kalau tu dharma-pādānāṁ
turyāmśo 'dharma-hetubhiḥ
edhamānaiḥ kṣīyamāṇo
hy ante so 'pi vinaṅkṣyati

 kalau - in the age of Kali; tu - and; dharma-pādānām - of the legs of religion; turya-amśaḥ - one fourth; adharma - of irreligion; hetubhiḥ - by the principles; edhamānaiḥ - which are increasing; kṣīyamāṇaḥ - decreasing; hi - indeed; ante - in the end; saḥ - that one quarter; api - also; vinaṅkṣyati - will be destroyed.


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In the Age of Kali only one fourth of the religious principles remains. That last remnant will continuously be decreased by the ever-increasing principles of irreligion and will finally be destroyed.

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