Uttara Kanda

Chapter 40: Such men will crowd the Kali yuga

5 verses · 40 of 130

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Such men will crowd the Kali yuga

Greed is their cloak and their bed, Rama goes on; they live for appetite, with no fear of Yama. Hearing anyone praised, they breathe hard as if seized by fever; seeing anyone in trouble, they are as happy as kings. Selfish, lustful and quick to rage, they quarrel with their own family and honour neither mother, father, guru nor Brahmin; ruined themselves, they ruin others. Neither saints nor Hari katha please them. They mock the Veda, seize others' wealth, and hide deceit under fine dress. Such vile men do not exist in the Krita and Treta yugas; a few appear in Dvapara, and crowds of them will come in Kali.

40.1

लोभइ ओढ़न लोभइ डासन । सिस्त्रोदर पर जमपुर त्रास न ॥
काहू की जौँ सुनहिँ बड़ाई । स्वास लेहिँ जनु जूड़ी आई ॥

lobhai or̤hana lobhai ḍāsana | sistrodara para jamapura trāsa na ||
kāhū kī jaum̐ sunahim̐ bar̤āī | svāsa lehim̐ janu jūr̤ī āī ||

40.2

जब काहू के देखहिँ बिपती । सुखी भए मानहुँ जग नृपती ॥
स्वारथ रथ परिवार बिरोधी । लम्पट काम लोभ अति क्रोधी ॥

jaba kāhū ke dekhahim̐ bipatī | sukhī bhae mānahum̐ jaga nṛpatī ||
svāratha ratha parivāra birodhī | lampaṭa kāma lobha ati krodhī ||

40.3

मातु पिता गुरु बिप्र न मानहिँ । आपु गये अरु घालहिँ आनहिँ ॥
करहिँ मोह बस द्रोह परावा । सन्त सङ्ग हरि कथा न भावा ॥

mātu pitā guru bipra na mānahim̐ | āpu gaye aru ghālahim̐ ānahim̐ ||
karahim̐ moha basa droha parāvā | santa saṅga hari kathā na bhāvā ||

40.4

अवगुन-सिन्धु मन्दमति कामी । बेद विदूषक परधन स्वामी ॥
बिप्र द्रोह पर द्रोह बिसेषा । दम्भ कपट जियँ धरें सुबेषा ॥

avaguna-sindhu mandamati kāmī | beda vidūṣaka paradhana svāmī ||
bipra droha para droha biseṣā | dambha kapaṭa jiyam̐ dhareṃ subeṣā ||

दो॰ 40Doha

ऐसे अधम मनुज खल, कृतजुग त्रेता नाहिँ ।
द्वापर कछुक बृन्द बहु, होइहहिँ कलिजुग माहिं ॥

aise adhama manuja khala, kṛtajuga tretā nāhim̐ |
dvāpara kachuka bṛnda bahu, hoihahim̐ kalijuga māhiṃ ||

Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0