बहुलानां पुराणानां विनाशो भविता विभो । तदा लोका भविष्यन्ति धर्मकर्मवहिर्मुखाः ॥ ३८ ॥
bahulānāṁ purāṇānāṁ vināśō bhavitā vibhō | tadā lōkā bhaviṣyanti dharmakarmavahirmukhāḥ || 38 ||
Translation
the many Purāṇas, there will be destruction, O all-pervading Lord. Then people will turn their backs on dharma and its rites,
Word by word
- bahulānāṁ
- of the many
- purāṇānāṁ
- Purāṇas
- vināśō
- destruction
- bhavitā
- will be
- vibhō
- O all-pervading one
- tadā
- then
- lōkā
- people
- bhaviṣyanti
- will become
- dharmakarmavahirmukhāḥ
- averse to dharma and its rites
Meaning
Verses 38 to 66 picture the people of the Kali age, as the Goddess fears them to be.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 37, which explains verses 37 and 38 together.