कलौ काकिणिकेऽप्यर्थे विगृह्य त्यक्तसौहृदा: । त्यक्ष्यन्ति च प्रियान् प्राणान् हनिष्यन्ति स्वकानपि ॥ ४१ ॥
kalau kākiṇike ’py arthe vigṛhya tyakta-sauhṛdāḥ tyakṣyanti ca priyān prāṇān haniṣyanti svakān api
- kalau
- in the Age of Kali
- kākiṇike
- of a small coin
- api
- even
- arthe
- for the sake
- vigṛhya
- developing enmity
- tyakta
- abandoning
- sauhṛdāḥ
- friendly relations
- tyakṣyanti
- they will reject
- ca
- and
- priyān
- dear
- prāṇān
- their own lives
- haniṣyanti
- they will kill
- svakān
- their own relatives
- api
- even
In Kali-yuga men will develop hatred for each other even over a few coins. Giving up all friendly relations, they will be ready to lose their own lives and kill even their own relatives.