SB 1.3.25

SB 1.3.25

Devanagari

अथासौ युगसन्ध्यायां दस्युप्रायेषु राजसु । जनिता विष्णुयशसो नाम्ना कल्किर्जगत्पति: ॥ २५ ॥

Verse text

athāsau yuga-sandhyāyāṁ dasyu-prāyeṣu rājasu janitā viṣṇu-yaśaso nāmnā kalkir jagat-patiḥ

Synonyms

atha thereafter ; asau the same Lord ; yuga sandhyāyām — at the conjunction of the yugas ; dasyu plunderers ; prāyeṣu almost all ; rājasu the governing personalities ; janitā will take His birth ; viṣṇu named Viṣṇu ; yaśasaḥ surnamed Yaśā ; nāmnā in the name of ; kalkiḥ the incarnation of the Lord ; jagat patiḥ — the Lord of the creation .

Translation

Thereafter, at the conjunction of two yugas, the Lord of the creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the son of Viṣṇu Yaśā. At this time almost all the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

At the junction of the yugas when the kings are almost criminal, the Lord of the universe Kalki will be born as the son of Viṣṇu-yaśas.

Purport

Here is another foretelling of the advent of Lord Kalki, the incarnation of Godhead. He is to appear at the conjunction of the two yugas, namely at the end of Kali-yuga and the beginning of Satya-yuga. The cycle of the four yugas, namely Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali, rotates like the calendar months. The present Kali-yuga lasts 432,000 years, out of which we have passed only 5,000 years after the Battle of Kurukṣetra and the end of the regime of King Parīkṣit. So there are 427,000 years balance yet to be finished. Therefore at the end of this period, the incarnation of Kalki will take place, as foretold in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The name of His father, Viṣṇu Yaśā, a learned brāhmaṇa, and the village Śambhala are also mentioned. As above mentioned, all these foretellings will prove to be factual in chronological order. That is the authority of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Commentary (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Kalki will appear from the brāhmaṇa named Viṣṇu-yaśas.