· In
Kaliyuga,
wealth alone will be considered the sign of a man’s good birth, proper
behaviour, and fine qualities.
·
Men and Women will live together merely because of superficial
attraction.
·
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 will be judged unholy if he
does not have money, and hypocrisy will be accepted as virtue.
· He who can maintain a family will be
regarded as expert man, and the principles of religion will be observed only
for the sake of reputation.
· 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.
· The maximum duration of life for human beings in kali yuga will
become 50 years.
·
Men will no longer protect their elder parents.
·
In kali yuga, men will develop a hatred for each other even over a
few coins.
·
Cities will be dominated by thieves, the
Vedas will be contaminated by speculative interpretations of atheist, and
political leaders will consume the citizens.
·
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.
·
As the earth thus become crowded with a
corrupt population, whoever among any of the social classes shows himself to be
the strongest will gain political power.
·
The citizens will suffer greatly from
the cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst,
diseases and severe anxiety.
·
Uncultured men will accept charity on
behalf of the lord and will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity
and wearing mendicant’s dress.
