Description of Kaliyuga - The Age of Deterioration

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Some of them are already prominent, and other will

manifest in due course of time.

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12.2.1: Sage Suka said: 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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12.2.11: The maximum duration of life for human beings in

Kaliyuga will become fifty years.