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Punishment and Reward of Kali
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tion will defy the principles of religion, and persons who are religiously endowed will be terrified by such men. They will declare themselves as adhering to no religious principles, and many 'isms' and cults will spring up in Kali-yuga only to kill the spotless bull of religion. The state will be declared  to be secular, or without any particular principle of religion , and as a result there will be total indifference to the principles of religion. The citizens will be free to act as they like, without respect for  sādhu, śāstra  and  guru . The bull standing on one leg indicates that the principles of religion are gradually diminishing. Even the fragmental existence of religious principles will be embarrased by so many obstacles as if in the trembling condition of falling down at any time.
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गां च धर्मदुषां दीनां भृशं शूद्रपदाद्दताम् । विवत्सां साश्रुवदनां क्षामां यवसमिच्छतीम् ॥ ३ ॥
gām ca dharma-dughām dīnām bhṛśam śūdra-padāhatām vivatsāms āśru-vadanām kṣāmām yavasam-icchatīm
gām —the cow;  ca —also;  dharma-dughām —beneficial because one can draw religion from her;  dīnām —now rendered poor;  bhṛśam —distressed;  śūdra —the lower caste;  padāhatām —beaten on the legs;  vivatsām —without any calf;  āśru-vadanām —with tears in her eyes;  kṣāmām —very weak;  yavasam —grass;  icchatīm —as if desiring to have some grass to eat.
TRANSLATION
Although the cow is beneficial because one can draw religious principles from her, she was now rendered poor and calfless. Her legs were being beaten by a śūdra. There were tears in her eyes, and she was distressed and weak. She was hankering after some grass in the field.
PURPORT
The next symptom of the age of Kali is the distressed condition of the cow. Milking the cow means drawing the principles of religion in a liquid form. The great  ṛṣis  and  munis  would live only on milk. Śrīla Śukadeva