SB 12.3.30
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 30
- 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 and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
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
In Kali-yuga, people are almost exclusively devoted to gross materialism, with hardly any affinity for self-realization.