Cakkavattisutta 19.1-12

19.1

Bhavissati, bhikkhave, so samayo, yaṃ imesaṃ manussānaṃ dasavassāyukā puttā bhavissanti.

There will come a time, mendicants, when these people will have children who live for ten years.

19.2

Dasavassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu pañcavassikā kumārikā alaṃpateyyā bhavissanti.

Among the humans who live for ten years, girls will be marriageable at five.

19.3

Dasavassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu imāni rasāni antaradhāyissanti, seyyathidaṃ—

The following flavors will disappear:

19.4

sappi navanītaṃ telaṃ madhu phāṇitaṃ loṇaṃ.

ghee, butter, oil, honey, molasses, and salt.

19.5

Dasavassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu kudrūsako aggaṃ bhojanānaṃ bhavissati.

The best kind of food will be finger millet,

19.6

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, etarahi sālimaṃsodano aggaṃ bhojanānaṃ;

just as fine rice with meat is the best kind of food today.

19.7

evameva kho, bhikkhave, dasavassāyukesu manussesu kudrūsako aggaṃ bhojanānaṃ bhavissati.

19.8

Dasavassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu dasa kusalakammapathā sabbena sabbaṃ antaradhāyissanti, dasa akusalakammapathā atibyādippissanti.

The ten ways of doing skillful deeds will totally disappear, and the ten ways of doing unskillful deeds will explode in popularity.

19.9

Dasavassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu kusalantipi na bhavissati, kuto pana kusalassa kārako.

Those humans will not even have the word ‘skillful’, still less anyone who does what is skillful.

19.10

Dasavassāyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu ye te bhavissanti amatteyyā apetteyyā asāmaññā abrahmaññā na kule jeṭṭhāpacāyino, te pujjā ca bhavissanti pāsaṃsā ca.

And anyone who disrespects mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, and fails to honor the elders in the family will be venerated and praised,

19.11

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, etarahi matteyyā petteyyā sāmaññā brahmaññā kule jeṭṭhāpacāyino pujjā ca pāsaṃsā ca;

just as the opposite is venerated and praised today.

19.12

evameva kho, bhikkhave, dasavassāyukesu manussesu ye te bhavissanti amatteyyā apetteyyā asāmaññā abrahmaññā na kule jeṭṭhāpacāyino, te pujjā ca bhavissanti pāsaṃsā ca.