युगलक्षणवृत्तिश्च कलौ नृणामुपप्लव: । चतुर्विधश्च प्रलय उत्पत्तिस्त्रिविधा तथा ॥ ४४ ॥
yuga-lakṣaṇa-vṛttiś ca kalau nṝṇām upaplavaḥ catur-vidhaś ca pralaya utpattis tri-vidhā tathā
- yuga
- of the different ages
- lakṣaṇa
- the characteristics
- vṛttiḥ
- and the corresponding activities
- ca
- also
- kalau
- in the present Age of Kali
- nṝṇām
- of men
- upaplavaḥ
- the total disturbance
- catuḥ-vidhaḥ
- fourfold
- ca
- and
- pralayaḥ
- the process of annihilation
- utpattiḥ
- creation
- tri-vidhā
- of three kinds
- tathā
- and
This work also describes people’s characteristics and behavior in the different ages, the chaos men experience in the Age of Kali, the four kinds of annihilation and the three kinds of creation.