Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39-40


Sanskrit:

नित्यमुद्विग्नमनसो दुर्भिक्षकरकर्शिता: ।निरन्ने भूतले राजननावृष्टिभयातुरा: ॥ ३९ ॥वासोऽन्नपानशयनव्यवायस्न‍ानभूषणै: ।हीना: पिशाचसन्दर्शा भविष्यन्ति कलौ प्रजा: ॥ ४० ॥

ITRANS:

nityam udvigna-manasodurbhikṣa-kara-karśitāḥniranne bhū-tale rājananāvṛṣṭi-bhayāturāḥ

Translation:

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.

Purport:

The symptoms described here are already prevalent in many countries of the world and will gradually spread to other places engulfed by impiety and materialism.