k¢l¢vfØbnm¯ KALIVIDAMBANAM
   
 
g¦¢hN£   B¢gn£   tÞya:   áS¤raW   Üyal   iÏy¢p   .
p#a¢Nna|   k¢lna   s¦¾a:   p·   p#aNa   imE{prE   ¡41¡

g¦¢hN£

wife

B¢gn£

wife's sister

tÞya:

his

áS¤raW

father-in-law and mother-in-law

Üyal:

brotherin-law

i¢t

thus

A¢p

also

p#a¢Nna|

of beings

k¢lna

by Kali

s¦¾a:

created

p·

five

p#aNa:

life sustaining energies

imE

these

AprE

other

 
The   five   life   sustaining   energies   relevant   to   this   age   of   Kali   are   the  wife,   and   her   sister,   brother   and   parents           (41).
  jamatraE   Ba¢gnEya   mat¤la   darbaÓDva:   .
AMata   ev   g¦h£Na|   BXyÓÏyaK¤vdg¦hE   ¡42¡

jamatr:

sons-in-law

Ba¢gnEya:

sister's children

mat¤la:

maternal uncles

darbaÓDva:

relatives of the wife

AMata:

quietly

ev

also

g¦h£Na|

of the householderes

BXy¢Ót

consume (riches)

AaK¤vt¯

like bandicoots

g¦hE	in the house

 
The   sons-in-law,   the   nephews,   the   uncles   and   other   relatives   of   the wife   are   the   bandicoots   that   quietly   eat   away   the   wealth   and   prosperity of   a   householder         (42).  
mat¤lÞy   bl|   mata   jamat¤Ñ¤I¢hta   blm¯   .
áS¤rÞy   bl|   BayaI   ÞvymEva¢tTEbIlm¯   ¡43¡

mat¤lÞy

of the uncle (maternal)

bl|

strength

mata

mother

jamat¤:

of the son-in-law

Ѥ¢hta

daughter

blm¯

support

áS¤rÞy

of the father-in-law

bl|

mainstay

BayaI

wife

Þvy|

himself

ev

only

A¢tTE:

of the guest

blm¯

strength

In   the   household,   the   mother   supports   her   brother;   the   daughter   supports   her   husband; and   the   father-in-law   is   supported   by   his   wife.   But   a   guest   is   often   left   to   fend for   himself   with   no   one   to   second   his   cause   (43).  
jamat¤vI@ta   tavïavCYalÞy   balta   .
p#b¤ÒymanE   sarÚy|   p#b¤ÑGE{¢ÞmÓplaynm¯   ¡44¡  

jamat¤:

of the son-in-law

v@ta	cleverness

tavt¯

till

yavt¯

as long as

ÜyalÞy

of the brother-in-law

balta

childhood

p#b¤ÒymanE

when once mature

sarÚy|

honesty

p#b¤ÑGE

when exposed

A¢Þmn¯

his (son-in-law)

playnm¯

running away

 
As   long   as   the   brother-in-law   is   gullible,   the   son-in-law   will   be   up   to   all his   tricks   (taking   undue   advantage   of   the   household).   He   will   start   being honest   when   the   other   gets   to   understand   the   goings-on   and   flees  when   tricks   are   discovered   (44).  
BayaI   ÇyE¿a   ¢SS¤:   Üyal:   á½¥   Þvatn¯æyv¢tIn£   .
áS¤rÞt¤   p#vas£¢t   jamat¤BaIÂyDaErN£   ¡45¡

BayaI

wife

ÇyE¿a

the first-born, eldest

¢SS¤:

child

Üyal:

brotherin-law

á½¥:	mother-in-law

Þvatn¯æyv¢tIn£

head of the household

áS¤r:

father-in-law

t¤

too

p#va¢s

gone far away

i¢t

these

jamat¤:

of the son-in-law

BaÂyDaErN£

train of good fortune

Good   fortune   consists   in   one's   wife   being   the   first-born,  the   son-in-law   still   immature,   the   mother-in-law   ruling
the   household   and   the   father-in-law   away   on   a   long   journey   (45).
 
B¥xNWvIsnW:   paæOW:   p¤æOaNam¤plalnW:   .
sk]dagÏy   gÅCÓt£   kÓya   ¢nmaIr¢¾   m¢Ódrm¯   ¡46¡

B¥xNW:

through ornaments

vsnW:

through clothes

paæOW:

through vessels

p¤æOaNa|

of the sons

uplalnW:

pampering

sk]t¯

once

AagÏy

having come (home)

gÅCÓt£

while returning

kÓya

daughter

¢nmaIr¢¾

polishes off

m¢Ódrm¯

house (of all things)

 
Visiting   her   parents     a   daughter   carries   away   jewellery,
clothes   and   vessels   under   the   pretext   of   making   her   children   happy,   thus making   a   clean   sweep   of   the   house         (46).
g¦¢hN£   Þvjn|   v¢³   S¤Ýkahar|   ¢mtaSnm¯   .
p¢tpßya|Þt¤   bºaSan¯   X£rpa|ÞtÞkran¢p   ¡47¡

g¦¢hN£

housewife

Þvjn|

her own relations

v¢³	speaks of (as)

S¤Ýkahar|

consumers of lean food

¢mtaSnm¯

eating very little

p¢tpßyan¯

relations of her husband

t¤	on the other hand

bºaSan¯

gluttons

X£rpan¯

drinking up all the milk

tÞkran¯

thieves

A¢p

also

 
A   housewife   claims   that   her   relations   take   spartan   food   but   accuses   the thieves   and   relatives   who   of   her   husband,   saying   that   they   are   gluttons,   drink up   all   the   milk         (47).  
BayI   ¹E   p¤æOSa¢lÓyaW   B¢gn£   p¢tv¢jIta   .
A½aÓtklhaE   nam   yaEgaE{y|   g¦hmE¢Dnam¯   ¡48¡

BayI

wives

¹E

two

p¤æOSa¢lÓyaW

both having children

B¢gn£

sister

p¢tv¢jIta

deserted by her husband

A½aÓtklh:

permanent quarrel

nam

by name

yaEg:

state

Ay|

this

g¦hmE¢Dnam¯

of the householders

 
Misfortune   in   the   form   of   a     `permanent   quarrel'   in   the   house
occurs   when   in   his   house,   a   man   has   two   wives   both   being   blessed   with   children  and   also   a   sister   deserted   by   her   husband   (48).
BayI   ¹E   bhv:   p¤æOa:   da¢rdyI|   raEgs|Bv:   .
j£NaI   c   mata¢ptravEkWk|   nrka¢Dkm¯   ¡49¡  

BayI

wives

¹E

two

bhv:

many

p¤æOa:

children

da¢rdyI|

poverty

raEgs|Bv:

illness

j£NaI

old

c

and

mata¢ptraW

mother and father

ev

alone

ekWk|

each by itself

nrka¢Dkm¯

worse than hell

 
It   is   a   a   suffering   worse   than   hell   as   when   a   man   has   to   cop
with   two   wives,   a   large   contingent   of   children,   penury,   sickness   and aged   parents.   (49).                                       
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