Text 3] Punishment and Reward of Kali 881
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 sadhu, sastra
and guru. The bull standing on one leg indicates that the principles of
religion are gradually diminishing. Even the fragmental existence of reli-
gious: principles will be embarrased by so many obstacles as if in the
trembling condition of falling down at any time.
TEXT 3
at wigat dat yt ART |
fracat apyacat grat aaatresIy MN 3 UI
gam ca dharma-dugham dinam
bhrsam sudra-padahatam
vivatsams asru-vadanam
ksamam yavasam-icchatim

gam—the cow; ca—also; dharma-dugham—beneficial because one can
draw religion from her; dinam—now rendered poor; bhrsam— distressed;
sudra—the lower caste; padahatam—beaten on the legs; vivatsam—without
any calf; asru-vadanam—with tears in her eyes; ksamam—very weak;
yavasam— grass; icchatim—as if desiring to have some grass to eat.

TRANSLATION
Although the cow is beneficial because one can draw religious prin-
ciples from her, she was now rendered poor and calfless. Her legs were
being beaten by a Sidra. 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 rsis and munis would live only on milk. Srila Sukadeva
