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Kakbhushundi describes to Garuda the Kali Yuga of his first birth. Varna dharma and the four ashramas were gone and people delighted in opposing the Shruti. Brahmins sold the Vedas, kings devoured their subjects, and no one obeyed scripture. The path was whatever pleased one, the pandit whoever talked loudest, the saint whoever made a show. The thief was called clever, the hypocrite pious, the liar and jester gifted. Whoever left the Vedic path passed for wise and detached; long nails and matted hair made a famous tapasvi. Those in inauspicious dress who ate anything were worshipped as yogis and siddhas.
बरन धर्म नहिँ आश्रम चारी । श्रुति बिरोध रत सब नर नारी ॥
द्विज श्रुति बेचक भूप प्रजासन । कोउ नहिं मान निगम अनुसासन ॥
barana dharma nahim̐ āśrama cārī | śruti birodha rata saba nara nārī ||
dvija śruti becaka bhūpa prajāsana | kou nahiṃ māna nigama anusāsana ||
मारग सोइ जा कहुँ जोइ भावा । पंडित सोइ जो गाल बजावा ॥
मिथ्यारम्भ दम्भ रत जोई । ता कहुँ, सन्त कहइ सब कोई ॥
māraga soi jā kahum̐ joi bhāvā | paṃḍita soi jo gāla bajāvā ||
mithyārambha dambha rata joī | tā kahum̐, santa kahai saba koī ||
सोइ सयान जो परधन हारी । जो कर दम्भ सो बड़ आचारी ॥
जो कह झूँठ मसखरी जाना । कलिजुग सोइ गुनवन्त बखाना ॥
soi sayāna jo paradhana hārī | jo kara dambha so bar̤a ācārī ||
jo kaha jhūm̐ṭha masakharī jānā | kalijuga soi gunavanta bakhānā ||
निराचार जो श्रुति पथ त्यागी । कलिजुग सोइ ज्ञानी सो बिरागी ॥
जा के नख अरु जटा बिसाला । सोइ तापस प्रसिद्ध कलिकाला ॥
nirācāra jo śruti patha tyāgī | kalijuga soi jñānī so birāgī ||
jā ke nakha aru jaṭā bisālā | soi tāpasa prasiddha kalikālā ||
असुभ बेष भूषन धरें, भच्छाभच्छ जे खाहिँ ।
तेइ जोगी तेइ सिद्ध नर, पूज्य ते कलिजुग माहिँ ॥
asubha beṣa bhūṣana dhareṃ, bhacchābhaccha je khāhim̐ |
tei jogī tei siddha nara, pūjya te kalijuga māhim̐ ||
जे अपकारी चार, तिन्ह कर गौरव मान्य तेइ ।
मन क्रम बचन लबार, तेइ बकता कलिकाल मह ॥
je apakārī cāra, tinha kara gaurava mānya tei |
mana krama bacana labāra, tei bakatā kalikāla maha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
