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SB 12.3.24

Devanāgarī

कलौ तु धर्मपादानां तुर्यांशोऽधर्महेतुभि: । एधमानै: क्षीयमाणो ह्यन्ते सोऽपि विनङ्‌क्ष्यति ॥ २४ ॥

Text

kalau tu dharma-pādānāṁ turyāṁśo ’dharma-hetubhiḥ edhamānaiḥ kṣīyamāṇo hy ante so ’pi vinaṅkṣyati

Synonyms

kalau—in the Age of Kali;tu—and;dharma-pādānām—of the legs of religion;turya-aṁśaḥ—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;vinaṅkṣyati—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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