, and will inaugurate a new Yuga. And surrounded by the Brahmanas, that Brahmana will exterminate all the mlecchas wherever those low and despicable persons may take refuge."

Pushya is the eighth lunar asterism consisting of three stars, of which one is, the Cancer. (Vide Wilson's Diet.).

3.188.4

āścaryabhūtaṃ bhavataḥ śrutaṃ no vadatāṃ vara |
mune bhārgava yadvṛttaṃ yugādau prabhavāpyayau || 4 ||

"And Yudhishthira said, 'O thou foremost of all speakers, O Muni of Bhrigu's race, that which we have heard from thee about the destruction and re-birth of all things at the end of the Yuga, is, indeed, full of wonder! I am filled with curiosity, however, in respect of what may happen in the Kali age. When morality and virtue will be at an end, what will remain there! What will be the prowess of men in that age, what their food, and what their amusements? What will be the period of life at the end of the Yuga? What also is the limit, having attained which the Krita age will begin anew? Tell me all in detail, O Muni, for all that thou narratest is varied and delightful.'

3.188.5

asminkaliyuge'pyasti punaḥ kautūhalaṃ mama |
samākuleṣu dharmeṣu kiṃ nu śeṣaṃ bhaviṣyati || 5 ||

3.188.6

kiṃvīryā mānavāstatra kimāhāravihāriṇaḥ |
kimāyuṣaḥ kiṃvasanā bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye || 6 ||

3.188.7

kāṃ ca kāṣṭhāṃ samāsādya punaḥ saṃpatsyate kṛtam |
vistareṇa mune brūhi vicitrāṇīha bhāṣase || 7 ||

3.188.8

ityuktaḥ sa muniśreṣṭhaḥ punarevābhyabhāṣata |
ramayanvṛṣṇiśārdūlaṃ pāṇḍavāṃśca mahāmuniḥ || 8 ||

"Thus addressed, that foremost of Munis began his discourse again, delighting that tiger of the Vrishni race and the sons of Pandu as well. And Markandeya said, 'Listen, O monarch, to all that hath been seen and heard by me, and to all, O king of kings, that hath been known to me by intuition from the grace of the God of gods! O bull of the Bharata race, listen to me as I narrate the future history of the world during the sinful age. O bull of the Bharata race, in the Krita age, everything was free from deceit and guile and avarice and covetousness; and morality like a bull was among men, with all the four legs complete. In the Treta age sin took away one of these legs and morality had three legs. In the Dwapara, sin and morality are mixed half and half; and accordingly morality is said to have two legs only. In the dark age (of Kali), O thou best of the Bharata race, morality mixed with three parts of sin liveth by the side of men. Accordingly morality then is said to wait on men, with only a fourth part of itself remaining. Know, O Yudhishthira, that the period of life, the energy, intellect and the physical strength of men decrease in every Yuga! O Pandava, the Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas and Sudras, (in the Kali age) will practise morality and virtue deceitfully and men in general will deceive their fellows by spreading the net of virtue. And men with false reputation of learning will, by their acts, cause Truth to be contracted and concealed.

3.188.9

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
bhaviṣyaṃ sarvalokasya vṛttāntaṃ bharatarṣabha |
kaluṣaṃ kālamāsādya kathyamānaṃ nibodha me || 9 ||

3.188.10

kṛte catuṣpātsakalo nirvyājopādhivarjitaḥ |
vṛṣaḥ pratiṣṭhito dharmo manuṣyeṣvabhavatpurā || 10 ||

3.188.11

adharmapādaviddhastu tribhiraṃśaiḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ |
tretāyāṃ dvāpare'rdhena vyāmiśro dharma ucyate || 11 ||

3.188.12

tribhiraṃśairadharmastu lokānākramya tiṣṭhati |
caturthāṃśena dharmastu manuṣyānupatiṣṭhati || 12 ||

3.188.13

āyurvīryamatho buddhirbalaṃ tejaśca pāṇḍava |
manuṣyāṇāmanuyugaṃ hrasatīti nibodha me || 13 ||

3.188.14

rājāno brāhmaṇā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāścaiva yudhiṣṭhira |
vyājairdharmaṃ cariṣyanti dharmavaitaṃsikā narāḥ || 14 ||

3.188.15

satyaṃ saṃkṣepsyate loke naraiḥ paṇḍitamānibhiḥ |
satyahānyā tatasteṣāmāyuralpaṃ bhaviṣyati || 15 ||

3.188.16

āyuṣaḥ prakṣayādvidyāṃ na śakṣyantyupaśikṣitum |
vidyāhīnānavijñānāllobho'pyabhibhaviṣyati || 16 ||

And in consequence of the shortness of their lives they will not be able to acquire much knowledge. And in consequence of the littleness of their knowledge, they will have no wisdom. And for this, covetousness and avarice will overwhelm them all. And wedded to avarice and wrath and ignorance and lust men will entertain animosities towards one another, desiring to take one another's lives. And Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas with their virtue contracted and divested of asceticism and truth will all be reduced to an equality with the Sudras. And the lowest orders of men will rise to the position of the intermediate ones, and those in intermediate stations will, without doubt, descend to the level of the lowest ones. Even such, O Yudhishthira, will become the state of the world at the end of the Yuga. Of robes those will be regarded the best that are made of flax and of grain the Paspalum frumentacea will be regarded the best. Towards this period men will regard their wives as their (only) friends. And men will live on fish and milk, goats and sheep, for cows will be extinct. And towards that period, even they that are always observant of vows, will become covetous. And opposed to one another, men will, at such a time, seek one another's lives; and divested of Yuga, people will become atheists and thieves. And they will even dig the banks of streams with their spades and sow grains thereon. And even those places will prove barren for them at such a time.

3.188.17

lobhakrodhaparā mūḍhāḥ kāmasaktāśca mānavāḥ |
vairabaddhā bhaviṣyanti parasparavadhepsavaḥ || 17 ||

3.188.18

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ saṃkīryantaḥ parasparam |
śūdratulyā bhaviṣyanti tapaḥsatyavivarjitāḥ || 18 ||

3.188.19

antyā madhyā bhaviṣyanti madhyāścāntāvasāyinaḥ |
īdṛśo bhavitā loko yugānte paryupasthite || 19 ||

3.188.20

vastrāṇāṃ pravarā śāṇī dhānyānāṃ koradūṣakāḥ |
bhāryāmitrāśca puruṣā bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye || 20 ||

3.188.21

matsyāmiṣeṇa jīvanto duhantaścāpyajaiḍakam |
goṣu naṣṭāsu puruṣā bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye || 21 ||

3.188.22

anyonyaṃ parimuṣṇanto hiṃsayantaśca mānavāḥ |
ajapā nāstikāḥ stenā bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye || 22 ||

3.188.23

sarittīreṣu kuddālairvāpayiṣyanti cauṣadhīḥ |
tāścāpyalpaphalāsteṣāṃ bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye || 23 ||

3.188.24

śrāddhe daive ca puruṣā ye ca nityaṃ dhṛtavratāḥ |
te'pi lobhasamāyuktā bhokṣyantīha parasparam || 24 ||

And those men who are devoted to ceremonial rites in honour of the deceased and of the gods, will be avaricious and will also appropriate and enjoy what belongs to others. The father will enjoy what belongs to the son; and the son, what belongs to the father. And those things will also be enjoyed by men in such times, the enjoyment of which hath been forbidden in the scriptures. And the Brahmanas, speaking disrespectfully of the Vedas, will not practise vows, and their understanding clouded by the science of disputation, they will no longer perform sacrifices and the Homa. And deceived by the false science of reasons, they will direct their hearts towards everything mean and low. And men will till low lands for cultivation and employ cows and calves that are one year old, in drawing the plough and carrying burthens. And sons having slain their sires, and sires having slain their sons will incur no opprobrium. And they will frequently save themselves from anxiety by such deeds, and even glory in them. And the whole world will be filled with mleccha behaviour and notions and ceremonies, and sacrifices will cease and joy will be nowhere and general rejoicing will disappear. And men will rob the possession of helpless persons of those that are friendless and of wisdoms also. And, possessed of small energy and strength, without knowledge and given to avarice and folly and sinful practices men will accept with joy the gifts made by wicked people with words of contempt.

3.188.25

pitā putrasya bhoktā ca pituḥ putrastathaiva ca |
atikrāntāni bhojyāni bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye || 25 ||

3.188.26

na vratāni cariṣyanti brāhmaṇā vedanindakāḥ |
na yakṣyanti na hoṣyanti hetuvādavilobhitāḥ || 26 ||

3.188.27

nimne kṛṣiṃ kariṣyanti yokṣyanti dhuri dhenukāḥ |
ekahāyanavatsāṃśca vāhayiṣyanti mānavāḥ || 27 ||

3.188.28

putraḥ pitṛvadhaṃ kṛtvā pitā putravadhaṃ tathā |
nirudvego bṛhadvādī na nindāmupalapsyate || 28 ||

3.188.29

mlecchabhūtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ niṣkriyaṃ yajñavarjitam |
bhaviṣyati nirānandamanutsavamatho tathā || 29 ||

3.188.30

prāyaśaḥ kṛpaṇānāṃ hi tathā bandhumatāmapi |
vidhavānāṃ ca vittāni hariṣyantīha mānavāḥ || 30 ||

3.188.31

alpavīryabalāḥ stabdhā lobhamohaparāyaṇāḥ |
tatkathādānasaṃtuṣṭā duṣṭānāmapi mānavāḥ |
parigrahaṃ kariṣyanti pāpācāraparigrahāḥ || 31 ||

3.188.32

saṃghātayantaḥ kaunteya rājānaḥ pāpabuddhayaḥ |
parasparavadhodyuktā mūrkhāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ |
bhaviṣyanti yugasyānte kṣatriyā lokakaṇṭakāḥ || 32 ||

And, O son of Kunti, the kings of the earth, with hearts wedded to sin without knowledge and always boastful of their wisdom, will challenge one another from desire of taking one another's life. And the Kshatriyas also towards the end of such a period will become the thorns of the earth. And filled with avarice and swelling with pride and vanity and, unable and unwilling to protect (their subjects), they will take pleasure in inflicting punishments only. And attacking and repeating their attacks upon the good and the honest, and feeling no pity for the latter, even when they will cry in grief, the Kshatriyas will, O Bharata, rob these of their wives and wealth. And no one will ask for a girl (for purposes of marriage) and no one will give away a girl (for such purposes), but the girls will themselves choose their lords, when the end of the Yuga comes. And the kings of the earth with souls steeped in ignorance, and discontented with what they have, will at such a time, rob their subjects by every means in their power. And without doubt the whole world will be mlecchified. And when the end of the Yuga comes, the right hand will deceive the left; and the left, the right. And men with false reputation of learning will contract Truth and the old will betray the senselessness of the young, and the young will betray the dotage of the old. And cowards will have the reputation of bravery and the brave will be cheerless like cowards.

3.188.33

arakṣitāro lubdhāśca mānāhaṃkāradarpitāḥ |
kevalaṃ daṇḍarucayo bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye || 33 ||

3.188.34

ākramyākramya sādhūnāṃ dārāṃścaiva dhanāni ca |
bhokṣyante niranukrośā rudatāmapi bhārata || 34 ||

3.188.35

na kanyāṃ yācate kaścinnāpi kanyā pradīyate |
svayaṃgrāhā bhaviṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite || 35 ||

3.188.36

rājānaścāpyasaṃtuṣṭāḥ parārthānmūḍhacetasaḥ |
sarvopāyairhariṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite || 36 ||

3.188.37

mlecchībhūtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ bhaviṣyati ca bhārata |
hasto hastaṃ parimuṣedyugānte paryupasthite || 37 ||

3.188.38

satyaṃ saṃkṣipyate loke naraiḥ paṇḍitamānibhiḥ |
sthavirā bālamatayo bālāḥ sthavirabuddhayaḥ || 38 ||

3.188.39

bhīravaḥ śūramānīnaḥ śūrā bhīruviṣādinaḥ |
na viśvasanti cānyonyaṃ yugānte paryupasthite || 39 ||

And towards the end of the Yuga men will cease to trust one another. And full of avarice and folly the whole world will have but one kind of food. And sin will increase and prosper, while virtue will fade and cease to flourish. And Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas will disappear, leaving, O king, no remnants of their orders. And all men towards the end of the Yuga will become members of one common order, without distinction of any kind. And sires will not forgive sons, and sons will not forgive sires. And when the end approaches, wives will not wait upon and serve their husbands. And at such a time men will seek those countries where wheat and barley form the staple food. And, O monarch, both men and women will become perfectly free in their behaviour and will not tolerate one another's acts. And, O Yudhishthira, the whole world will be mlecchified. And men will cease to gratify the gods by offerings of Sraddhas. And no one will listen to the words of others and no one will be regarded as a preceptor by another. And, O ruler of men, intellectual darkness will envelop the whole earth, and the life of man will then be measured by sixteen years, on attaining to which age death will ensue. And girls of five or six years of age will bring forth children and boys of seven or eight years of age will become fathers. And, O tiger among kings, when the end of the Yuga will come, the wife will never be content with her husband, nor the husband with his wife.

3.188.40

ekāhāryaṃ jagatsarvaṃ lobhamohavyavasthitam |
adharmo vardhati mahānna ca dharmaḥ pravartate || 40 ||

3.188.41

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyā na śiṣyanti janādhipa |
ekavarṇastadā loko bhaviṣyati yugakṣaye || 41 ||

3.188.42

na kṣaṃsyati pitā putraṃ putraśca pitaraṃ tathā |
bhāryā ca patiśuśrūṣāṃ na kariṣyati kācana || 42 ||

3.188.43

ye yavānnā janapadā godhūmānnāstathaiva ca |
tāndeśānsaṃśrayiṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite || 43 ||

3.188.44

svairāhārāśca puruṣā yoṣitaśca viśāṃ pate |
anyonyaṃ na sahiṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite || 44 ||

3.188.45

mlecchabhūtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ bhaviṣyati yudhiṣṭhira |
na śrāddhairhi pitṝṃścāpi tarpayiṣyanti mānavāḥ || 45 ||

3.188.46

na kaścitkasyacicchrotā na kaścitkasyacidguruḥ |
tamograstastadā loko bhaviṣyati narādhipa || 46 ||

3.188.47

paramāyuśca bhavitā tadā varṣāṇi ṣoḍaśa |
tataḥ prāṇānvimokṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite || 47 ||

3.188.48

pañcame vātha ṣaṣṭhe vā varṣe kanyā prasūyate |
saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāśca prajāsyanti narāstadā || 48 ||

3.188.49

patyau strī tu tadā rājanpuruṣo vā striyaṃ prati |
yugānte rājaśārdūla na toṣamupayāsyati || 49 ||

3.188.50

alpadravyā vṛthāliṅgā hiṃsā ca prabhaviṣyati |
na kaścitkasyaciddātā bhaviṣyati yugakṣaye || 50 ||

And the possessions of men will never be much, and people will falsely bear the marks of religion, and jealousy and malice will fill the world. And no one will, at that time, be a giver (of wealth or anything else) in respect to any one else. And the inhabited regions of the earth will be afflicted with dearth and famine, and the highways will be filled with lustful men and women of evil repute. And, at such a time, the women will also entertain an aversion towards their husbands. And without doubt all men will adopt the behaviour of the mlecchas, become omnivorous without distinction, and cruel in all their acts, when the end of the Yuga will come. And, O thou foremost of the Bharatas, urged by avarice, men will, at that time, deceive one another when they sell and purchase. And without a knowledge of the ordinance, men will perform ceremonies and rites, and, indeed, behave as listeth them, when the end of the Yuga comes. And when the end of the Yuga comes, urged by their very dispositions, men will act cruelly, and speak ill of one another. And people will, without compunction, destroy trees and gardens. And men will be filled with anxiety as regards the means of living. And, O king, overwhelmed with covetousness, men will kill Brahmanas and appropriate and enjoy the possessions of their victims. And the regenerate ones, oppressed by Sudras, and afflicted with fear, and crying Oh and Alas, will wander over the earth without anybody to protect them.

3.188.51

aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlāścatuṣpathāḥ |
keśaśūlāḥ striyaścāpi bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye || 51 ||

3.188.52

mlecchāḥ krūrāḥ sarvabhakṣā dāruṇāḥ sarvakarmasu |
bhāvinaḥ paścime kāle manuṣyā nātra saṃśayaḥ || 52 ||

3.188.53

krayavikrayakāle ca sarvaḥ sarvasya vañcanam |
yugānte bharataśreṣṭha vṛttilobhātkariṣyati || 53 ||

3.188.54

jñānāni cāpyavijñāya kariṣyanti kriyāstathā |
ātmacchandena vartante yugānte paryupasthite || 54 ||

3.188.55

svabhāvātkrūrakarmāṇaścānyonyamabhiśaṅkinaḥ |
bhavitāro janāḥ sarve saṃprāpte yugasaṃkṣaye || 55 ||

3.188.56

ārāmāṃścaiva vṛkṣāṃśca nāśayiṣyanti nirvyathāḥ |
bhavitā saṃkṣayo loke jīvitasya ca dehinām || 56 ||

3.188.57

tathā lobhābhibhūtāśca cariṣyanti mahīmimām |
brāhmaṇāśca bhaviṣyanti brahmasvāni ca bhuñjate || 57 ||

3.188.58

hāhākṛtā dvijāścaiva bhayārtā vṛṣalārditāḥ |
trātāramalabhanto vai bhramiṣyanti mahīmimām || 58 ||

3.188.59

jīvitāntakarā raudrāḥ krūrāḥ prāṇivihiṃsakāḥ |
yadā bhaviṣyanti narāstadā saṃkṣepsyate yugam || 59 ||

And when men will begin to slay one another, and become wicked and fierce and without any respect for animal life, then will the Yuga come to an end. And, O king, even the foremost of the regenerate ones, afflicted by robbers, will, like crows, fly in terror and with speed, and seek refuge, O perpetuator of the Kuru race, in rivers and mountains and inaccessible regions. And always oppressed by bad rulers with burthens of taxes, the foremost of the regenerate classes, O lord of the earth, will, in those terrible times, take leave of all patience and do improper acts by becoming even the servants of the Sudras. And Sudras will expound the scriptures, and Brahmanas will wait upon and listen to them, and settle their course of duty accepting such interpretations as their guides. And the low will become the high, and the course of things will look contrary. And renouncing the gods, men will worship bones and other relics deposited within walls. And, at the end of the Yuga, the Sudras will cease to wait upon and serve the Brahmanas. And in the asylums of great Rishis, and the teaching institutions of Brahmanas, and in places sacred to the gods and sacrificial compounds, and in sacred tanks, the earth will be disfigured with tombs and pillars containing bony relics and not graced with temples dedicated to the gods. All this will take place at the end of the Yuga, and know that these are the signs of the end of the Yuga.

3.188.60

āśrayiṣyanti ca nadīḥ parvatānviṣamāṇi ca |
pradhāvamānā vitrastā dvijāḥ kurukulodvaha || 60 ||

3.188.61

dasyuprapīḍitā rājankākā iva dvijottamāḥ |
kurājabhiśca satataṃ karabhāraprapīḍitāḥ || 61 ||

3.188.62

dhairyaṃ tyaktvā mahīpāla dāruṇe yugasaṃkṣaye |
vikarmāṇi kariṣyanti śūdrāṇāṃ paricārakāḥ || 62 ||

3.188.63

śūdrā dharmaṃ pravakṣyanti brāhmaṇāḥ paryupāsakāḥ |
śrotāraśca bhaviṣyanti prāmāṇyena vyavasthitāḥ || 63 ||

3.188.64

viparītaśca loko'yaṃ bhaviṣyatyadharottaraḥ |
eḍūkānpūjayiṣyanti varjayiṣyanti devatāḥ |
śūdrāḥ paricariṣyanti na dvijānyugasaṃkṣaye || 64 ||

3.188.65

āśrameṣu maharṣīṇāṃ brāhmaṇāvasatheṣu ca |
devasthāneṣu caityeṣu nāgānāmālayeṣu ca || 65 ||

3.188.66

eḍūkacihnā pṛthivī na devagṛhabhūṣitā |
bhaviṣyati yuge kṣīṇe tadyugāntasya lakṣaṇam || 66 ||

3.188.67

yadā raudrā dharmahīnā māṃsādāḥ pānapāstathā |
bhaviṣyanti narā nityaṃ tadā saṃkṣepsyate yugam || 67 ||

3.188.68

puṣpe puṣpaṃ yadā rājanphale phalamupāśritam |
prajāsyati mahārāja tadā saṃkṣepsyate yugam || 68 ||

3.188.69

akālavarṣī parjanyo bhaviṣyati gate yuge |
akrameṇa manuṣyāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati tadā kriyā |
virodhamatha yāsyanti vṛṣalā brāhmaṇaiḥ saha || 69 ||

And when men become fierce and destitute of virtue and carnivorous and addicted to intoxicating drinks, then doth the Yuga come to an end. And, O monarch, when flowers will be begot within flowers, and fruits within fruits, then will the Yuga come to an end. And the clouds will pour rain unseasonably when the end of the Yuga approaches. And, at that time, ceremonial rites of men will not follow one another in due order, and the Sudras will quarrel with the Brahmanas. And the earth will soon be full of mlecchas, and the Brahmanas will fly in all directions for fear of the burthen of taxes. And all distinctions between men will cease as regards conduct and behaviour, and afflicted with honorary tasks and offices, people will fly to woody retreats, subsisting on fruits and roots. And the world will be so afflicted, that rectitude of conduct will cease to be exhibited anywhere. And disciples will set at naught the instructions of preceptors, and seek even to injure them. And preceptors impoverished will be disregarded by men. And friends and relatives and kinsmen will perform friendly offices for the sake of the wealth only that is possessed by a person. And when the end of the Yuga comes, everybody will be in want. And all the points of the horizon will be ablaze, and the stars and stellar groups will be destitute of brilliancy, and the planets and planetary conjunctions will be inauspicious.

3.188.70

mahī mlecchasamākīrṇā bhaviṣyati tato'cirāt |
karabhārabhayādviprā bhajiṣyanti diśo daśa || 70 ||

3.188.71

nirviśeṣā janapadā narāvṛṣṭibhirarditāḥ |
āśramānabhipatsyanti phalamūlopajīvinaḥ || 71 ||

3.188.72

evaṃ paryākule loke maryādā na bhaviṣyati |
na sthāsyantyupadeśe ca śiṣyā vipriyakāriṇaḥ || 72 ||

3.188.73

ācāryopanidhiścaiva vatsyate tadanantaram |
arthayuktyā pravatsyanti mitrasaṃbandhibāndhavāḥ |
abhāvaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yugānte ca bhaviṣyati || 73 ||

3.188.74

diśaḥ prajvalitāḥ sarvā nakṣatrāṇi calāni ca |
jyotīṃṣi pratikūlāni vātāḥ paryākulāstathā |
ulkāpātāśca bahavo mahābhayanidarśakāḥ || 74 ||

3.188.75

ṣaḍbhiranyaiśca sahito bhāskaraḥ pratapiṣyati |
tumulāścāpi nirhrādā digdāhāścāpi sarvaśaḥ |
kabandhāntarhito bhānurudayāstamaye tadā || 75 ||

And the course of the winds will be confused and agitated, and innumerable meteors will flash through the sky, foreboding evil. And the Sun will appear with six others of the same kind. And all around there will be din and uproar, and everywhere there will be conflagrations. And the Sun, from the hour of his rising to that of setting, will be enveloped by Rahu. And the deity of a thousand eyes will shower rain unseasonably. And when the end of the Yuga comes, crops will not grow in abundance. And the women will always be sharp in speech and pitiless and fond of weeping. And they will never abide by the commands of their husbands. And when the end of the Yuga comes, sons will slay fathers and mothers. And women, living uncontrolled, will slay their husbands and sons. And, O king, when the end of the Yuga comes, Rahu will swallow the Sun unseasonably. And fires will blaze up on all sides. And travellers unable to obtain food and drink and shelter even when they ask for these, will lie down on the wayside refraining from urging their solicitations. And when the end of the Yuga comes, crows and snakes and vultures and kites and other animals and birds will utter frightful and dissonant cries. And when the end of the Yuga comes, men will cast away and neglect their friends and relatives and attendants. And, O monarch, when the end of the Yuga comes, men abandoning the countries and directions and towns and cities of their occupation, will seek for new ones, one after another.

3.188.76

akālavarṣī ca tadā bhaviṣyati sahasradṛk |
sasyāni ca na rokṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite || 76 ||

3.188.77

abhīkṣṇaṃ krūravādinyaḥ paruṣā ruditapriyāḥ |
bhartṝṇāṃ vacane caiva na sthāsyanti tadā striyaḥ || 77 ||

3.188.78

putrāśca mātāpitarau haniṣyanti yugakṣaye |
sūdayiṣyanti ca patīnstriyaḥ putrānapāśritāḥ || 78 ||

3.188.79

aparvaṇi mahārāja sūryaṃ rāhurupaiṣyati |
yugānte hutabhukcāpi sarvataḥ prajvaliṣyati || 79 ||

3.188.80

pānīyaṃ bhojanaṃ caiva yācamānāstadādhvagāḥ |
na lapsyante nivāsaṃ ca nirastāḥ pathi śerate || 80 ||

3.188.81

nirghātavāyasā nāgāḥ śakunāḥ samṛgadvijāḥ |
rūkṣā vāco vimokṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite || 81 ||

3.188.82

mitrasaṃbandhinaścāpi saṃtyakṣyanti narāstadā |
janaṃ parijanaṃ cāpi yugānte paryupasthite || 82 ||

3.188.83

atha deśāndiśaścāpi pattanāni purāṇi ca |
kramaśaḥ saṃśrayiṣyanti yugānte paryupasthite || 83 ||

3.188.84

hā tāta hā sutetyevaṃ tadā vācaḥ sudāruṇāḥ |
vikrośamānaścānyonyaṃ jano gāṃ paryaṭiṣyati || 84 ||

And people will wander over the earth, uttering, 'O father, O son', and such other frightful and rending cries.

3.188.85

tatastumulasaṃghāte vartamāne yugakṣaye |
dvijātipūrvako lokaḥ krameṇa prabhaviṣyati || 85 ||

"And when those terrible times will be over, the creation will begin anew. And men will again be created and distributed into the four orders beginning with Brahmanas. And about that time, in order that men may increase, Providence, according to its pleasure, will once more become propitious. And then when the Sun, the Moon, and Vrihaspati will, with the constellation Pushya, enter the same sign, the Krita age will begin again. And the clouds will commence to shower seasonably, and the stars and stellar conjunctions will become auspicious. And the planets, duly revolving in their orbits, will become exceedingly propitious. And all around, there will be prosperity and abundance and health and peace. And commissioned by Time, a Brahmana of the name of Kalki will take his birth. And he will glorify Vishnu and possess great energy, great intelligence, and great prowess. And he will take his birth in a town of the name of Sambhala in an auspicious Brahmana family. And vehicles and weapons, and warriors and arms, and coats of mail will be at his disposal as soon as he will think of them. And he will be the king of kings, and ever victorious with the strength of virtue. And he will restore order and peace in this world crowded with creatures and contradictory in its course. And that blazing Brahmana of mighty intellect, having appeared, will destroy all things. And he will be the Destroyer of all, and will inaugurate a new Yuga. And surrounded by the Brahmanas, that Brahmana will exterminate all the mlecchas wherever those low and despicable persons may take refuge."