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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.14.5
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 5
- nimittāny atyariṣṭāni
- kāle tv anugate nṛṇām
- lobhādy-adharma-prakṛtiṁ
- dṛṣṭvovācānujaṁ nṛpaḥ
nimittānicauses — causes; ativery serious — very serious; ariṣṭānibad omens — bad omens; kālein course of time — in course of time; tubut — but; anugatepassing away — passing away; nṛṇāmof humanity at large — of humanity at large; lobhasuch as greed-ādisuch as greed — such as greed; adharmairreligious — irreligious; prakṛtimhabits — habits; dṛṣṭvāhaving observed — having observed; uvācasaid — said; anujamyounger brother — younger brother; nṛpaḥthe King — the King.
In course of time it came to pass that people in general became accustomed to greed, anger, pride, etc. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, observing all these omens, spoke to his younger brother.
Such a pious king as Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira at once became perturbed when there were such inhuman symptoms as greed, anger, irreligiosity and hypocrisy rampant in society. It appears from this statement that all these symptoms of degraded society were unknown to the people of the time, and it was astonishing for them to have experienced them with the advent of the Kali-yuga, or the age of quarrel.