Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.3.25

athāsau yuga-sandhyāyām

dasyu-prāyeshu rājasu

janitā vishnu-yaśaso

nāmnā kalkir jagat-patih

SYNONYMS

atha — thereafter; asau — the same Lord; yuga-sandhyāyām — at the conjunction of the yugas; dasyu — plunderers; prāyeshu — almost all; rājasu — the governing personalities; janitā — will take His birth; vishnu — named Vishnu; yaśasah — surnamed Yaśā; nāmnā — in the name of; kalkih — the incarnation of the Lord; jagat-patih — 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 Vishnu Yaśā. At this time the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers.

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 Kurukshetra and the end of the regime of King Parīkshit. 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, Vishnu Yaśā, a learned brāhmana, 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.

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