29 THE FRIGHT [The rulers towards the end of Kaliyuga will become the thorns of the earth. They would be filled with avarice and swelling with pride and vanity and unable and unwilling to protect the people. Rulers would take pleasure in inflicting punishments only. They would attack and repeat their attacks upon the good and the honest and feel no pity for the poor. And at the very end of that age even when people will cry in grief, the rulers will rob these of their wealth and women.] -Puranas Ten more days have been passed. We have repaired