Symptoms of Kali Yuga (Ref. Bhagavat-Purana)

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SB 12.2.1: Shukadeva Gosvami said: Then, O King, religion,

truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical

strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the

powerful influence of the age of Kali.

 

SB 12.2.2: In Kali-yuga, wealth alone will be considered the sign of a

man's good birth, proper behavior and fine qualities. And law and

justice will be applied only on the basis of one's power.

 

SB 12.2.3: Men and women will live together merely because of

superficial attraction, and success in business will depend on deceit.

Womanliness and manliness will be judged according to one's expertise

in sex, and a man will be known as a brahmana just by his wearing a

thread.

 

SB 12.2.4: A person's spiritual position will be ascertained merely

according to external symbols, and on that same basis people will

change from one spiritual order to the next. A person's propriety will

be seriously questioned if he does not earn a good living. And one who

is very clever at juggling words will be considered a learned scholar.

 

SB 12.2.5: A person will be judged unholy if he does not have money,

and hypocrisy will be accepted as virtue. Marriage will be arranged

simply by verbal agreement, and a person will think he is fit to appear

in public if he has merely taken a bath.

 

SB 12.2.6: A sacred place will be taken to consist of no more than a

reservoir of water located at a distance, and beauty will be thought to

depend on one's hairstyle. Filling the belly will become the goal of

life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful. He who can

maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man, and the principles

of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation.

 

SB 12.2.7: As the earth thus becomes crowded with a corrupt population,

whoever among any of the social classes shows himself to be the

strongest will gain political power.

 

SB 12.2.8: Losing their wives and properties to such avaricious and

merciless rulers, who will behave no better than ordinary thieves, the

citizens will flee to the mountains and forests.

 

SB 12.2.9: Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort

to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds.

Struck by drought, they will become completely ruined.

 

SB 12.2.10: The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat,

rain and snow. They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger,

thirst, disease and severe anxiety.

 

SB 12.2.11: The maximum duration of life for human beings in Kali-yuga

will become fifty years.

 

SB 12.2.12-16: By the time the age of Kali ends, the bodies of all

creatures will be greatly reduced in size, and the religious principles

of followers of varn???rama will be ruined. The path of the Vedas will

be completely forgotten in human society, and so-called religion will

be mostly atheistic. The kings will mostly be thieves, the occupations

of men will be stealing, lying and needless violence, and all the

social classes will be reduced to the lowest level of ??dras. Cows will

be like goats, spiritual hermitages will be no different from mundane

houses, and family ties will extend no further than the immediate bonds

of marriage. Most plants and herbs will be tiny, and all trees will

appear like dwarf ?am? trees. Clouds will be full of lightning, homes

will be devoid of piety, and all human beings will have become like

asses.

 

At that time, the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Kalki) will appear on

the earth. Acting with the power of pure spiritual goodness, He will

rescue eternal religion.

 

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