These words depict the most dire symptoms or signs that will mark the last phase of our era or age, the age of kali, that of discord, quarrels, hypocrisy, indifference, decadence and sin, and all beings will place themselves under the sign of atheism. Then even the so-called pure men and those of the so-called upper social classes, who are generally known as “two-times-born”, all will become atheists. As a result, all will forget until the Holy Name of the Lord, what to say then of his divine acts.
The highest layers of society made up first of the intelligent men who make the future, then by the leaders who watch over the law and its application, and finally by those who produce and contribute to the development of society, must master the knowledge related to the Supreme Lord, and know in all truth his Name, his Attributes, his Entertainment, his entourage, his Avatars, as well as all that relates to his Personality.
The real criterion by which men of great holiness and members of the upper classes of society recognize themselves lies in their knowledge of the science of God, and not in some hereditary status or some other material contingency, which is attached to the body.
Such designations ascribed to himself by a man ignorant of the science of God and the practice of devotional service are no better than adornments on a corpse. When society is invaded by these decorated corpses, innumerable anomalies develop that disturb the normal and peaceful course of an existence centered on the improvement of the human being. The lack of education or culture of the upper social classes, relating to the science of God, deprives them of any quality to deserve the title of “two-times-born”.
Many passages from the holy scriptures reveal the deep meaning of this second birth, and this subject reminds us once again that the fruit of the union of a man and a woman corresponds only to the “animal” birth. But such a birth, as well as the refinement of activities also called animal, that is to say eating, sleeping, mating and defending oneself, going in concert with the total absence of an authentic spiritual evolution, corresponds to a worker existence, or in more explicit terms, the uncultivated way of life of the lower strata of society.
In the age of Kali, the power of government will be transferred to the hands of these uneducated and atheists, while government ministers will be low-level men with no real education. No one can expect to find peace and prosperity in a society made up of such individuals. The characteristic development of this human-animal society is a topical phenomenon that leaders must take into account. It is their duty to try to restore social order by establishing the principles of life worthy of twice-born men and versed in the science of divine consciousness. How to achieve this?
By spreading the teaching that Avatar Vyasadeva is spreading through Srimad-Bhagavatam, the wisdom of God, to the whole world
When society falls into decay, the Lord appears in the person of Avatar Kalki and mercilessly annihilate all demonic beings.