यदा देवर्षय: सप्त मघासु विचरन्ति हि । तदा प्रवृत्तस्तु कलिर्द्वादशाब्दशतात्मक: ॥ ३१ ॥
yadā devarṣayaḥ sapta maghāsu vicaranti hi tadā pravṛttas tu kalir dvādaśābda-śatātmakaḥ
- yadā
- when
- deva-ṛṣayaḥ sapta
- the seven sages among the demigods
- maghāsu
- in the lunar mansion Maghā
- vicaranti
- are traveling
- hi
- indeed
- tadā
- then
- pravṛttaḥ
- begins
- tu
- and
- kaliḥ
- the Age of Kali
- dvādaśa
- twelve
- abda-śata
- centuries [These twelve hundred years of the demigods equal 432,000 earth years]
- ātmakaḥ
- consisting of
When the constellation of the seven sages is passing through the lunar mansion Maghā, the Age of Kali begins. It comprises twelve hundred years of the demigods.