That was the time when Kurukshetra fight was completed and Dharmaraju was ruling Hastinapuram. Two farmers came to his court asking for justice. One says, "Maharaja! I sold my field to him. He was digging that yesterday and found treasure underneath the soil. He says that he bought only filed from me and hence the treasure is mine. I say that I sold out entire field to him and whatever he finds under that is also his own property. How can I take that treasure? It proves to be a sin".
The other one said, "Maharaja! I paid only for the land but not for this gold. I have no money to pay for gold now as well. So it should naturally go to him as he sold the land without knowing that this treasure is there underneath".
Listening to the argument of the two, Dharmaraju gets disturbed and finds unable to give judgement. He seeks the help of Lord Krishna who sits in the court. Krishna asks Dharmaraj to postpone the judgment for a week. Dharmaraju does that.
After a week, the two farmers come again to the court. They say in complete controversy to the first argument.
One says, "Maharaj! I sold land to him but not the gold. The gold was discovered later. That should come only to me".
The other says, "Maharaj! I bought land from him and I'm fortunate enough to find gold under that. This fellow is unlucky and I'm lucky. But he claims the gold out of greed. This should belong only to be lord"
Dharmaraju gets stunned listening to this. He looks at Lord Krishna and he smiles.
Krishna gives the judgment saying, "The treasure belongs to neither but that should go to Maharaj. Any property found under the soil should belong to government from now onwards". (even now the property under the soil goes to government)
That way the gold is taken away by Dharmaraj.
Dharmaraju gets confused with all this and goes restless. He asks Krishna for the reason.
Krishna explains, "That is the affect of Kali purusha who is taking the mantle of time shortly. Dharma would get diluted. Adharma would rule the world. You gave many judgments for many cases in your life. But now you found unable and restless. Even that is the affect of Kali Purush. See! Even I said that the property should go to government. Nobody is selfless in this kalipurusha's influence. Every body is greedy. Even I was affected by Kali purusha's shadow. The time is changing. Dwaparayuga is coming to an end in a few days. Kaliyuga is going to start and this is a herald for that. Till now there is 1/4 th of dharma on earth. But even that is vanishing now. A wholesome of adharma is going to rule the time. Rulers will be greedy, selfish and cruel from now onwards. People fight for money all the time. The unity among own brothers will vanish. The life span of people will reduce. The strength, potency levels, energies and moral will power of people will go down tremendously. People don't stand on promise. New diseases would see light. People assume they are growing and advancing. But they will be morally degrading. It's tough to get moksha for the people who live in kaliyuga. The people will not have concentration to perform yagnas, yagas an tapas. They have only one way to keep away from sin. That is reciting 'Narayana Manthram' and thinking only about God. Once they come out from the thought of God, Kalipurusha will play with them and make them do all sins, thereby hindering their way to moksha. Dharmaraja! We have completed our time. We need to leave our bodies".
Within a few days, musalum takes birth in Yadavakulam and eventually Lord Krishna passes away with the bow shot of a hunter. Dharmaraju and other pandavas make their path to swargam which was explained in 'Swargarohana parvam' of Mahabharatha.
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