Possessing little energy and strength and no knowledge and being addicted to avarice, ignorance and sinful practices, men will accept with joy the gifts made by the wicked-minded people with contemptuous words. O son of Kunti, the kings with their hearts wedded to sin, having no knowledge and always being proud of their wisdom will fight with one another with the intention of taking one another's lives. The Kshatriyas will be at the end of the Yuga the thorns of the earth.
स्वल्पवीर्यबलाः स्तब्धा लोभमोहपरायणाः। तत्कथादानसंतुष्टा दुष्टानामपि मानवाः॥ परिग्रहं करिष्यन्ति मायाचारपरिग्रहाः। समाह्वयन्तः कौन्तेय राजानः पापबुद्धयः॥ परस्परवधोयुक्ता मूर्खाः पण्डितमानिनः। भविष्यन्ति युगस्यान्ते क्षत्रिया लोककण्टकाः॥