अनुकुर्वन्न् उलूकानां सारसा विरुतं तथा ॥
अजाः शिवानां च रुतम् अन्वकुर्वत भारत ॥
पाण्डुरा रक्तपादाश् च विहगाः कालचोदिताः ॥
वृष्ण्यन्धकानां गेहेषु कपोता व्यचरंस् तदा ॥
व्यजायन्त खरा गोषु करभाश्वतरीषु च ॥
शुनीष्व् अपि बिडालाश् च मूषका नकुलीषु च ॥
नापत्रपन्त पापानि कुर्वन्तो वृष्णयस् तदा ॥
प्राद्विषन् ब्राह्मणांश् चापि पितॄन् देवांस् तथैव च ॥
गुरूंश् चाप्य् अवमन्यन्त न तु रामजनार्दनौ ॥
पत्न्यः पतीन् व्युच्चरन्त पत्नीश् च पतयस् तथा ॥
anukurvann ulūkānāṃ sārasā virutaṃ tathā ||
ajāḥ śivānāṃ ca rutam anvakurvata bhārata ||
pāṇḍurā raktapādāś ca vihagāḥ kālacoditāḥ ||
vṛṣṇyandhakānāṃ geheṣu kapotā vyacaraṃs tadā ||
vyajāyanta kharā goṣu karabhāśvatarīṣu ca ||
śunīṣv api biḍālāś ca mūṣakā nakulīṣu ca ||
nāpatrapanta pāpāni kurvanto vṛṣṇayas tadā ||
prādviṣan brāhmaṇāṃś cāpi pitṝn devāṃs tathaiva ca ||
gurūṃś cāpy avamanyanta na tu rāmajanārdanau ||
patnyaḥ patīn vyuccaranta patnīś ca patayas tathā ||
Cranes imitated the cry of owls, and goats imitated the howl of jackals, O Bharata. White and red-footed birds — doves, driven by Time — then roamed through the houses of the Vrishnis and Andhakas. Donkeys were born from cows, and from she-camels and she-asses, and cats from bitches, and mice from mongooses. The Vrishnis felt no shame in committing evil: they hated the brahmins, the ancestors, and the gods alike, and despised their teachers — yet not Rama and Janardana; wives betrayed their husbands, and husbands their wives in kind.
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The destruction of the clan is heralded not only by outward portents but by corruption within: reverence for brahmins, ancestors, gods, and teachers has been abandoned, and marital fidelity is trampled underfoot. The perversion of nature — cats born from bitches, mice from mongooses — is a visible image of the perversion of dharma within men's hearts. One exception is notable: 'yet not Rama and Janardana' — even in a perishing clan, the Lord and His brother remain unassailed, an island of sanctity amid dissolution. The verse teaches that outward calamity is preceded by an inner fall — the loss of reverence for all that is sacred and of faithfulness to duty, for the corruption of the soul precedes every ruin; and that even amid universal impiety the Lord remains inviolable, for impiety that dares all does not dare against Him.