न वस्तव्यं त्वयैवेह मया त्यक्ते महीतले । जनोऽभद्ररुचिर्भद्र भविष्यति कलौ युगे ॥ ५ ॥
na vastavyaṁ tvayaiveha mayā tyakte mahī-tale jano ’bhadra-rucir bhadra bhaviṣyati kalau yuge
- na
- not
- vastavyam
- should remain
- tvayā
- you
- eva
- certainly
- iha
- in this world
- mayā
- by Me
- tyakte
- when it is abandoned
- mahītale
- the earth
- janaḥ
- the people
- abhadra
- sinful, inauspicious things
- ruciḥ
- addicted to
- bhadra
- O you who are sinless and auspicious
- bhaviṣyati
- will be
- kalau
- in Kali
- yuge
- in this yuga.
My dear Uddhava, you should not remain here on the earth once I have abandoned this world. My dear devotee, you are sinless, but in Kali-yuga the people will be addicted to all types of sinful activities; therefore do not stay here.