निशामुखेषु खद्योतास्तमसा भान्ति न ग्रहा: । यथा पापेन पाषण्डा न हि वेदा: कलौ युगे ॥ ८ ॥
niśā-mukheṣu khadyotās tamasā bhānti na grahāḥ yathā pāpena pāṣaṇḍā na hi vedāḥ kalau yuge
- niśā-mukheṣu
- during the moments of evening twilight
- khadyotāḥ
- the glowworms
- tamasā
- because of the darkness
- bhānti
- shine
- na
- not
- grahāḥ
- the planets
- yathā
- as
- pāpena
- because of sinful activities
- pāṣaṇḍāḥ
- atheistic doctrines
- na
- and not
- hi
- certainly
- vedāḥ
- the Vedas
- kalau yuge
- in the Age of Kali
In the evening twilight during the rainy season, the darkness allowed the glowworms but not the stars to shine forth, just as in the Age of Kali the predominance of sinful activities allows atheistic doctrines to overshadow the true knowledge of the Vedas.