Of the dissolution of the world; the four ages; the decline of all things, and deterioration of mankind, in the Kali age - Verse 40
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 6 · Verse 1.40
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Sanskrit Original
अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यमानेषु वै तपः नरेषु नृपदोषेण बालमृत्युर भविष्यति ।।
aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyamāneṣu vai tapaḥ nareṣu nṛpadoṣeṇa bālamṛtyur bhaviṣyati ||
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Due to the severe penance that is not prescribed by the scriptures, there will be premature death of children because of the faults of rulers.