Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.2.41
"Even though a person’s body may now have the designation “king,” in the end its name will be “worms,” “stool” or “ashes.” What can a person who injures other living beings for the sake of his body know about his own self-interest, since his activities are simply leading him to hell?" https://vedy.online/en/sb12/2/41
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.2.43-44
"Although the foolish accept the body made of earth, water and fire as “me” and this earth as “mine,” in every case they have ultimately abandoned both their body and the earth and passed away into oblivion." "My dear King Parīkṣit, all these kings who tried to enjoy the earth by their strength were reduced by the force of time to nothing more than historical accounts." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/2/43 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/2/44
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.3-5
"“Kings and politicians imagine: ‘First I will conquer my senses and mind; then I will subdue my chief ministers and rid myself of the thorn-pricks of my advisors, citizens, friends and relatives, as well as the keepers of my elephants. In this way I will gradually conquer the entire earth.’ Because the hearts of these leaders are bound by great expectations, they fail to see death waiting nearby." "“After conquering all the land on my surface, these proud kings forcibly enter the ocean to conquer the sea itself. What is the use of their self-control, which is aimed at political exploitation? The actual goal of self-control is spiritual liberation.”" Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.3-4 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/5
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.6-8
"O best of the Kurus, the earth continued as follows: “Although in the past great men and their descendants have left me, departing from this world in the same helpless way they came into it, even today foolish men are trying to conquer me." "“For the sake of conquering me, materialistic persons fight one another. Fathers oppose their sons, and brothers fight one another, because their hearts are bound to possessing political power." "“Political leaders challenge one another: ‘All this land is mine! It’s not yours, you fool!’ Thus they attack one another and die." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/6 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/7 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/8
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.24
"In the Age of Kali only one fourth of the religious principles remains. That last remnant will continuously be decreased by the ever-increasing principles of irreligion and will finally be destroyed." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/24
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.25
"In the Kali age people tend to be greedy, ill-behaved and merciless, and they fight one another without good reason. Unfortunate and obsessed with material desires, the people of Kali-yuga are almost all śūdras and barbarians." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.26-30
"The material modes — goodness, passion and ignorance — whose permutations are observed within a person’s mind, are set into motion by the power of time." "When there is a predominance of cheating, lying, sloth, sleepiness, violence, depression, lamentation, bewilderment, fear and poverty, that age is Kali, the age of the mode of ignorance." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/26 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/30
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.31-35
"Because of the bad qualities of the Age of Kali, human beings will become shortsighted, unfortunate, gluttonous, lustful and poverty-stricken. The women, becoming unchaste, will freely wander from one man to the next." "Cities will be dominated by thieves, the Vedas will be contaminated by speculative interpretations of atheists, political leaders will virtually consume the citizens, and the so-called priests and intellectuals will be devotees of their bellies and genitals." "The brahmacārīs will fail to execute their vows and become generally unclean, the householders will become beggars, the vānaprasthas will live in the villages, and the sannyāsīs will become greedy for wealth." "Women will become much smaller in size, and they will eat too much, have more children than they can properly take care of, and lose all shyness. They will always speak harshly and will exhibit qualities of thievery, deceit and unrestrained audacity." "Businessmen will engage in petty commerce and earn their money by cheating. Even when there is no emergency, people will consider any degraded occupation quite acceptable." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/31 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/32 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/33 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/34 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/35
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.36
"Servants will abandon a master who has lost his wealth, even if that master is a saintly person of exemplary character. Masters will abandon an incapacitated servant, even if that servant has been in the family for generations. Cows will be abandoned or killed when they stop giving milk." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/36
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.37
"In Kali-yuga men will be wretched and controlled by women. They will reject their fathers, brothers, other relatives and friends and will instead associate with the sisters and brothers of their wives. Thus their conception of friendship will be based exclusively on sexual ties." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/37
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.38-40
"Uncultured men will accept charity on behalf of the Lord and will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity and wearing a mendicant’s dress. Those who know nothing about religion will mount a high seat and presume to speak on religious principles." "In the Age of Kali, people’s minds will always be agitated. They will become emaciated by famine and taxation, my dear King, and will always be disturbed by fear of drought. They will lack adequate clothing, food and drink, will be unable to properly rest, have sex or bathe themselves, and will have no ornaments to decorate their bodies. In fact, the people of Kali-yuga will gradually come to appear like ghostly, haunted creatures." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/38 & 12.3.39-40
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.41
"In Kali-yuga men will develop hatred for each other even over a few coins. Giving up all friendly relations, they will be ready to lose their own lives and kill even their own relatives." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/3/41