जलौघैर्निरभिद्यन्त सेतवो वर्षतीश्वरे । पाषण्डिनामसद्वादैर्वेदमार्गा: कलौ यथा ॥ २३ ॥
jalaughair nirabhidyanta setavo varṣatīśvare pāṣaṇḍinām asad-vādair veda-mārgāḥ kalau yathā
- jala-oghaiḥ
- by the floodwater
- nirabhidyanta
- became broken
- setavaḥ
- the dikes
- varṣati
- when he is showering rain
- īśvare
- Lord Indra
- pāṣaṇḍinām
- of the atheists
- asat-vādaiḥ
- by the false theories
- veda-mārgāḥ
- the paths of the Vedas
- kalau
- in the Kali-yuga
- yathā
- as
When Indra sent forth his rains, the floodwaters broke through the irrigation dikes in the agricultural fields, just as in the Kali-yuga the atheists’ false theories break down the boundaries of Vedic injunctions.