Devanagari
श्रीराजोवाच
केनोपायेन भगवन् कलेर्दोषान् कलौ जना: ।
विधमिष्यन्त्युपचितांस्तन्मे ब्रूहि यथा मुने ॥ १६ ॥
Verse text
śrī-rājovāca
kenopāyena bhagavan
kaler doṣān kalau janāḥ
vidhamiṣyanty upacitāṁs
tan me brūhi yathā mune
Synonyms
śrī
—
rājā uvāca — King Parīkṣit said
;
kena
—
by what
;
upāyena
—
means
;
bhagavan
—
my dear lord
;
kaleḥ
—
of the Age of Kali
;
doṣān
—
the faults
;
kalau
—
living in Kali-yuga
;
janāḥ
—
people
;
vidhamiṣyanti
—
will eradicate
;
upacitān
—
accumulated
;
tat
—
that
;
me
—
to me
;
brūhi
—
please explain
;
yathā
—
fittingly
;
mune
—
O sage .
Translation
King Parīkṣit said: My lord, how can persons living in the Age of Kali rid themselves of the cumulative contamination of this age? O great sage, please explain this to me.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
King Parīkṣit said: My lord! How will persons living in the age of Kali destroy the heaps of faults of this age? O great sage! Please explain this to me exactly.
Vidhamiṣanti means “they will destroy.” Yathā means “as it is.”
Purport
King Parīkṣit was a compassionate, saintly ruler. Thus, after hearing of the abominable qualities of the Age of Kali, he naturally inquired as to how those born in this age can free themselves of its inherent contamination.