When the king, leaving aside the great science altogether, oppresses his subjects by all manner and means the age that sets in is called Kali.
दण्डनीतिं परित्यज्य यदा कात्स्येन भूमिपः। प्रजाः क्लिश्नात्ययोगेन प्रवर्तेत तदा कलिः॥