verse 21

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

द्रव्य-देशात्मनां नित्यं अशुद्धत्वात् कलौ युगे
न कर्म-फल-दं किञ्चिद् इत्य् आहुश् च मनीषिणः

dravya-deśātmanāṃ nityaṃ aśuddhatvāt kalau yuge
na karma-phala-daṃ kiñcid ity āhuś ca manīṣiṇaḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

dravya—things; deśa—place; ātmanām—self; nityam—a;ways; aśuddhatvāt—because of impurity; kalau yuge—in Kali-yuga; na—not; karma-phala-dam—giving the results of activities; ki 24cit—something; iti—thus; āhuḥ—said; ca—and; manīṣiṇaḥ—the wise.

English translation of verse:

Because in Kali-yuga objects, places, and people are all impure, one cannot easily attain the results of performing pious deeds. That is what the wise have said.