Devi Bhagavata Purana

सन्तश्च सत्यधर्मश्च वेदाश्च ग्रामदेवताः । व्रतं तपश्चानशनं ययुस्तैः सार्धमेव च

The good people, truth and righteousness, the Vedas, village deities, vows, austerity, and fasting will also depart together with them.

वामाचाररताः सर्वे मिथ्याकपटसंयुताः । तुलसीरहिता पूजा भविष्यति ततः परम्

All will become devoted to left-handed practices, full of falsehood and deceit; worship without Tulasī will then prevail.

शठाः क्रूरा दाम्भिकाश्च महाहङ्‌कारसंयुताः । चोराश्च हिंसकाः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति ततः परम्

Then, all will become wicked, cruel, hypocritical, filled with great arrogance, thieves, and violent.

पुंसो भेदः स्त्रीविभेदो विवाहो वापि निर्भयः । स्वस्वामिभेदो वस्तूनां भविष्यति ततः परम्

There will be division among men, separation among women, and even marriage will be without fear; there will be discord between masters and servants over possessions.

सर्वे स्त्रीवशगाः पुंसः पुश्चल्यश्च गृहे गृहे । तर्जनैर्भर्त्सनैः शश्वत्स्वामिनं ताडयन्ति च

All men will be under the control of women, and in every house, unchaste women will constantly threaten, rebuke, and even strike their husbands.

गृहेश्वरी च गृहिणी गृही भृत्याधिकोऽधमः । चेटीदाससमौ वध्वाः श्वश्रूश्च श्वशुरस्तथा

The mistress will rule the house, the householder will be inferior to the servant; the wife’s mother and father-in-law will be like maidservants and slaves.

कर्तारो बलिनो गेहे योनिसम्बन्धिबान्धवाः । विद्यासम्बन्धिभिः सार्धं सम्भाषापि न विद्यते

Those who act powerfully in the home, relatives by birth, will not even speak with those related by knowledge.

यथापरिचिता लोकास्तथा पुंसश्च बान्धवाः । सर्वकर्माक्षमाः पुंसो योषितामाज्ञया विना

Just as people are strangers to each other, so too will relatives be; all actions of men will be subject to the command of women.

ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशः शूद्रा जात्याचारविवर्जिताः । सन्ध्या च यज्ञसूत्रं च भवेल्लुप्तं न संशयः

Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras will abandon their traditional conduct; the twilight rituals and sacred thread will certainly be lost.

म्लेच्छाचारा भविष्यन्ति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । म्लेच्छशास्त्रं पठिष्यन्ति स्वशास्त्राणि विहाय च

All four varṇas will adopt the customs of mlecchas, and they will study the scriptures of the mlecchas, abandoning their own.

ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां वंशाः शूद्राणां सेवकाः कलौ । सूपकारा धावकाश्च वृषवाहाश्च सर्वशः

The lineages of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, and Vaiśyas will serve the Śūdras in Kali; all will become cooks, runners, and bullock-cart drivers.

सत्यहीना जनाः सर्वे सस्यहीना च मेदिनी । फलहीनाश्च तरवोऽपत्यहीनाश्च योषितः

All people will be devoid of truth, the earth will lack crops, trees will bear no fruit, and women will be without children.

क्षीरहीनास्तथा गावः क्षीरं सर्पिर्विवर्जितम् । दम्पती प्रीतिहीनौ च गृहिणः सत्यवर्जिताः

Cows will be without milk, and milk will lack ghee; married couples will be without affection, and householders will be bereft of truth.

प्रतापहीना भूपाश्च प्रजाश्च करपीडिताः । जलहीना महानद्यो दीर्घिकाकन्दरादयः

Kings will be without power, and their subjects oppressed by taxes; great rivers, ponds, and ravines will be without water.

धर्महीना पुण्यहीना वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । लक्षेषु पुण्यवान्कोऽपि न तिष्ठति ततः परम्

The four classes will be without righteousness and merit; among hundreds of thousands, not even one virtuous person will remain thereafter.

कुत्सिता विकृताकारा नरा नार्यश्च बालकाः । कुवार्ता कुत्सितः शब्दो भविष्यति ततः परम्

Men, women, and children will be ugly and deformed; their actions will be wicked, and their speech will become vile thereafter.

केचिद्‌ग्रामाश्च नगरा नरशून्या भयानकाः । केचित्स्वल्पकुटीरेण नरेण च समन्विताः

Some villages and cities will be deserted and terrifying; others will be inhabited by only a few people in small huts.

अरण्यानि भविष्यन्ति ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । अरण्यवासिनः सर्वे जनाश्च करपीडिताः

Forests will arise within villages and cities, and all their inhabitants will be oppressed by taxes.

सस्यानि च भविष्यन्ति तडागेषु नदीषु च । प्रकृष्टवंशजा हीना भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे

Crops will grow in ponds and rivers, but those born of noble lineages will be diminished in the Kali age.

अलीकवादिनो धूर्ताः शठाश्चासत्यवादिनः । प्रकृष्टानि च क्षेत्राणि सस्यहीनानि नारद

Deceitful, cunning, and false speakers will abound; even the best fields, O Narada, will be without crops.

हीनाः प्रकृष्टा धनिनो देवभक्ताश्च नास्तिकाः । हिंसकाश्च दयाहीना पौराश्च नरघातिनः

The wealthy and the noble will be diminished; devotees of the gods will become atheists; violent, merciless citizens will be killers of men.

वामना व्याधियुक्ताश्च नरा नार्यश्च सर्वतः । स्वल्पायुषो गदायुक्ता यौवनै रहिताः कलौ

Men and women everywhere will be short and afflicted with disease; their lives will be brief, plagued by ailments, and youth will be absent in the Kali age.

पलिताः षोडशे वर्षे महावृद्धाश्च विंशतौ । अष्टवर्षा च युवती रजोयुक्ता च गर्भिणी

At sixteen, people will be gray-haired; at twenty, greatly aged; girls at eight will menstruate, and pregnant women will be so at that age.

वत्सरान्तप्रसूता स्त्री षोडशे च जरान्विता । पतिपुत्रवती काचित्सर्वा वन्ध्याः कलौ युगे

A woman will give birth at the end of the year, and at sixteen will be aged; some will have husbands and sons, but all will be barren in the Kali age.

कन्याविक्रयिणः सर्वे वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । मातृजायावधूनां च जारोपेतान्नभक्षकाः

All four classes will sell their daughters; they will eat food tainted by adultery with mothers, wives, and daughters-in-law.

कन्यानां भगिनीनां वा जारोपात्तानजीविनः । हरेर्नाम्नां विक्रयिणो भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे

They will live on food gained through adultery with daughters or sisters; in the Kali age, they will sell even the names of Hari.

स्वयमुत्सृज्य दानं च कीर्तिवर्धनहेतवे । ततः पश्चात्स्वदानं च स्वयमुल्लङ्‌घयिष्यति

They will abandon giving for the sake of fame, and later will violate their own gifts themselves.

देववृत्तिं ब्रह्मवत्तिं वृत्तिं गुरुकुलस्य च । स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा सर्वमुल्लङ्‌घयिष्यति

They will transgress all offerings—those to gods, Brahmins, teachers, and even their own or others' gifts.

कन्यकागामिनः केचित्केचिच्च श्वश्रुगामिनः । केचिद्वधूगामिनश्च केचिद्वै सर्वगामिनः

Some will go to maidens, some to dogs, some to wives, and some will go to all indiscriminately.