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Kakbhushundi finishes his chhands on Kali for Garuda. People are hungry, poor and diseased, quarrel without cause and live fifty or sixty years, yet carry pride as if they would outlast the kalpa. Kali has so ruined men that they respect neither sister nor daughter. Contentment and calm are gone, envy and harsh speech are everywhere, varnashrama conduct has vanished, and no one knows restraint, charity or compassion. Yet, he tells Garuda, this storehouse of faults has one great virtue: release without strain. What Krita, Treta and Dvapara won by worship, yajna and yoga, people in Kali reach through Hari's name alone.
अबला कच भूषन भूरि छुधा । धनहीन दुखी ममता बहुधा ।
सुख चाहहिँ मूढ़ न धर्म रता । मति थोरि कठोरि न कोमलता ॥
नर पीड़ित रोग न भोग कहाँ । अभिमान बिरोध अकारनहीं ।
लघु जीवन सम्बत पञ्च दसा । कलपांत न नास गुमानु असा ॥
abalā kaca bhūṣana bhūri chudhā | dhanahīna dukhī mamatā bahudhā |
sukha cāhahim̐ mūr̤ha na dharma ratā | mati thori kaṭhori na komalatā ||
nara pīr̤ita roga na bhoga kahām̐ | abhimāna birodha akāranahīṃ |
laghu jīvana sambata pañca dasā | kalapāṃta na nāsa gumānu asā ||
कलिकाल बिहाल किये मनुजा । नहिँ मानत की अनुजा तनुजा ।
नहिं तोष विचार न सीतलता । सब जाति कुजाति भए मगता ॥
इरिषा परुखाच्छर लोलुपता । भरि पूरि रही समता बिगता ।
सब लोग बियोग बिसोक हुए । बरनाश्रम धर्म अचार गये ॥
kalikāla bihāla kiye manujā | nahim̐ mānata kī anujā tanujā |
nahiṃ toṣa vicāra na sītalatā | saba jāti kujāti bhae magatā ||
iriṣā parukhācchara lolupatā | bhari pūri rahī samatā bigatā |
saba loga biyoga bisoka hue | baranāśrama dharma acāra gaye ||
दम दान दया नहिं जानपनी । जड़ता परबञ्चनताति घनी ।
तनु पोषक नारि नरा सगरे । परनिंदक जे जग में बगरे ॥
dama dāna dayā nahiṃ jānapanī | jar̤atā parabañcanatāti ghanī |
tanu poṣaka nāri narā sagare | paraniṃdaka je jaga meṃ bagare ||
सुनु व्यालारि काल कलि, मल अवगुन आगार ।
गुनउँ बहुत कलिजुग कर, बिनु प्रयास निस्तार ॥
sunu vyālāri kāla kali, mala avaguna āgāra |
gunaum̐ bahuta kalijuga kara, binu prayāsa nistāra ||
कृतजुग त्रेता द्वापर, पूजा मख अरु जोग ।
जो गति होइ सो कलि हरि, नाम ते पावहिं लोग ॥
kṛtajuga tretā dvāpara, pūjā makha aru joga |
jo gati hoi so kali hari, nāma te pāvahiṃ loga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
