Shloka 54
इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्
Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration
क्रयविक्रयकाले च सर्व: सर्वस्य वज्चनम् । युगान्ते भरतश्रेष्ठ वित्तलोभात् करिष्यति,भरतश्रेष्ठ।! युगान्तकालमें धनके लोभसे क्रय-विक्रयके समय सभी सबको ठगेंगे
krayavikrayakāle ca sarvaḥ sarvasya vañcanam | yugānte bharataśreṣṭha vittalobhāt kariṣyati, bharataśreṣṭha ||
Wika ni Mārkaṇḍeya: “O pinakamahusay sa angkan ng Bharata, sa dulo ng yugto, dahil sa kasakiman sa yaman, sa oras ng pagbili at pagbenta ay maglilinlang ang lahat sa lahat.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed for wealth corrodes dharma: when society normalizes profit over truth, even everyday transactions become arenas of deception, signaling moral decline at the yuga’s end.
In Mārkaṇḍeya’s discourse describing end-of-age conditions, he warns the Bharata addressee that commerce will be dominated by mutual cheating, driven by intensified attachment to money.