यदा क्षौणी स्वल्पफला तोयदाः स्तोकवर्षिणः । असम्यक्फलिनो वृक्षास्तदैव प्रवलः कलिः ॥ ५३ ॥
yadā kṣauṇī svalpaphalā tōyadāḥ stōkavarṣiṇaḥ | asamyakphalinō vṛkṣāstadaiva pravalaḥ kaliḥ || 53 ||
Translation
When the earth bears little fruit, the clouds rain little, and the trees bear poorly, then the Kali age is in its strength.
Word by word
- yadā
- when
- kṣauṇī
- the earth
- svalpaphalā
- bearing little fruit
- tōyadāḥ
- clouds
- stōkavarṣiṇaḥ
- raining little
- asamyakphalinō
- bearing poorly
- vṛkṣāstadaiva
- trees, then indeed
- pravalaḥ
- strong
- kaliḥ
- is Kali
Meaning
Stokavarṣin is glossed as given to scanty rain.