त्वां वर्तमानं नरदेवदेहे- ष्वनुप्रवृत्तोऽयमधर्मपूग: । लोभोऽनृतं चौर्यमनार्यमंहो ज्येष्ठा च माया कलहश्च दम्भ: ॥ ३२ ॥
tvam vartamanam nara-deva-dehesv anupravrtto ’yam adharma-pugah lobho ’nrtam cauryam anaryam amho jyestha ca maya kalahas ca dambhah
- tvam
- you
- vartamanam
- while present
- nara-deva
- a man-god, or a king
- dehesu
- in the body
- anupravrttah
- taking place everywhere
- ayam
- all these
- adharma
- irreligious principles
- pugah
- in the masses
- lobhah
- greed
- anrtam
- falsity
- cauryam
- robbery
- anaryam
- incivility
- amhah
- treachery
- jyestha
- misfortune
- ca
- and
- maya
- cheating
- kalahah
- quarrel
- ca
- and
- dambhah
- vanity.
If the personality of Kali, irreligion, is allowed to act as a man-god or an executive head, certainly irreligious principles like greed, falsehood, robbery, incivility, treachery, misfortune, cheating, quarrel and vanity will abound.