Is it possible to have Rama-rajya in Kali-Yuga?
It is generally believed that Dharma declines steadily in the four yugas as declared in Manusmriti 1.82, धर्मश्चापैति पादशः. i.e. The Dharm,a which is perfect in Kritayuga, declines quarter by quarter in each Yuga.
Yet, this idea of decline of Dharma in each Yuga is not universal.
Our scriptures reveal that the ruler can create Krita-Yuga even in Kali-yuga. It is possible for a dharmik ruler to create Rama-rajya, a replication of Krita-Yuga in any of the other three yugas.
Mahabharata Santiparva and Manusmriti 9. 301 state that conditions described about the four yugas are not immutably fixed parts of Time, but it is the ruler (who by conducting himself properly) can create the conditions of even Krita-yuga in what common people call Kali-yuga.
कृतं त्रेतायुगं चैव द्वापरं कलिरेव च ।
राज्ञो वृत्तानि सर्वाणि राजा हि युगमुच्यते ॥
Manusmriti 9.301, (also occurs in Mahabharata CE 12.92.6)
"The actions of the king constitute the Krita, the Treta, the Dvapara and the Kali yugas; as it is the king that is called the yuga."
Mahabharata emphatically says that "It is the King who is the cause of Yugas".
Yuga descriptions in the Mahabharata:
Mahabharata 3.148.5-37, dialogue between Bhima and Hanuman
Mahabharata 6.11.1-14, dialogue between Dhritarashtra and Sanjaya
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