SB 12.3.24

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 3: The Bhūmi-gītā

SB 12.3.23 - SB 12.3.25

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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 and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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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.

SB 12.3.23 - SB 12.3.25