Converted into hell for the animals

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"converted into hell for the animals"

SB Canto 1

When three fourths of the population of the whole world become irreligious, the situation is converted into hell for the animals.

SB 1.16.20, Translation and Purport: I have lost my three legs and am now standing on one only. Are you lamenting for my state of existence? Or are you in great anxiety because henceforward the unlawful meat-eaters will exploit you? Or are you in a sorry plight because the demigods are now bereft of their share of sacrificial offerings because no sacrifices are being performed at present? Or are you grieving for living beings because of their sufferings due to famine and drought? With the progress of the age of Kali, four things particularly, namely the duration of life, mercy, the power of recollection, and moral or religious principles will gradually diminish. Since Dharma, or the principles of religion, would be lost in the proportion of three out of four, the symbolic bull was standing on one leg only. When three fourths of the population of the whole world become irreligious, the situation is converted into hell for the animals. In the age of Kali, godless civilizations will create so many so-called religious societies in which the Personality of Godhead will be directly or indirectly defied. And thus faithless societies of men will make the world uninhabitable for the saner section of people. There are gradations of human beings in terms of proportionate faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The first-class faithful men are the Vaiñëavas and the brähmaëas, then the kñatriyas, then the vaiçyas, then the çüdras, then the mlecchas, the yavanas and at last the caëòälas. The degradation of the human instinct begins from the mlecchas, and the caëòäla state of life is the last word in human degradation. All the above terms mentioned in the Vedic literatures are never meant for any particular community or birth. They are different qualifications of human beings in general. There is no question of birthright or community. One can acquire the respective qualifications by one's own efforts, and thus the son of a Vaiñëava can become a mleccha, or the son of a caëòäla can become more than a brähmaëa, all in terms of their association and intimate relation with the Supreme Lord.