कलिकल्मषयुक्तानां सर्वदाऽस्थिरचेतसाम् । निद्रालस्यप्रसक्तानां भावशुद्धिः कथं भवेत् ॥ ५६ ॥
kalikalmaṣayuktānāṁ sarvadā’sthiracētasām | nidrālasyaprasaktānāṁ bhāvaśuddhiḥ kathaṁ bhavēt || 56 ||
Translation
For those tainted by the stain of the Kali age, whose minds are never steady, who are given to sleep and sloth, how can there be purity of disposition?
Word by word
- kalikalmaṣayuktānāṁ
- of those tainted by the impurity of Kali
- sarvadā’sthiracētasām
- of those whose minds are ever unsteady
- nidrālasyaprasaktānāṁ
- of those given to sleep and sloth
- bhāvaśuddhiḥ
- purity of disposition
- kathaṁ
- how
- bhavēt
- can there be
Meaning
So, the commentary concludes, the paśu and divya dispositions cannot be achieved by the restless people born in the Kali age, unfit to perform what they require.