The Degraded Symptoms of Kali-yuga

ghare ghare maṭha saba sthāpite ye habe pṛthivīra koṇe koṇe kabe se yāibe?

When will that day come when there will be a temple established in every house in every corner of the world?

hāi-korṭera jaja habe gauḍīya-vaiṣṇava tilakera śobhā habe sabāre vaibhava

When the high court judge will be a Gaudiya Vaisnava with tilaka beautifully decorating his forehead.

vaiṣṇava se bhoṭa laye rāṣṭra-pati habe pracāra sarvatra bhāi prasārita habe

When a Vaisnava winning votes will be elected president of the land, and preaching will be spread everywhere.

bhagavānera sampatti asura lute khāya nirīha prajā-gaṇa saba kare hāya hāya

The demons simply plunder the Lord’s wealth. The helpless populace cries “hey, hey” in distress.

asurera "plāna" cāya tādera ṭhakāte go-dhūma vikāya maṇa batrīśa ṭakāte

The demons want so many plans just to cheat the people. They sell sheat flour at thirty-two rupees a mound.

lohāra śālāra khule udara bharābe? kṣudhāra tāḍane saba ghāsa-aṣṭhi khābe

Will opening a factory fill a hungry man’s belly? Being oppressed by starvation, they will eat grass and mango pits.

du"-payasāra sūtā galāya brāhmaṇa balābe geruyāra poṣāka-mātra sannyāsīra habe

Wearing a two paisa string, a man is called a brahmana. Wearing a saffron cloth, he has become a sannyasi.

gṛhī bhikṣā kare saba sannyāsīra kāche koṭi koṭi ṭākā byāṅke sannyāsīra āche

The householders beg from the sannyasis and why not? The sannyasis have tens of millions of rupees in the bank.

kalira prabhāva bāḍe yata-dina yāya kali-hata jīva saba kare hāya hāya

As the days pass, the influence of Kali-yuga increases and the poor jivas are all crying in distress.

daśa hājāra go-hatyā haya prati-dina amedhya bhojana kare “līḍāra” pravīṇa

Ten thousand cows are killed daily, and the nation’s expert leaders are all eating untouchable foodstuffs.

māṭiyā buddhira loka dine dine bāḍe pati-patnīra samparka saba eka kathāya chāḍe

People of muddy intelligence increase day by day. A man and his wife separate simply on a mere word.

piśāca haila loka kalira prabhāve loka-duḥkhī vaiṣṇavera kṛpāra abhāve

Everyone has become a witch by the influence of the age. Everyone is unhappy due to the absence of the mercy of the Vaisnavas.