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Who is 'Kali' of Kali Yuga- 'Little Bush' Or 'Bin Laden'?

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• From: Ramadas (@ globalc28.citicorp.com) on: Mon Feb 11 09:59:09
  
  Don't know who. But the worst is yet to come.
  Do you know that we have covered only 0.5percent
  of the total KaliYuga period? There would be an
  exponential rise of terrorism and crime as the
  days go by.
  We have covered only 1863851 days of KaliYuga
  as of today!!!!
  
  
• From: secret (@ ) on: Thu Oct 16 12:19:30
  
  we are looking only at the bad points of now a days and are neglecting the good points which are many.
  
  
• From: secret (@ ) on: Thu Oct 16 12:20:18
  
  we are looking only at the bad points of now a days and are neglecting the good points which are many.i think the kali yuga is over now.
  
  
• From: Gogiya (@ 57.73.12.98) on: Fri Oct 17 00:22:33 EDT 2003
  
  >>>>We have covered only 1863851 days of KaliYuga
  as of today!!!!<<<
  
  Where do u get above KaliYuga figure?
  
  
• From: Pirapa (@ ravnsbjerg.bnaa.dk) on: Sat Oct 18 16:28:53 EDT 2003
  
  In a book about Hinduism i have found these details of Kali Yuga:
  "Kaliyug - three parts of evil and one part good. (started on the midnight of 17th-18th February 3102 BC has a true span of 432.000 years of man).
  
  When evil will be the most dominant, as the world overflows with people - then the Kalki Avatar will appear and solve the problems by His warlike qualities - He will come on a white horse with a sword in his hand."
  
  From the book: "The Gods of Hindus" by Om Lata Bahadur.
  
  Have You noticed that the Bible is saying something like this? That Jesus will come on a white horse with a sword in his hand??
  
  
• From: Marius (@ ti511210a000-0178.dialup.online.no) on: Sat Oct 18 19:26:52 EDT 2003
  
  In Yoganandas autobiography Yogananda writes:
  "Sri Yukteswar discovered the mathematical application of a 24,oo-year eqinoctial cycle to our present age. The cycle is divided into an Acending Arc and a Decending Arc, ech of 12,00 years. within each Arc fall four Yugas or Ages, called Kali, Dwapara, Treta, and Satya, corresponding to the Greek ideas of Iron, Broze, Silver, and the Golden Ages. My guru determined by various calculations that the last Kali Yuga or Iron Age, of the Acending Arc, started about A.D 500. The Iron Age, 1200 years in duration, is a span of materialism; it ended about A.D. 1700. That year ushered in Dwapara Yuga, a 2400-year period of electrical and atomic-energy developments: the age of telegraphy, radio, airplanes, and other space-annihilators. The 3600-year period of Treta Yuga will start A.D 4100, the age will be marked by common knowledge of telepathic communications and other time-annihilators. During the 4800 years of Satya Yuga, final stage in an Ascending Arc, the intelligence of man will be highly developed, he will work in harmony with the divine plan.
  A descending Age of 4800 years then begins for the world (in A.D 12,500), man gradually sinks into ignorance. These cycles are the eternal rounds of maya, the contrasts and relativities of the phenomenal universe. men, one by one, escape from creation's prison of duality as they awaken to counsiousness of their insevreable divine unity with the creaor."
  
  "The Hindu scriptures place the present world age as occuring within the kali Yuga of a much longer universal cycle than the simple 24,000 year equinovtial cycle with which Yukteswar was concerned. The universal cycle of teh scriptures is 4,300,560,000 years in extent, and measures out the length of the solar year and a multiple of pi (3,1416, the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle). The life span for a whole universe, according to the ancient seers, is 314,159,000,000,000 solar years, or "One Age of Brahma". The Hindu scriptures declare that an earth such as ours is dissolved for one or two reasons: the inhabitants as a whole become either completly good or evil. The world mind thus generats power that releases the captive atoms held together as an earth. Dire pronoincements are occasionally published regarding an imminent "end of the world". Planetary cycles, however, proceed according to an orderly divine plan. No earthly dissolution is in sight, many ascending and descending aquinoctial cycles are yet in store for our planet on its present form."
  
  - excerpted from Autobiography of a Yogi
  
  
• From: V.Subramanian (@ 202.9.172.130) on: Mon Oct 27 10:27:52 EST 2003
  
  To My knowledge One ChathurYuga or Yugasquare is defined in Hindu scriptures as 43,20,000 human years. which is subdivided into 4 yuga in the ratio of 4:3:2:1. (krutha yuga , threthayuga (ends with Rama avathar), Dwapara Yuga (ends with Krishna avatar) and finally kaliyuga. It is said that dharma or justice was standing on four legs during the period of krutha yuga, 3 in thretha , 2 in dwapara and now standing on one leg in kaliyuga.
  As per Hindu Panchang Kaliyuga period is 4,32,000 years out of which only 5,103 years passed as of today. So We have a long way to go.
  
  
• From: Gogiya (@ palo5.pacific.net.sg) on: Mon Nov 3 19:19:49 EST 2003
  
  Hindu Prophecies
  
  "Whenever there is decay of righteousness... and there is exaltation of unrighteousness,
  then I Myself come forth... for the destruction of evil-doers, for the sake of firmly establishing
  righteousness, I am born from age to age." --- KRISHNA- Bhagavad Gita- fourth discourse
  
  Hindus are awaiting the coming of the Kalki Avatar at the end of this present age, Kalki Yuga (Dark or Iron Age). Baha'is believe that the Kalki Yuga age has already ended and, as promised in the Bhagavad Gita, the Lord has again manifested Himself to humanity.... this time with the name Baha'u'llah. Baha'u'llah is the Kalki Avatar.
  
  Baha'u'llah's name means the Glory of Bhagwan or the Splendor of Ishvara. The coming of Baha'u'llah is therefore the start of the Sat or Krta Yuga (Golden Age). It is the time when people will return to righteousness and the world will be at peace.
  
  
  Baha'is have pointed to the prophecies in the Hindu scriptures and stated that all of these have been fulfilled in this age. There are many passages in the Hindu writings which describe the condition of the world at the end of the Kalki Yuga. Baha'is would say that what is described in the Hindu books is exactly what we are seeing in the world today. Among the most striking of these passages from the Hindu holy books are the following:
  
  
  "In the Kali Yuga, wealth alone will be the deciding factor of nobility [in place of birth, righteous behavior or merit]. And brute force will be the only standard or deciding what is righteous or just."
  
  "Mutual liking [and not family pedigree, social status, etc.] will be the deciding factor in choosing a partner in marriage; cheating will be the order of the day in business relations; satisfaction of sexual pleasure will be the only consideration of male or female excellence and worthiness; and the wearing of the sacred thread (Yajnopavita) [and not pious behavior or Vedic or Shastric learning] will be the outward index of being a Brahmin.
  
  In the Kali Yuga, only one quarter of each of the four feet of Dharma [panance, truthfulness, compassion and charity] remains. And that too goes on decreasing day by day while the feet of Adharma [unrighteousness] increase greatly. So that in the end Dharma becomes extinct."
  
  "In that [Kali] age, people will be greedy. They will take to wicked behavior. They will be merciless, indulge in hostilities without any cause, unfortunate, extremely covetous for wealth and women. High social status will be attained by Sudras, fisherman and such other classes..."
  
  "When deceit, falsehood, lethargy, sleepiness, violence, despondency. grief, delusion, fear, and poverty prevail, that is the Kali Yuga..."
  
  "...mortal beings will become dull-wittwd, unlucky, voracious, destitute of wealth yet voloptuous, and women, wanton and unchaste.
  
  Countries will be laid waste by robbers and vagabonds; the Vedas will be condemned heretics; kings will exploit their subjects, and twice-borns like Brahmanas will only think of the gratification of their sexual desires and other appetites.
  
  "Celibates [of the Brahma Carya ashrama] will cease to observe their vows of study, purity and celibacy; householders will take to begging [instead of giving alms]; hermits [of the vanaprastha ashrama] will resort to villages [leaving their retreats in the forests]; and Sannyasins will be extremely greedy for money.[in short, the whole system of the Varnashrama Dharma will have broken down.]"
  
  "Petty - minded people will conduct business transactions and merchants will be dishonest."
  
  In the Kali Yuga, men will abandon their parents, brothers, friends, and relatives. They will occupy high seats [and pulpits] and will [pretend to] preach religion.
  
  People will have their minds weighed down with constant anxiety and fear. This will be due to devastating famines and heavy taxation. The land will not grow food-crops, and the people will always be in fear of impending droughts.
  
  There are similar prophecies in many other passages of the Hindu scriptures such as the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana. Baha is believe that all of the conditions described in these books have come about today.
  
  Swami Vivekananda, a prominent writer wrote: But greater than the present deep dismal night...no pall of darkness had ever before enveloped this holy land of ours. And compared with the depth of this fall, all previous falls appear like little hoof-marks.
  
  There are also prophecies that we are seeing today of the breakdown of the caste system and the abandonment of religion: "The observance of caste, order and institutes will not prevail in the Kali Yuga; nor will that of the ceremonials and rituals enjoined by the Sama, Rig, and Yajur Vedas. Marriages, in this age, will not conform to the ritual; nor will the rules that connect the guru and his disciple be in force. The laws that regulate the conduct of husband and wife will be disregarded; and oblations to the gods with fire will no longer be offered..."
  
  The doctrines of false teachers will be held to be scripture... In the Kali Yuga, those who practice fasting, austerity and liberality will do so in whatever way they please [and not according to the law]. And men will call this righteousness...
  
  Men of all degrees, filled with conceit, will consider themselves to be equal with Brahmins...
  
  In the Kali Yuga, men, corrupted by unbelievers, will refrain from adoring Vishnu, the Lord of sacrifice, the creator and lord of all. They will say: Of what authority are the Vedas? What are gods, or Brahmins? What need is there for purification with water?
  
  "When the practices taught by the Vedas and the institutes of law shall nearly have ceased, and the close of the Kali age shall be nigh, a portion of that divine being who exists of his own spiritual nature in the character of Brahma, and who is the beginning and the end, and who comprehends all things, shall descend upon the earth. He will be born as Kalki in the family of an eminent brahmin of Sambhala village, endowed with the eight superhuman faculties. By his irresistible might he will destroy all the barbarians and thieves, and all whose minds are devoted to iniquity. He will then re-establish righteousness upon earth; and the minds of those who live at the end of the Kali age shall be awakened, and shall be as pellucid as crystal. The men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time shall be as the seeds of human beings, and shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of the Krita age, the Age of Purity." --- Hinduism- Vishnu Purana 4.24
  
  
  All the Hindu scriptures are agreed that when conditions have reached this point, when things have deteriorated and mankind has sunk to the lowest depths of moral degradation, then the Lord will again manifest Himself as the Kalki Avatar... when Vedic religion and the dharma of the law books have nearly ceased and the Kalki Yuga is almost exhausted, then a part of the creator of the entire universe, the blessed Lord Vasudeva [Vishnu], will become incarnate here in the universe in the form of Kalki.
  Baha'i scholars have demonstrated that the prophecies in the Manu Srmiti and other books indicate the exact date of the end of the kalki Yuga and the coming of the Kalki Avatar. This date, 1844, is also the year of the beginning of the Baha'i Faith. Therefore Baha'is believe that, faithful to the promises and prophecies recorded in the Hindu holy books, the Lord has now manifested Himself again in the form of the Kalki Avatar. Baha'is believe that, this is the Baha'u'llah.
  The purpose of the Baha'u'llah's coming is to fulfill the prophecies in the Hindu scriptures and to give us the teachings that will bring in the new Sat or Krta Yuga (golden age) as foretold in the Vishnu Purana. He will then establish righteousness upon the earth and the minds of the people will be awakened and become as pure as crystal. And these men, the remnant of mankind, will thus be transformed... And these offspring will follow the ways of the Krta Age.
  Baha'is believe that through the teachings of Baha'u'llah, these prophecies will be fulfilled. As a result the Sat or Krta Yuga
  (golden age) will be established.
  
  
• From: Gogiya (@ palo5.pacific.net.sg) on: Mon Nov 3 19:20:23 EST 2003
  
  Hindu Prophecies
  
  "Whenever there is decay of righteousness... and there is exaltation of unrighteousness,
  then I Myself come forth... for the destruction of evil-doers, for the sake of firmly establishing
  righteousness, I am born from age to age." --- KRISHNA- Bhagavad Gita- fourth discourse
  
  Hindus are awaiting the coming of the Kalki Avatar at the end of this present age, Kalki Yuga (Dark or Iron Age). Baha'is believe that the Kalki Yuga age has already ended and, as promised in the Bhagavad Gita, the Lord has again manifested Himself to humanity.... this time with the name Baha'u'llah. Baha'u'llah is the Kalki Avatar.
  
  Baha'u'llah's name means the Glory of Bhagwan or the Splendor of Ishvara. The coming of Baha'u'llah is therefore the start of the Sat or Krta Yuga (Golden Age). It is the time when people will return to righteousness and the world will be at peace.
  
  
  Baha'is have pointed to the prophecies in the Hindu scriptures and stated that all of these have been fulfilled in this age. There are many passages in the Hindu writings which describe the condition of the world at the end of the Kalki Yuga. Baha'is would say that what is described in the Hindu books is exactly what we are seeing in the world today. Among the most striking of these passages from the Hindu holy books are the following:
  
  
  "In the Kali Yuga, wealth alone will be the deciding factor of nobility [in place of birth, righteous behavior or merit]. And brute force will be the only standard or deciding what is righteous or just."
  
  "Mutual liking [and not family pedigree, social status, etc.] will be the deciding factor in choosing a partner in marriage; cheating will be the order of the day in business relations; satisfaction of sexual pleasure will be the only consideration of male or female excellence and worthiness; and the wearing of the sacred thread (Yajnopavita) [and not pious behavior or Vedic or Shastric learning] will be the outward index of being a Brahmin.
  
  In the Kali Yuga, only one quarter of each of the four feet of Dharma [panance, truthfulness, compassion and charity] remains. And that too goes on decreasing day by day while the feet of Adharma [unrighteousness] increase greatly. So that in the end Dharma becomes extinct."
  
  "In that [Kali] age, people will be greedy. They will take to wicked behavior. They will be merciless, indulge in hostilities without any cause, unfortunate, extremely covetous for wealth and women. High social status will be attained by Sudras, fisherman and such other classes..."
  
  "When deceit, falsehood, lethargy, sleepiness, violence, despondency. grief, delusion, fear, and poverty prevail, that is the Kali Yuga..."
  
  "...mortal beings will become dull-wittwd, unlucky, voracious, destitute of wealth yet voloptuous, and women, wanton and unchaste.
  
  Countries will be laid waste by robbers and vagabonds; the Vedas will be condemned heretics; kings will exploit their subjects, and twice-borns like Brahmanas will only think of the gratification of their sexual desires and other appetites.
  
  "Celibates [of the Brahma Carya ashrama] will cease to observe their vows of study, purity and celibacy; householders will take to begging [instead of giving alms]; hermits [of the vanaprastha ashrama] will resort to villages [leaving their retreats in the forests]; and Sannyasins will be extremely greedy for money.[in short, the whole system of the Varnashrama Dharma will have broken down.]"
  
  "Petty - minded people will conduct business transactions and merchants will be dishonest."
  
  In the Kali Yuga, men will abandon their parents, brothers, friends, and relatives. They will occupy high seats [and pulpits] and will [pretend to] preach religion.
  
  People will have their minds weighed down with constant anxiety and fear. This will be due to devastating famines and heavy taxation. The land will not grow food-crops, and the people will always be in fear of impending droughts.
  
  There are similar prophecies in many other passages of the Hindu scriptures such as the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana. Baha is believe that all of the conditions described in these books have come about today.
  
  Swami Vivekananda, a prominent writer wrote: But greater than the present deep dismal night...no pall of darkness had ever before enveloped this holy land of ours. And compared with the depth of this fall, all previous falls appear like little hoof-marks.
  
  There are also prophecies that we are seeing today of the breakdown of the caste system and the abandonment of religion: "The observance of caste, order and institutes will not prevail in the Kali Yuga; nor will that of the ceremonials and rituals enjoined by the Sama, Rig, and Yajur Vedas. Marriages, in this age, will not conform to the ritual; nor will the rules that connect the guru and his disciple be in force. The laws that regulate the conduct of husband and wife will be disregarded; and oblations to the gods with fire will no longer be offered..."
  
  The doctrines of false teachers will be held to be scripture... In the Kali Yuga, those who practice fasting, austerity and liberality will do so in whatever way they please [and not according to the law]. And men will call this righteousness...
  
  Men of all degrees, filled with conceit, will consider themselves to be equal with Brahmins...
  
  In the Kali Yuga, men, corrupted by unbelievers, will refrain from adoring Vishnu, the Lord of sacrifice, the creator and lord of all. They will say: Of what authority are the Vedas? What are gods, or Brahmins? What need is there for purification with water?
  
  "When the practices taught by the Vedas and the institutes of law shall nearly have ceased, and the close of the Kali age shall be nigh, a portion of that divine being who exists of his own spiritual nature in the character of Brahma, and who is the beginning and the end, and who comprehends all things, shall descend upon the earth. He will be born as Kalki in the family of an eminent brahmin of Sambhala village, endowed with the eight superhuman faculties. By his irresistible might he will destroy all the barbarians and thieves, and all whose minds are devoted to iniquity. He will then re-establish righteousness upon earth; and the minds of those who live at the end of the Kali age shall be awakened, and shall be as pellucid as crystal. The men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time shall be as the seeds of human beings, and shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of the Krita age, the Age of Purity." --- Hinduism- Vishnu Purana 4.24
  
  
  All the Hindu scriptures are agreed that when conditions have reached this point, when things have deteriorated and mankind has sunk to the lowest depths of moral degradation, then the Lord will again manifest Himself as the Kalki Avatar... when Vedic religion and the dharma of the law books have nearly ceased and the Kalki Yuga is almost exhausted, then a part of the creator of the entire universe, the blessed Lord Vasudeva [Vishnu], will become incarnate here in the universe in the form of Kalki.
  Baha'i scholars have demonstrated that the prophecies in the Manu Srmiti and other books indicate the exact date of the end of the kalki Yuga and the coming of the Kalki Avatar. This date, 1844, is also the year of the beginning of the Baha'i Faith. Therefore Baha'is believe that, faithful to the promises and prophecies recorded in the Hindu holy books, the Lord has now manifested Himself again in the form of the Kalki Avatar. Baha'is believe that, this is the Baha'u'llah.
  The purpose of the Baha'u'llah's coming is to fulfill the prophecies in the Hindu scriptures and to give us the teachings that will bring in the new Sat or Krta Yuga (golden age) as foretold in the Vishnu Purana. He will then establish righteousness upon the earth and the minds of the people will be awakened and become as pure as crystal. And these men, the remnant of mankind, will thus be transformed... And these offspring will follow the ways of the Krta Age.
  Baha'is believe that through the teachings of Baha'u'llah, these prophecies will be fulfilled. As a result the Sat or Krta Yuga
  (golden age) will be established.
  
  
• From: wang hui loon (@ ) on: Wed Jun 23 16:56:34
  
  I have read a different translation of what will happen in the age of Kali, is it incorrect? When I read this version I felt that there were alot of similartites with the time that we are living in now. I have a strong feeling that we are only at the beginning. Perhaps the only way for any of us to sustain our own spiritual decency throughout this age is to approach it with awareness, sensitivity and compassion, and to not let our own relationship with the divine be influenced by the tide of this spirtual appocalypse. The Norweigians have a similar prophecy, called Ragnorok, which translates as "doom of the powers".
  
  DECAY:
  The Symptoms of Kali-yuga
  Nihils’ Maw
  (taken from Shrimad-Bhagavatam)
  
  
  SB 12.2.1
  
  sri-suka uvaca
  tatas canu-dinam dharmah
  satyam saucam ksama daya
  kalena balina rajan
  nanksyaty ayur balam smrtih
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  sri-sukah uvaca-Sukadeva Gosvami said; tatah-then; ca-and; anudinam-day after day;
  dharmah-religion; satyam-truth; saucam-cleanliness; ksama-tolerance; daya-mercy;
  kalena-by the force of time; balina-strong; rajan- O King Pariksit; nanksyati—will
  become ruined; ayuh-duration of life; balam-strength; smrtih-memory.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  Sukadeva Gosvami said: Then, O King, religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy,
  duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the
  powerful influence of the age of Kali.
  
  
  SB 12.2.2
  
  vittam eva kalau nrnam
  janmacara-gunodayah
  dharma-nyaya-vyavasthayam
  karanam balam eva hi
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  vittam-wealth; eva-alone; kalau-in the age of Kali; nrnam-among men; janma-of good birth;
  acara-good behavior; guna-and good qualities; udayah- the cause of manifestation;
  dharma-of religious duty; nyaya-and reason; vyavasthayam-in the establishment;
  karanam-the cause; balam-strength; eva-only; hi-indeed.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  In Kali-yuga, wealth alone will be considered the sign of a man’s good birth,
  proper behavior and fine qualities. And law and justice will be applied only on
  the basis of one’s power.
  
  
  SB 12.2.3
  
  dampatye ’bhirucir hetur
  mayaiva vyavaharike
  stritve pumstve ca hi ratir
  vipratve sutram eva hi
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  dam-patye-in the relationship of husband and wife; abhirucih-superficial attraction;
  hetuh- the reason; maya-deceit; eva-indeed; vyavaharike-in business;
  stritve- in being a woman; pumstve-in being a man; ca-and; hi-indeed;
  ratih-sex; vipratve-in being a brahmana; sutram-the sacred thread; eva-only; hi-indeed.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  Men and women will live together merely because of superficial attraction,
  and success in business will depend on deceit. Womanliness and manliness
  will be judged according to one’s expertise in sex, and a man will be known
  as a brahmana just by his wearing a thread.
  
  
  SB 12.2.4
  
  lingam evasrama-khyatav
  anyonyapatti-karanam
  avrttya nyaya-daurbalyam
  panditye capalam vacah
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  lingam-the external symbol; eva-merely; asrama-khyatau-in knowing a person’s spiritual order;
  anyonya-mutual; apatti-of exchange; karanam-the cause; avrttya-by lack of livelihood;
  nyaya-in credibility; daurbalyam-the weakness; panditye-in scholarship; capalam-tricky;
  vacah-words.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  A person’s spiritual position will be ascertained merely according to external symbols,
  and on that same basis people will change from one spiritual order to the next.
  A person’s propriety will be seriously questioned if he does not earn a good living.
  And one who is very clever at juggling words will be considered a learned scholar.
  
  
  
  
  
  SB 12.2.5
  
  anadhyataivasadhutve
  sadhutve dambha eva tu
  svikara eva codvahe
  snanam eva prasadhanam
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  anadhyata-poverty; eva-simply; asadhutve-in one’s being unholy; sadhutve-in virtue,
  or success; dambhah-hypocrisy; eva-alone; tu-and; svi-karah-verbal acceptance;
  eva-alone; ca-and; udvahe-in marriage; snanam-bathing with water; eva-alone;
  prasadhanam-cleaning and decorating of the body.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  A person will be judged unholy if he does not have money, and hypocrisy will be
  accepted as virtue. Marriage will be arranged simply by verbal agreement,
  and a person will think he is fit to appear in public if he has merely taken a bath.
  
  
  SB 12.2.6
  
  dure vary-ayanam tirtham
  lavanyam kesa-dharanam
  udaram-bharata svarthah
  satyatve dharstyam eva hi
  
  daksyam kutumba-bharanam
  yaso ’rthe dharma-sevanam
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  dure-situated far away; vari-of water; ayanam-a reservoir; tirtham-holy place;
  lavanyam-beauty; kesa-hair; dharanam-carrying; udaram-bharata-filling the belly;
  sva-arthah-the goal of life; satyatve-in so-called truth; dharstyam-audacity;
  eva-simply; hi-indeed; daksyam-expertise; kutumba-bharanam-maintaining a family;
  yasah-fame; arthe-for the sake of; dharma-sevanam-observance of religious principles.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  A sacred place will be taken to consist of no more than a reservoir of water
  located at a distance, and beauty will be thought to depend on one’s hairstyle.
  Filling the belly will become the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be
  accepted as truthful. He who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man,
  and the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation.
  
  
  
  SB 12.2.7
  
  evam prajabhir dustabhir
  akirne ksiti-mandale
  brahma-vit-ksatra-sudranam
  yo bali bhavita nrpah
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  evam-in this way; prajabhih-with populace; dustabhih-corrupted; akirne-being crowded;
  ksiti-mandale-the earth globe; brahma-among the brahmanas; vit-vaisyas; ksatra-ksatriyas;
  sudranam-and sudras; yah-whoever; bali-the strongest; bhavita-he will become;
  nrpah-the king.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  As the earth thus becomes crowded with a corrupt population, whoever among any of the social
  classes shows himself to be the strongest will gain political power.
  
  SB 12.2.8
  
  praja hi lubdhai rajanyair
  nirghrnair dasyu-dharmabhih
  acchinna-dara-dravina
  yasyanti giri-kananam
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  prajah-the citizens; hi-indeed; lubdhaih-avaricious; rajanyaih-by the royal order;
  nirghrnaih-merciless; dasyu-of ordinary thieves; dharmabhih-acting according to the nature;
  acchinna-taken away; dara-their wives; dravinah-and property; yasyanti-they will go;
  giri-to the mountains; kananam-and forests.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  Losing their wives and properties to such avaricious and merciless rulers,
  who will behave no better than ordinary thieves, the citizens will flee to the mountains
  and forests.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  SB 12.2.9
  
  saka-mulamisa-ksaudra-
  phala-puspasti-bhojanah
  anavrstya vinanksyanti
  durbhiksa-kara-piditah
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  saka-leaves; mula-roots; amisa-meat; ksaudra-wild honey; phala-fruits; puspa-flowers;
  asti-and seeds; bhojanah-eating; anavrstya-because of drought;
  vinanksyanti-they will become ruined; durbhiksa-by famine; kara-and taxation;
  piditah-tormented.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves,
  roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Struck by drought,
  they will become completely ruined.
  
  
  SB 12.2.10
  
  sita-vatatapa-pravrd-
  himair anyonyatah prajah
  ksut-trdbhyam vyadhibhis caiva
  santapsyante ca cintaya
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  sita-by cold; vata-wind; atapa-the heat of the sun; pravrt-torrential rain; himaih-and snow;
  anyonyatah-by quarrel; prajah-the citizens; ksut-by hunger; trdbhyam-and thirst;
  vyadhibhih-by diseases; ca-also; eva-indeed; santapsyante-they will suffer great distress;
  ca-and; cintaya-by anxiety.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow.
  They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease and severe anxiety.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  SB 12.2.11
  
  trimsad vimsati varsani
  paramayuh kalau nrnam
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  trimsat-thirty; vimsati-plus twenty; varsani-years; parama-ayuh-the maximum duration of life;
  kalau-in Kali-yuga; nrnam-of men.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  The maximum duration of life for human beings in Kali-yuga will become fifty years.
  
  SB 12.2.12-16
  
  ksiyamanesu dehesu
  dehinam kali-dosatah
  varnasramavatam dharme
  naste veda-pathe nrnam
  
  pasanda-pracure dharme
  dasyu-prayesu rajasu
  cauryanrta-vrtha-himsa-
  nana-vrttisu vai nrsu
  
  sudra-prayesu varnesu
  cchaga-prayasu dhenusu
  grha-prayesv asramesu
  yauna-prayesu bandhusu
  
  anu-prayasv osadhisu
  sami-prayesu sthasnusu
  vidyut-prayesu meghesu
  sunya-prayesu sadmasu
  
  ittham kalau gata-praye
  janesu khara-dharmisu
  dharma-tranaya sattvena
  bhagavan avatarisyati
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  ksiyamanesu-having become smaller; dehesu-the bodies; dehinam-of all living entities;
  kali-dosatah-by the contamination of the age of Kali; varna-asrama-vatam-of the members
  of varnasrama society; dharme-when their religious principles; naste-have been destroyed;
  veda-pathe-the path of the Vedas; nrnam-for all men; pasanda-pracure-mostly atheism;
  dharme-religion; dasyu-prayesu-mostly thieves; rajasu-the kings; caurya-banditry;
  anrta-lying; vrtha-himsa-useless slaughter; nana-various; vrttisu-their occupations;
  vai-indeed; nrsu-when men; sudra-prayesu-mostly low-class sudras;
  varnesu-the so-called social orders; chaga-prayasu-no better than goats;
  dhenusu-the cows; grha-prayesu-just like materialistic homes;
  asramesu-the spiritual hermitages; yauna-prayesu-extending no further than marriage;
  bandhusu-family ties; anu-prayasu-mostly very small; osadhisu-plants and herbs;
  sami-prayesu-just like sami trees; sthasnusu-all the trees;
  vidyut-prayesu-always manifesting lightning; meghesu-the clouds;
  sunya-prayesu-devoid of religious life; sadmasu-the homes; ittham-thus;
  kalau-when the age of Kali; gata-praye-is almost finished; janesu-the people;
  khara-dharmisu-when they have assumed the characteristics of asses;
  dharma-tranaya-for the deliverance of religion; sattvena-in the pure mode of goodness;
  bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; avatarisyati-will descend.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  By the time the age of Kali ends, the bodies of all creatures will be greatly reduced
  in size, and the religious principles of followers of varnasrama will be ruined.
  The path of the Vedas will be completely forgotten in human society,
  and so-called religion will be mostly atheistic. The kings will mostly be thieves,
  the occupations of men will be stealing, lying and needless violence,
  and all the social classes will be reduced to the lowest level of sudras.
  Cows will be like goats, spiritual hermitages will be no different from mundane houses,
  and family ties will extend no further than the immediate bonds of marriage.
  Most plants and herbs will be tiny, and all trees will appear like dwarf sami trees.
  Clouds will be full of lightning, homes will be devoid of piety,
  and all human beings will have become like asses.
  At that time, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear on the earth.
  Acting with the power of pure spiritual goodness, He will rescue eternal religion.
  
  
  
  SB 12.2.17
  
  caracara-guror visnor
  isvarasyakhilatmanah
  dharma-tranaya sadhunam
  janma karmapanuttaye
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  cara-acara-of all moving and nonmoving living beings; guroh-of the spiritual master;
  visnoh-the Supreme Lord, Visnu; isvarasya-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; akhila-of all;
  atmanah-of the Supreme Soul; dharma-tranaya-for the protection of religion;
  sadhunam-of saintly men; janma-the birth; karma-of their fruitive activities;
  apanuttaye-for the cessation.
  
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  Lord Visnu-the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all moving
  and nonmoving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all-takes birth to protect
  the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly devotees from the reactions of
  material work.
  
  SB 12.2.18
  
  sambhala-grama-mukhyasya
  brahmanasya mahatmanah
  bhavane visnuyasasah
  kalkih pradurbhavisyati
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  sambhala-grama-in the village Sambhala; mukhyasya-of the chief citizen;
  brahmanasya-of the brahmana; maha-atmanah-the great soul; bhavane-in the home;
  visnuyasasah-of Visnuyasa; kalkih-Lord Kalki; pradurbhavisyati-will appear.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  Lord Kalki will appear in the home of the most eminent brahmana of Sambhala village,
  the great soul Visnuyasa.
  
  SB 12.2.19-20
  
  asvam asu-gam aruhya
  devadattam jagat-patih
  asinasadhu-damanam
  astaisvarya-gunanvitah
  
  vicarann asuna ksaunyam
  hayenapratima-dyutih
  nrpa-linga-cchado dasyun
  kotiso nihanisyati
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  asvam-His horse; asu-gam-swift-traveling; aruhya-mounting; devadattam-named Devadatta;
  jagat-patih-the Lord of the universe; asina-with His sword;
  asadhu-damanam-(the horse who) subdues the unholy; asta-with eight;
  aisvarya-mystic opulences; guna-and transcendental qualities of the Personality of Godhead;
  anvitah-endowed; vicaran-traveling about; asuna-swift; ksaunyam-upon the earth;
  hayena-by His horse; apratima-unrivaled; dyutih-whose effulgence;
  nrpa-linga-with the dress of kings; chadah-disguising themselves; dasyun-thieves;
  kotisah-by the millions; nihanisyati-He will slaughter.
  
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  Lord Kalki, the Lord of the universe, will mount His swift horse Devadatta and,
  sword in hand, travel over the earth exhibiting His eight mystic opulences and eight special
  qualities of Godhead. Displaying His unequaled effulgence and riding with great speed,
  He will kill by the millions those thieves who have dared dress as kings.
  
  
  
  SB 12.2.21
  
  atha tesam bhavisyanti
  manamsi visadani vai
  vasudevanga-ragati-
  punya-gandhanila-sprsam
  
  paura-janapadanam vai
  hatesv akhila-dasyusu
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  atha-then; tesam-of them; bhavisyanti-will become; manamsi-the minds; visadani-clear;
  vai-indeed; vasudeva-of Lord Vasudeva; anga-of the body; raga-from the cosmetic decorations;
  ati-punya-most sacred; gandha-having the fragrance; anila-by the wind;
  sprsam-of those who have been touched; paura-of the city-dwellers;
  jana-padanam-and the residents of the smaller towns and villages; vai-indeed;
  hatesu-when they have been killed; akhila-all; dasyusu-the rascal kings.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  After all the impostor kings have been killed, the residents of the cities and towns will
  feel the breezes carrying the most sacred fragrance of the sandalwood paste and other
  decorations of Lord Vasudeva, and their minds will thereby become transcendentally pure.
  
  
  SB 12.2.22
  
  tesam praja-visargas ca
  sthavisthah sambhavisyati
  vasudeve bhagavati
  sattva-murtau hrdi sthite
  
  SYNONYMS
  
  tesam-of them; praja-of progeny; visargah-the creation; ca-and; sthavisthah-abundant;
  sambhavisyati-will be; vasudeve-Lord Vasudeva; bhagavati-the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
  sattva-murtau-in His transcendental form of pure goodness; hrdi-in their hearts;
  sthite-when He is situated.
  
  TRANSLATION
  
  When Lord Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears in their hearts
  in His transcendental form of goodness, the remaining citizens will abundantly repopulate
  the earth.
  
  

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