SB 12 02 10-16 - Kadamba Kanana Swami - ISKCON Melbourne 2011-03-13.mp3

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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

 

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.

 

Purport: 

 

Significantly, these verses point out that most so-called religions in this age will be atheistic (pasanda-pracure dharme). In confirmation of the Bhagavatam’s prediction, the United States Supreme Court has recently ruled that to be considered a religion a system of belief need not recognize a supreme being. Also, many atheistic, voidistic belief systems, often imported from the Orient, have attracted the attention of modern atheistic scientists, who expound on the similarities between Eastern and Western voidism in fashionable, esoteric books.

 

These verses vividly describe many unsavory symptoms of the Age of Kali. Ultimately, at the end of this age, Lord Krsna will descend as Kalki and remove the thoroughly demonic persons from the face of the earth.