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The Degraded Symptoms of Kali-yuga

Bhajan | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Verses

Verse 1

ghare ghare maṭha saba sthāpite ye habe

pṛthivīra koṇe koṇe kabe se yāibe?

Verse 2

hāi-korṭera jaja habe gauḍīya-vaiṣṇava

tilakera śobhā habe sabāre vaibhava

Verse 3

vaiṣṇava se bhoṭa laye rāṣṭra-pati habe

pracāra sarvatra bhāi prasārita habe

Verse 4

bhagavānera sampatti asura lute khāya

nirīha prajā-gaṇa saba kare hāya hāya

Verse 5

asurera "plāna" cāya tādera ṭhakāte

go-dhūma vikāya maṇa batrīśa ṭakāte

Verse 6

lohāra śālāra khule udara bharābe?

kṣudhāra tāḍane saba ghāsa-aṣṭhi khābe

Verse 7

du"-payasāra sūtā galāya brāhmaṇa balābe

geruyāra poṣāka-mātra sannyāsīra habe

Verse 8

gṛhī bhikṣā kare saba sannyāsīra kāche

koṭi koṭi ṭākā byāṅke sannyāsīra āche

Verse 9

kalira prabhāva bāḍe yata-dina yāya

kali-hata jīva saba kare hāya hāya

Verse 10

daśa hājāra go-hatyā haya prati-dina

amedhya bhojana kare “līḍāra” pravīṇa

Verse 11

māṭiyā buddhira loka dine dine bāḍe

pati-patnīra samparka saba eka kathāya chāḍe

Verse 12

piśāca haila loka kalira prabhāve

loka-duḥkhī vaiṣṇavera kṛpāra abhāve

Translation

Verse 1

When will that day come when there will be a temple established in every house in every corner of the world?

Verse 2

When the high court judge will be a Gaudiya Vaisnava with tilaka beautifully decorating his forehead.

Verse 3

When a Vaisnava winning votes will be elected president of the land, and preaching will be spread everywhere.

Verse 4

The demons simply plunder the Lord’s wealth. The helpless populace cries “hey, hey” in distress.

Verse 5

The demons want so many plans just to cheat the people. They sell sheat flour at thirty-two rupees a mound.

Verse 6

Will opening a factory fill a hungry man’s belly? Being oppressed by starvation, they will eat grass and mango pits.

Verse 7

Wearing a two paisa string, a man is called a brahmana. Wearing a saffron cloth, he has become a sannyasi.

Verse 8

The householders beg from the sannyasis and why not? The sannyasis have tens of millions of rupees in the bank.

Verse 9

As the days pass, the influence of Kali-yuga increases and the poor jivas are all crying in distress.

Verse 10

Ten thousand cows are killed daily, and the nation’s expert leaders are all eating untouchable foodstuffs.

Verse 11

People of muddy intelligence increase day by day. A man and his wife separate simply on a mere word.

Verse 12

Everyone has become a witch by the influence of the age. Everyone is unhappy due to the absence of the mercy of the Vaisnavas.

TraditionBhajan
ComposerA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
SourceMiscellaneous Songs
LanguagesEnglish
Verses12 verses

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