Matsyapurana 144.47

144.47

bhūtvā ca na bhavantīha vedāḥ kaliyuge 'khilāḥ
utsīdante tathā yajñāḥ kevalaṃ dharmahetavaḥ //

The Sûdra kings will perform Aśvamedha sacrifices and the people serve their ends even by killing women, children and cows. They will cheat each other, kill each other to serve their ends The country will become desolate by repeated calamities, short lives and various kinds of diseases Every one will be miserable and addicted to adharma Owing to the dominance of vice and Tamoguna, people will freely commit the sin of abortion on account of which there will be a decline in the longivities and strength of the people The people will live up to one hundred years at most Inspite of all the Vedas being in existence it would become as if there were no Vedas and the practice of performing sacrifices would be stopped—43 47