Canto & Chapters
The Age of Deterioration (13 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Canto 12, Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Verse 30 (SB 12.3.30)
SB 12.3.30 • मूल श्लोक
यदा मायानृतं तन्द्रा निद्रा हिंसा विषादनम् । शोकमोहौ भयं दैन्यं स कलिस्तामस: स्मृत: ॥ ३० ॥
Transliteration
yadā māyānṛtaṁ tandrā nidrā hiṁsā viṣādanam śoka-mohau bhayaṁ dainyaṁ sa kalis tāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
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.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaIn Kali-yuga, people are almost exclusively devoted to gross materialism, with hardly any affinity for self-realization.