Description of current age in ancient Sanskrit translations

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SB 12.2.1: Åšukadeva

GosvÄmÄ« 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 brÄhmanÌ£a 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 varnÌ£ÄÅ›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 śūdras. 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 śamī

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 will appear on the earth. Acting with

the power of pure spiritual goodness, He will rescue eternal religion.SB 12.2.17: Lord Viṣṇu

— the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all

moving and nonmoving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all — takes

birth to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly

devotees from the reactions of material work.SB 12.2.18: Lord Kalki will appear in the home of the most eminent brÄhmanÌ£a of Åšambhala village, the great soul VisÌ£nÌ£uyaÅ›Ä.SB 12.2.19-20: Lord Kalki,

the Lord of the universe, will mount His swift horse Devadatta and,

sword in hand, travel over the earth exhibiting His eight mystic

opulences and eight special qualities of Godhead. Displaying His

unequaled effulgence and riding with great speed, He will kill by the

millions those thieves who have dared dress as kings.SB 12.2.21:

After all the impostor kings have been killed, the residents of the

cities and towns will feel the breezes carrying the most sacred

fragrance of the sandalwood paste and other decorations of Lord VÄsudeva, and their minds will thereby become transcendentally pure.SB 12.2.22: When Lord VÄsudeva,

the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears in their hearts in His

transcendental form of goodness, the remaining citizens will abundantly

repopulate the earth.SB 12.2.23: When the Supreme Lord has appeared on earth as Kalki, the maintainer of religion, Satya-yuga will begin, and human society will bring forth progeny in the mode of goodness.SB 12.2.24: When the moon, the sun and BrÌ£haspatÄ« are together in the constellation KarkatÌ£a, and all three enter simultaneously into the lunar mansion PusÌ£yÄ â€” at that exact moment the age of Satya, or KrÌ£ta, will

begin.SB 12.2.25: Thus I have described all the kings — past, present and future — who belong to the dynasties of the sun and the moon.SB 12.2.26: From your birth up to the coronation of King Nanda, 1,150 years will pass.SB 12.2.27-28: Of the seven stars forming the constellation of the seven sages, Pulaha and Kratu

are the first to rise in the night sky. If a line running north and

south were drawn through their midpoint, whichever of the lunar

mansions this line passes through is said to be the ruling asterism of

the constellation for that time. The Seven Sages will remain connected

with that particular lunar mansion for one hundred human years.

Currently, during your lifetime, they are situated in the naksÌ£atra called MaghÄ.SB 12.2.29: The Supreme Lord, VisÌ£nÌ£u, is brilliant like the sun and is known as KrÌ£sÌ£nÌ£a. When He returned to the spiritual sky, Kali entered this world, and people then began to take pleasure in sinful activities.SB 12.2.30: As long us Lord ÅšrÄ« KrÌ£sÌ£nÌ£a, the husband of the goddess of fortune, touched the earth with His lotus feet, Kali was powerless to subdue this planet.SB 12.2.31: When the constellation of the seven sages is passing through the lunar mansion MaghÄ, the age of Kali begins. It comprises twelve hundred years of the demigods.SB 12.2.32: When the great sages of the SaptarsÌ£i constellation pass from MaghÄ to PÅ«rvÄsÄdÌ£hÄ, Kali will have his full strength, beginning from King Nanda and his dynasty.SB

12.2.33: Those who scientifically understand the past declare that on the very day that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa departed for the spiritual world, the influence of the age of Kali began.

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