अशपत् तान्मुनिः क्रुद्धो म्लेच्छा भवत दुर्जनाः ॥३३॥
ye madhucchandaso jyeá¹£á¹hÄḥ
kuśalaṠmenire na tat
aÅ›apat tÄn muniḥ kruddho
mlecchÄ bhavata durjanÄḥ
ye - those who; madhucchandasaḥ - sons of ViÅ›vÄmitra, celebrated as the MadhucchandÄs; jyeá¹£á¹hÄḥ - eldest; kuÅ›alam - very good; menire - accepting; na - not; tat - that (the proposal that he be accepted as the eldest brother); aÅ›apat - cursed; tÄn - all the sons; muniḥ - ViÅ›vÄmitra Muni; kruddhaḥ - being angry; mlecchÄḥ - disobedient to the Vedic principles; bhavata - all of you become; durjanÄḥ - very bad sons.
When requested by their father to accept Åšunaḥśepha as the eldest son, the elder fifty of the MadhucchandÄs, the sons of ViÅ›vÄmitra, did not agree. Therefore ViÅ›vÄmitra, being angry, cursed them. “May all of you bad sons become mlecchas,†he said, “being opposed to the principles of Vedic culture.â€
In Vedic literature there are names like mleccha and yavana. The mlecchas are understood to be those who do not follow the Vedic principles. In former days, the mlecchas were fewer, and ViÅ›vÄmitra Muni cursed his sons to become mlecchas. But in the present age, Kali-yuga, there is no need of cursing, for people are automatically mlecchas. This is only the beginning of Kali-yuga, but at the end of Kali-yuga the entire population will consist of mlecchas because no one will follow the Vedic principles. At that time the incarnation Kalki will appear. Mleccha-nivaha-nidhane kalayasi karavÄlam. He will kill all the mlecchas indiscriminately with his sword.
