parjanyaḥ Å›ata-vará¹£Äṇi
bhÅ«mau rÄjan na vará¹£ati
tadÄ niranne hy anyonyaá¹
bhaká¹£yamÄṇÄḥ ká¹£udhÄrditÄḥ
ká¹£ayaá¹ yÄsyanti Å›anakaiḥ
kÄlenopadrutÄḥ prajÄḥ

 parjanyaḥ - the clouds; Å›ata-vará¹£Äṇi - for one hundred years; bhÅ«mau - upon the earth; rÄjan - my dear King; na vará¹£ati - will not give rain; tadÄ - then; niranne - with the coming of famine; hi - indeed; anyonyam - one another; bhaká¹£yamÄṇÄḥ - eating; ká¹£udhÄ - by hunger; arditÄḥ - distressed; ká¹£ayam - to destruction; yÄsyanti - they go; Å›anakaiḥ - gradually; kÄlena - by the force of time; upadrutÄḥ - confounded; prajÄḥ - the people.


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As annihilation approaches, O King, there will be no rain upon the earth for one hundred years. Drought will lead to famine, and the starving populace will literally consume one another. The inhabitants of the earth, bewildered by the force of time, will gradually be destroyed.

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