Doha 101b
बहु दाम सँवारहिं धाम जती। बिषया हरि लीन्हि न रहि बिरती॥ तपसी धनवंत दरिद्र गृही। कलि कौतुक तात न जात कही॥ १॥
कुलवंति निकारहिं नारि सती। गृह आनहिं चेरि निबेरि गती॥ सुत मानहिं मातु पिता तब लौं। अबलानन दीख नहीं जब लौं॥ २॥
ससुरारि पिआरि लगी जब तें। रिपुरूप कुटुंब भए तब तें॥ नृप पाप परायन धर्म नहीं। करि दंड बिडंब प्रजा नितहीं॥ ३॥
धनवंत कुलीन मलीन अपी। द्विज चिन्ह जनेउ उघार तपी॥ नहिं मान पुरान न बेदहि जो। हरि सेवक संत सही कलि सो॥ ४॥
कबि बृंद उदार दुनी न सुनी। गुन दूषक ब्रात न कोपि गुनी॥ कलि बारहिं बार दुकाल परै। बिनु अन्न दुखी सब लोग मरै॥ ५॥
Meaning
“The so-called recluses build for themselves houses and furnish them at considerable expense; dispassion is no more to be seen in them, as having been wiped out by their sensuality. The so-called ascetics grow wealthy and householders go penniless: the freaks of the Kali age, dear Garuḍa, are beyond all description. (1) “Men drive out a well-born and virtuous wife and bring home some servant-girl give casting to the winds all good usage. Sons respect their father and mother only so long as they have not seen the face of their wife. (2) “From the time they take a fancy to their wife’s kinsfolk, they begin to look upon their own people as their enemies. Kings get deeply involved in sinful activities and cease to have anything to do with piety. They ever persecute their subjects by inflicting unjust punishments and cause them great misery. (3) “The meanest churl, if he is rich, is accounted noble. A Brāhmaṇa is known only by his sacred thread, and an ascetic by his naked body. He who refuses to recognize the Vedas and Purāṇas is known as a true saint and servant of Śrī Hari in the Kali age. (4) “Poets are seen in large numbers; but the munificent (who reward them) are seldom heard of. Those who find fault with others’ virtues can be had in any number, but not one possessing virtues. In the Kali age famines are of frequent occurrence; for want of foodgrains people perish miserably en masse. (5)
सुनु खगेस कलि कपट हठ दंभ द्वेष पाषंड। मान मोह मारादि मद ब्यापि रहे ब्रह्मंड॥ १०१ (क)॥
तामस धर्म करहिं नर जप तप ब्रत मख दान। देव न बरषहिं धरनीं बए न जामहिं धान॥ १०१ (ख)॥
Meaning
“Listen, Garuḍa, lord of the winged creatures, in the age of Kali duplicity, perversity, hypocrisy, malice, heresy, pride, infatuation, concupiscence and arrogance etc., pervade the whole universe. (101 A) “Men practise Japa (the muttering of prayers), austere penance and charity, perform sacrifices and undertake sacred vows with some unholy motive. The gods do not shower rain upon the earth and foodgrains sown in the soil do not germinate. (101 B)
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