SB 12.3.24
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 24
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.