CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Punishment and Reward of Kali
TEXT 1
सूत उवाच
तत्र गोमिथुनं राजा हन्यमानमनाथवत् । दण्डहस्तं च वृषलं ददृशे नृपलाच्छनम् ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca tatra go-mithunam rājā hanyamānam anāthavat daṇḍa-hastam ca vṛṣalam dadṛśe nṛpa-lāñchanam
śrī sūtaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; tatra—thereupon; go-mithunam—a cow and a bull; rājā—the King; hanyamānam—being beaten; anāthavat—appearing to be bereft of their owner; daṇḍa-hastam—with a club in hand; ca—also; vṛṣalam—lower caste śūdra; dadṛśe—observed; nṛpa—a king; lāñchanam—dressed like.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: After reaching that place, Mahārāja Parīkṣit observed that a lower caste śūdra, dressed like a king, was beating a cow and a bull with a club, as if they had no owner.
PURPORT
The principal sign of the age of Kali is that lower caste śūdras, i.e. men without brahminical culture and spiritual initiation, will be dressed like administrators or kings, and the principal business of such non- kṣatriya  rulers will be to kill the innocent animals, especially the cows and the bulls
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