Of the dissolution of the world; the four ages; the decline of all things, and deterioration of mankind, in the Kali age - Verse 36
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 6 · Verse 1.36
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Sanskrit Original
वैश्याः कृषिवणिज्यादि संत्यज्य निजकर्म यत शूद्रवृत्त्या प्रवर्त्स्यन्ति कारुकर्मोपजीविनः ।।
vaiśyāḥ kṛṣivaṇijyādi saṃtyajya nijakarma yat śūdravṛttyā pravartsyanti kārukarmopajīvinaḥ ||
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The Vaishyas, abandoning their own duties, will engage in the occupations of Shudras, living by manual labor.