Vayu Purana

आयुर्मेधा बलं रूपं कुलञ्चैव प्रहीयते। शूद्राश्च ब्राह्मणाचाराः शूद्राचाराश्च ब्राह्मणाः ।। ५८.

Lifespan, intelligence, strength, beauty, and noble lineage will all decline; śūdras will follow the practices of brāhmaṇas, and brāhmaṇas will follow the practices of śūdras.

राजवृत्ते स्थिताश्चौराश्चौरवृत्ताश्च पार्थिवाः। भृत्याश्च नष्टसुहृदो युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ।। ५८.

Thieves will act as kings, and kings will behave like thieves; servants will lose their friends when the end of the age approaches.

अशीलिन्योऽव्रताश्चापि स्त्रियो मद्यामिषप्रियाः। मायामात्रा भविष्यन्ति युगान्ते प्रत्युपस्थिते ।। ५८.

Women will be unchaste and without vows, fond of wine and meat; at the end of the age, they will be driven only by deceit.

श्वापदप्रबलत्वञ्च गवाञ्चैवाप्युपक्षयः। साधूनां विनिवृत्तिश्च विद्यात्तस्मिन् कलौ युगे ।। ५८.

Wild beasts will become powerful, cows will diminish, and the virtuous will withdraw—know that this will happen in the Kali age.

तदा सूक्ष्मे महोदर्को दुर्लभो भोगिनां तथा। चतुराश्रमशैथिल्याद्धर्मः प्रविचलिष्यति ।। ५८.

Then, food will be scarce and subtle, enjoyment will be hard to obtain; because of the weakening of the four āśramas, righteousness will waver.

तदा ह्यल्पफला देवी भवेद्भूमिर्महीयसी। शूद्रास्तपश्चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते प्रत्युपश्थिते ।। ५८.

At that time, the great earth will yield little fruit; śūdras will practice austerities when the end of the age approaches.

तदा ह्यैकाहिको धर्मो द्वापरे यश्च मासिकः। त्रेतायां वत्सरस्थश्च एकाहादतिरिच्यते ।। ५८.

Then, the merit of a one-day vow in Kali will surpass that of a monthly vow in Dvāpara and a yearly vow in Tretā.

अरक्षितारो हर्त्तारो बलिभागस्य पार्थिवाः। युगान्तेषु भविष्यन्ति स्वरक्षणपरायणाः ।। ५८.

Kings will not protect but will seize the share of taxes; at the end of the age, they will be devoted only to their own protection.

अक्षत्रियाश्च राजानो विशः शूद्रोपजीविनः। शूद्राभिवादिनः सर्वे युगान्ते द्विजसत्तमाः ।। ५८.

Kings will not be kṣatriyas, and the people will live by śūdra means; all will address each other as śūdras at the end of the age, O best of twice-born.

पतयश्च भविष्यन्ति बहवोऽस्मिन् कलौ युगे। चित्रवर्षी तदा देवो यदा स्यात्तु युगक्षयः ।। ५८.

There will be many husbands in this Kali age; the god will display varied rains when the end of the age arrives.

सर्वे वाणिजकाश्चापि भविष्यन्त्यधमे युगे। भूयिष्ठं कूटमानैश्च पण्यविक्रीततेजनैः ।। ५८.

All merchants will be dishonest in the worst age, mostly using false measures and selling goods deceitfully.

कुशीलचर्या पाषण्डैर्वृथारूपैः समावृतम्। पुरुषाल्पं बहुस्त्रीकं युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ।। ५८.

Heretics with vain appearances will be engaged in performing arts; at the end of the age, men will be few and women many.

बहुयाचनको लोको भविष्यति परस्परम्। क्रव्यादनः क्रूरवाक्यो नार्जवो नानसूयकः ।। ५८.

People will beg from each other excessively, be flesh-eaters, speak harshly, lack honesty, and be slanderous.

न कृते प्रतिकर्ता च क्षीणो लोको भविष्यति। अशङ्का चैव पतिते तद्युगान्तस्य लक्षणम् ।। ५८.

No one will return favors, and the world will be diminished; there will be no fear of falling—this is a mark of the end of the age.

नरशून्या वसुमती शून्या चैव भविष्यति। मण्डलानि भवन्त्यत्र देशेषु नगरेषु च ।। ५८.

The earth will become devoid of men and empty; regions and cities will become deserted.

अल्पोदका चाल्पफला भविष्यति वसुन्धरा। गोप्तारश्चाप्यगोप्तारः प्रभविष्यन्त्यशासनाः ।। ५८.

The earth will have little water and little fruit; those who should protect will not protect, and the lawless will prevail.

हर्त्तारः पररत्नानां परदारप्रधर्षकाः। कामात्मानो दुरात्मानो ह्यधर्मात् साहसप्रियाः ।। ५८.

There will be thieves of others' jewels, violators of others' wives, people driven by desire and evil, loving unrighteousness and violence.

अनष्टचेतनाः पुंसो मुक्तकेशास्तु चूलिकाः। ऊनषोडशवर्षाश्च प्रजायन्ते युगक्षये ।। ५८.

At the end of the age, children will be born with disordered minds, with loose hair and topknots, and under sixteen years of age.

शुक्लदन्ता जिताक्षाश्च मुण्डाः काषायवाससः। शूद्रा धर्मञ्चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते पर्युपस्थिते ।। ५८.

Shudras with white teeth, skilled at dice, shaven-headed and wearing ochre garments, will practice righteousness at the end of the age.

सस्यचौरा भविष्यंति तथा चैलाभिमर्शनाः। चौराश्चौरस्य हर्त्तारो हन्तुर्हर्त्तार एव व ।। ५८.

There will be thieves of crops, and those who seize others' clothes; thieves will steal from thieves, and the killer will be killed by another.

ज्ञानकर्मण्युपरते लोके निष्क्रियताङ्गते । कीटमूषिकसर्पाश्च धर्षयिष्यन्ति मानवान् ।। ५८.

When knowledge and action have ceased and the world has become inactive, insects, mice, and serpents will oppress human beings.

सुभिक्षं क्षेममारोग्यं सामर्थ्यं दुर्लभं भवेत्। कौशिकाः प्रतिवत्स्यन्ति देशान् क्षुद्भयपीडितान् ।। ५८.

Abundance, safety, health, and capability will become rare; the Kauśikas will migrate each year to lands afflicted by hunger and fear.

दुःखेनाभिप्लुतानाञ्च परमायुः शतं भवेत्। दृश्यन्ते न च दृश्यन्ते वेदाः कलियुगेऽखिलाः ।। ५८.

For those overwhelmed by suffering, the maximum lifespan will be a hundred years; the Vedas will be seen and not seen in the Kali age.

उत्सीदन्ति तथा यज्ञाः केवला धर्मपीडिताः। कषायिणश्च निर्ग्रन्थास्तथा कापालिनश्च ह ।। ५८.

Thus, sacrifices will perish, and only those oppressed by righteousness will remain; those who wear ochre, those without possessions, and those who bear skulls will persist.

वेदविक्रयिणश्चान्ये तीर्थविक्रयिणोऽपरे । वर्णाश्रमाणां ये चान्ये पाषण्डाः परिपन्थिनः ।। ५८.

Some will sell the Vedas, others will sell holy places; others, impostors and opponents of the varnas and ashramas, will arise.

उत्पद्यन्ते तथा ते वै संप्राप्ते तु कलौ युगे। नाधीयन्ते तदा वेदाः शूद्रा धर्मार्थकोविदाः ।। ५८.

Such people will arise when the Kali age arrives; at that time, the Vedas will not be studied, and Shudras will be experts in righteousness and wealth.

यजन्ते नाश्वमेधेन राजानः शूद्रयोनयः। स्त्रीवधं गोवधं कृत्वा हत्वा चैव परस्परम्। उपहन्युस्तदान्योन्यं साधयन्ति तथा प्रजाः ।। ५८.

Kings of Shudra birth will not perform the Ashvamedha sacrifice; after killing women and cows, and after mutual slaughter, people will attack one another and thus survive.

दुःखप्रचारतोऽल्पायुर्देशोत्सादः सरोगता। मोहो ग्लानिस्तथासौख्यं तमोवृत्तं कलौ स्मृतम् ।। ५८.

Due to the spread of suffering, short lifespans, destruction of lands, and widespread disease, delusion, exhaustion, and lack of happiness, the Kali age is said to be enveloped in darkness.

प्रजा तु भ्रूणहत्यायामथ वै सम्प्रवर्त्तते। तस्मादायुर्बलं रूपं कलिं प्राप्य प्रहीयते। दुःखेनाभिप्लुतानां वै परमायुः शतं नृणाम् ।। ५८.

Then, the killing of embryos will become widespread among people; therefore, upon the arrival of Kali, lifespan, strength, and beauty will diminish; for those overwhelmed by suffering, the maximum lifespan of humans will be a hundred years.