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15. GITA
cutting out the one of the two legs of the Holy Cow of Dharma to make it stand on one leg? Are we misled by Krishna?
Inaugurating Kali Yuga
The Tulasi Ramayana From Uttar-kanda, verses 96-103
In the age of Kali, every virtue had been engulfed by the sins of Kali-Yuga; • all good books had disappeared; . impostors had promulgated a number of creeds which they had invented out of their own wit. • No one follows the duties of one's own caste • The Brahmans sell the Vedas;
• the kings bleed their subjects; • He alone is clever who robs another of his wealth; • he who puts up false appearances is an ardent follower of established usage. • He alone who has grown big nails and long locks of matted hair is a renowned ascetic in the Kali age • Dominated by women, all men dance to their tune like a monkey controlled by its trainer.
Sudras instruct the twice-born (Brahman, Kshatriya and Vaishya) in spiritual wisdom . Men and women talk of nothing else than the knowledge of God (Brahma-Gyana);
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