Kali Yuga
idea · 4 works · 5 mentions · 9 anchored passages
Kali · Kali age · Kali yuga · Kaliyuga · Tiṣya · the age of Kali · the world's destruction · world in chaos
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
The fourth and most degenerate cosmic age, marked by decline of dharma, charity as the primary virtue, and moral inversion.
/ > They are different in the Kali Yuga for men, in accordance with the decline of the *yugas*.
> The Vedic conduct ceases, and likewise the rites of *dharma* and sacrifice.
> By one quarter, O son of Kuntī, *dharma* stands in the Kali Yuga.
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The current cosmological age (yuga) invoked as the temporal setting for warnings against extreme sin.
**One Should Not Cause Extreme Injustice and Other Such Acts in the Kali Yuga**
Extreme injustice, extreme malice, extreme cruelty, even in the Kali age, extreme transgression, and extreme violation of scripture—one should not do or cause these to be done.
Parāśara Smṛti
The present, degenerate cosmic age, framed throughout as the reason this particular dharma text is needed.
O son of Satyavatī, please tell us in full the *dharma* (righteous duty and cosmic law) that is beneficial for mankind in the present Kali *yuga* (cosmic age), as well as the rules of purity and conduct.
Hereafter, I shall explain the duties and conduct of a householder in the Kali *yuga*, the common *dharma* for the four *varṇas* and stages of life, to be performed according to one's ability.
Kings are conquered by thieves, and men by women in the Kali *yuga*.
Slokantara
The degenerate age described as the consequence of people abandoning their caste duties, marked by social chaos, violence, and moral collapse.
But if they do not remember their respective duties, that is called a world in chaos.