no money -- don't go to court

So satyam, saucam, ksama, daya, ayuḥ, duration of life, bodily strength and memory. These eight kinds of things will reduce, reduce, reduce, reduce.When you will see these symptoms, you will find, "Now the Age of Kali is making his progress very nicely." This is progress. Then another symptom is vittam eva kalau nṝnam janmacara-gunodayaḥ [SB 12.2.2]. Formerly, according to spiritual understanding, one man's position was calculated. Just like brahmana. Brahmana was honored because he knew Brahman. He was aware of the supreme spirit. So now in Kali-yuga, actually there is no brahmana. That will be also described, how a brahmana is. So janma acara, birthright. Birthright was there, but according to the behavior. If a man is born in a brahmana family or ksatriya family or vai..., he must behave like that. That was the king's duty, to see that "This man is not falsely representing himself." Just like in England there is lord family. So to maintain their aristocracy, the family had to deposit some money with the government so that they may not deteriorate in their aristocratic behavior. Still, it is going on. But now things are finished.    (More...)