TEXT 2
vrsam mrnala-dhavalam
mehantam iva bibhyatam
vepamanam padaikena
sidantam sudra-taditam
SYNONYMS
vrsamthe bull; mrnala-dhavalamas white as a white lotus; mehantamurinating; ivaas if; bibhyatambeing too afraid; vepamanamtrembling; pada ekenastanding on only one leg; sidantamterrified; sudra-taditambeing beaten by a sudra.
TRANSLATION
The bull was as white as a white lotus flower. He was terrified of the sudra who was beating him, and he was so afraid that he was standing on one leg, trembling and urinating.
PURPORT
The next symptom of the age of Kali is that principles of religion, which are all spotlessly white, like the white lotus flower, will be attacked by the uncultured sudra population of the age. They may be descendants of brahmana or ksatriya forefathers, but in the age of Kali, for want of sufficient education and culture of Vedic wisdom, such a sudra-like population will defy the principles of religion, and persons who are religiously endowed will be terrified by such men. They will declare themselves as adherents of 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 religious principles will be embarrassed by so many obstacles as if in the trembling condition of falling down at any time.

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