4 Symptoms of Kaliyuga!

Verse 1.16.10 (Srinivas Acharya Prji):

* Sūta Gosvāmī said: While Mahārāja Parīksit was residing in the capital of the Kuru empire, the symptoms of the age of Kali began to infiltrate within the jurisdiction of his state. When he learned about this, he did not think the matter very palatable. This did, however, give him a chance to fight. He took up his bow and arrows and prepared himself for military activities.
* In the purport, SP is trying to highlight the 4 symptoms of Kaliyuga, these are the primary root for all qaurrel in Kaliyuga.
* They are (1) illicit connection with women, (2) indulgence in meat-eating, (3) intoxication and (4) taking pleasure in gambling. The age of Kali literally means the age of quarrel, and the abovementioned four symptoms in human society are the root causes for all kinds of quarrel.
* At that time, actually Kali did not have any place to live on earth. So Maharaj Parikshit gave him these 4 locations and finally also gave him another place: wherever a lot of gold is stored, that's where Kali could stay. In another words, the more material possessions we try to gather, that will become a stumbling block in our path of self-realization.
* Sense gratification is nothing but we look forward for our own interests and push everything else back. When pursuing that kind of life, even though we might be religious, Krishna does not find taste in the activities of such living entities. We just are collected more and more material oppulence, which will finally lead us away and away from the SPG.
* When this material oppulence grows, first thing that happens is Namaparadha.
- Historically, we can see that both Vibhishana and Vidhura were insulted just before the Ramayana and Mahabharata wars. These two were most wonderful devotees, and their insult brought out the complete removal of the dynasty that insulted them.
* SP also says: A perfect ksatriya king is always jubilant as soon as he gets a chance to fight, just as a sportsman is eager when there is a chance for a sporting match.
* Though rain is inevitable during the rainy season, still people will find shelter from the natural causes. Similarly, a King must protect his people even though naturally Kali is taking over everything.