यदा मायानृतं तन्द्रा निद्रा हिंसा विषादनम् । शोकमोहौ भयं दैन्यं स कलिस्तामस: स्मृत: ॥ ३० ॥
yadā māyānṛtaṁ tandrā nidrā hiṁsā viṣādanam śoka-mohau bhayaṁ dainyaṁ sa kalis tāmasaḥ smṛtaḥ
- yadā
- when
- māyā
- deceit
- anṛtam
- false speech
- tandrā
- sloth
- nidrā
- sleep and intoxication
- hiṁsā
- violence
- viṣādanam
- depression
- śoka
- lamentation
- mohau
- and delusion
- bhayam
- fear
- dainyam
- poverty
- saḥ
- that
- kaliḥ
- the Age of Kali
- tāmasaḥ
- in the mode of ignorance
- smṛtaḥ
- is considered
When there is a predominance of cheating, lying, sloth, sleepiness, violence, depression, lamentation, bewilderment, fear and poverty, that age is Kali, the age of the mode of ignorance.