इदानीं धर्म पादस्ते सत्यं निर्वर्तयेद्यत: । तं जिघृक्षत्यधर्मोऽयमनृतेनैधित: कलि: ॥ २५ ॥
idanim dharma padas te satyam nirvartayed yatah tam jighrksaty adharmo ’yam anrtenaidhitah kalih
- idanim
- at the present moment
- dharma
- O personality of religion
- padah
- leg
- te
- of you
- satyam
- truthfulness
- nirvartayet
- hobbling along somehow or other
- yatah
- whereby
- tam
- that
- jighrksati
- trying to destroy
- adharmah
- the personality of irreligion
- ayam
- this
- anrtena
- by deceit
- edhitah
- flourishing
- kalih
- quarrel personified.
You are now standing on one leg only, which is your truthfulness, and you are somehow or other hobbling along. But quarrel personified (Kali), flourishing by deceit, is also trying to destroy that leg.