SB 12.3.30

Devanāgarī

यदा मायानृतं तन्द्रा निद्रा हिंसा विषादनम् । शोकमोहौ भयं दैन्यं स कलिस्तामस: स्मृत: ॥ ३० ॥

Text

yadā māyānṛtaṁ tandrā nidrā hiṁsā viṣādanam śoka-mohau bhayaṁ dainyaṁ sa kalis tāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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