SB 12.3.35
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 35
- paṇayiṣyanti vai kṣudrāḥ
- kirāṭāḥ kūṭa-kāriṇaḥ
- anāpady api maṁsyante
- vārtāṁ sādhu jugupsitām
SYNONYMS
paṇayiṣyanti — will engage in commerce; vai — indeed; kṣudrāḥ — petty; kirāṭāḥ — the merchants; kūṭa-kāriṇaḥ — indulging in cheating; anāpadi — when there is no emergency; api — even; maṁsyante — people will consider; vārtām — an occupation; sādhu — good; jugupsitām — which is actually contemptible.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Businessmen will engage in petty commerce and earn their money by cheating. Even when there is no emergency, people will consider any degraded occupation quite acceptable.
PURPORT
Although other occupations are available, people do not hesitate to work in coal mines, slaughterhouses, steel mills, deserts, floating oil rigs, submarines and other equally abominable situations. As also mentioned here, businessmen will consider cheating and lying to be a perfectly respectable way to do business. These are all symptoms of the age of Kali.