यर्ह्यालयेष्वपि सतां न हरे: कथा: स्यु: पाषण्डिनो द्विजजना वृषला नृदेवा: । स्वाहा स्वधा वषडिति स्म गिरो न यत्र शास्ता भविष्यति कलेर्भगवान् युगान्ते ॥ ३८ ॥
yarhy alayesv api satam na hareh kathah syuh pasandino dvija-jana vrsala nrdevah svaha svadha vasad iti sma giro na yatra sasta bhavisyati kaler bhagavan yugante
- yarhi
- when it happens
- alayesu
- in the residence of
- api
- even
- satam
- civilized gentlemen
- na
- no
- hareh
- of the Personality of Godhead
- kathah
- topics
- syuh
- will take place
- pasandinah
- atheists
- dvija-janah
- persons declaring themselves to be the higher three classes (brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas)
- vrsalah
- the lower-class sudras
- nr-devah
- ministers of the government
- svaha
- hymns to perform sacrifices
- svadha
- the ingredients to perform sacrifices
- vasat
- the altar of sacrifice
- iti
- all these
- sma
- shall
- girah
- words
- na
- never
- yatra
- anywhere
- sasta
- the chastiser
- bhavisyati
- will appear
- kaleh
- of the Kali age
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- yuga-ante
- at the end of
Thereafter, at the end of Kali-yuga, when there exist no topics on the subject of God, even at the residences of so-called saints and respectable gentlemen of the three higher castes, and when the power of government is transferred to the hands of ministers elected from the lowborn sudra class or those less than them, and when nothing is known of the techniques of sacrifice, even by word, at that time the Lord will appear as the supreme chastiser.