भविष्यंति कलौ प्राप्ते मलिना दुष्टवृत्तयः । मद्यपानरताः सर्वेप्यया ज्यानां हि याजकाः
bhaviṣyaṃti kalau prāpte malinā duṣṭavṛttayaḥ | madyapānaratāḥ sarvepyayā jyānāṃ hi yājakāḥ
جب کَلی یُگ آ پہنچے گا تو لوگ ناپاک اور بدکردار ہو جائیں گے؛ سب شراب نوشی میں مگن ہوں گے، اور نااہلوں کے لیے بھی یَجْیَ کے پجاری بن کر کرم کرائیں گے۔
Sūta (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)
Scene: A darkening age: intoxicated crowds, polluted streets, and a priest accepting offerings indiscriminately; in the background a neglected altar and dimmed sacred fire, symbolizing ritual decay.
Ritual without purity and integrity becomes adharma; spiritual authority must be grounded in self-restraint and eligibility.
No tīrtha is cited in this verse.
It references yajña officiation ethics by warning against performing rites for ayājya (unqualified) persons.