Shloka 32
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
निवृत्तयज्ञस्वाध्याया दण्डाजिनविवर्जिता:
vaiśampāyana uvāca | nivṛtta-yajña-svādhyāyā daṇḍājina-vivarjitāḥ | (sahasra-caturyugake antima) kali-yugake antima-bhāge brāhmaṇā yajñaṃ svādhyāyaṃ daṇḍam ajinaṃ ca tyakṣyanti, bhakṣyābhakṣya-vivekaṃ vihāya sarva-bhakṣa-bhojino bhaviṣyanti | tāta! brāhmaṇā japaṃ dūrataḥ parityakṣyanti, śūdrāś ca vaidika-mantra-japeṣu saṃlagnā bhaviṣyanti ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—কলিযুগৰ অন্তিম ভাগত ব্ৰাহ্মণসকলে যজ্ঞ আৰু স্বাধ্যায় ত্যাগ কৰিব; দণ্ড আৰু মৃগচৰ্মও পৰিত্যাগ কৰিব। ভক্ষ্য-অভক্ষ্যৰ বিবেচনা এৰি যি পায় সেয়াই খাই-পীয়াই কৰিব। তাত! ব্ৰাহ্মণসকল জপৰ পৰা আঁতৰি যাব, আৰু শূদ্ৰসকল বৈদিক মন্ত্ৰজপত লীন হ’ব।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Kali-yuga as a period where dharma weakens: traditional markers of disciplined religious life—sacrifice, Vedic study, ascetic emblems, dietary discernment, and japa—are neglected by those expected to uphold them, indicating ethical and spiritual inversion.
Vaiśampāyana delivers a future-oriented description (a Kali-yuga sign) in which Brahmins abandon customary Vedic duties and restraints, while Śūdras are depicted as taking up Vedic mantra-recitation—presented as a reversal of expected social-religious roles.