Vayu Purana

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.

दृश्यन्ते नाभिदृश्यन्ते वेदाः कलियुगेऽखिलाः। उत्सीदन्ते तदा यज्ञाः कोवला धर्मपीडिताः ।। ५८.

The Vedas will be seen and not seen in the Kali age; at that time, sacrifices will perish, and only those oppressed by righteousness will remain.

तदा त्वल्पेन कालेन सिद्धिं यास्यन्ति मानवाः। धन्या धर्मञ्चरिष्यन्ति युगान्ते द्विजसत्तमाः ।। ५८.

Then, in a short time, people will attain success; the blessed will practice righteousness at the end of the age, O best of twice-born.

श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं धर्मं ये चरन्त्यनसूयकाः. त्रेतायां वार्षिको धर्मो द्वापरे मासिकः स्मृतः। यथाशक्तिं चरन् प्राज्ञस्तदह्ना प्राप्रुयात् कलौ ।। ५८.

Those who practice the dharma taught in the Śruti and Smṛti, without envy—in the Tretā age, dharma is annual, in the Dvāpara it is monthly; the wise, practicing as much as they are able, will attain it in a single day in Kali.

एषा कलियुगेऽवस्था सन्ध्यांशन्तु निबोध मे । युगे युगे तु हीयन्ते त्रींस्त्रीन् पादांश्च सिद्धयः ।। ५८.

This is the condition in the Kali age; now hear from me about the junction periods. In each age, three parts of success are lost.

युगस्वभावात्सन्ध्यास्तु तिष्ठन्तीमास्तु पादशः। सन्ध्यास्वभावाच्चांशेषु पादशस्ते प्रतिष्ठिताः ।। ५८.

Due to the nature of the ages, these junctions remain in parts; and by the nature of the junctions, the parts are established in portions.

एवं सन्ध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके। तेषां शास्ता ह्यसाधूनां भृगूणां निधनोत्थितः ।। ५८.

Thus, when the time of the junction portion at the end of the age arrives, the chastiser of the wicked, arising from the Bhrigus, will be established.

गोत्रेण वै चन्द्रमसो नाम्ना प्रमितिरुच्यते। माधवस्य तु सोंशेन पूर्वं स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे ।। ५८.

By lineage, he is called Pramiti, of the name of the Moon; in the previous Svāyambhuva interval, he was born as a portion of Mādhava.

समाः स विंशतिं पूर्णाः पर्यटन् वै वसुन्धराम्। आचकर्ष स वै सेनां सवाजिरथकुञ्जराम् ।। ५८.

He wandered over the earth for a full twenty years, and he gathered an army with horses, chariots, and elephants.

प्रगृहीतायुधैर्विप्रैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। स तदा तैः परिवृतो म्लेच्छान् हन्ति सहस्रशः ।। ५८.

Surrounded then by hundreds and thousands of Brahmins armed with weapons, he slew thousands of foreigners.

स हत्वा सर्वगश्चैव राज्ञस्तान् शूद्रयोनिजात्। पाषण्डान् स ततः सर्वान्निःशेषान् कृतवान् प्रभुः ।। ५८.

Having killed all those kings born of the Śūdra lineage everywhere, the lord destroyed all heretics completely.