कलिजा मानवा लुब्धाः शिश्नोदरपरायणाः । लोभात्तत्र पतिष्यन्ति न करिष्यन्ति साधनम् ॥ ५८ ॥
kalijā mānavā lubdhāḥ śiśnōdaraparāyaṇāḥ | lōbhāttatra patiṣyanti na kariṣyanti sādhanam || 58 ||
Translation
The people born in the Kali age, greedy and given to lust and the belly, will fall through greed into these, and will not perform the sādhana.
Word by word
- kalijā
- born in the Kali age
- mānavā
- people
- lubdhāḥ
- greedy
- śiśnōdaraparāyaṇāḥ
- given to lust and the belly
- lōbhāttatra
- through greed, into these
- patiṣyanti
- will fall
- na
- not
- kariṣyanti
- will perform
- sādhanam
- the sādhana
Meaning
"Into these" is, in the commentary, into wine and the other tattvas: the danger the Goddess sees is that the means become the end.