प्रायेणाल्पायुष: सभ्य कलावस्मिन् युगे जना: । मन्दा: सुमन्दमतयो मन्दभाग्या ह्युपद्रुता: ॥ १० ॥
prayenalpayusah sabhya kalav asmin yuge janah mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya hy upadrutah
- prayena
- almost always
- alpa
- meager
- ayusah
- duration of life
- sabhya
- member of a learned society
- kalau
- in this age of Kali (quarrel)
- asmin
- herein
- yuge
- age
- janah
- the public
- mandah
- lazy
- sumanda-matayah
- misguided
- manda-bhagyah
- unlucky
- hi
- and above all
- upadrutah
- disturbed.
O learned one, in this iron age of Kali men have but short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and, above all, always disturbed.