तस्मात् क्षुद्रदृशो मर्त्या: क्षुद्रभाग्या महाशना: । कामिनो वित्तहीनाश्च स्वैरिण्यश्च स्त्रियोऽसती: ॥ ३१ ॥
tasmāt kṣudra-dṛśo martyāḥ kṣudra-bhāgyā mahāśanāḥ kāmino vitta-hīnāś ca svairiṇyaś ca striyo ’satīḥ
- tasmāt
- due to these qualities of the Age of Kali
- kṣudra-dṛśaḥ
- shortsighted
- martyāḥ
- human beings
- kṣudra-bhāgyāḥ
- unfortunate
- mahā-aśanāḥ
- excessive in their eating habits
- kāminaḥ
- full of lust
- vitta-hīnāḥ
- lacking wealth
- ca
- and
- svairiṇyaḥ
- independent in their social dealings
- ca
- and
- striyaḥ
- the women
- asatīḥ
- unchaste
Because of the bad qualities of the Age of Kali, human beings will become shortsighted, unfortunate, gluttonous, lustful and poverty-stricken. The women, becoming unchaste, will freely wander from one man to the next.