Kali-Yuga

 

Mārkandeya rsi said: Human beings can be divided into 4 classes

-Those who work hard to acquire wealth by any means for only sense gratification, can experience happiness in this life, but not in next

-Those who engage in austerity & meditation, who subdue their passions & even sacrifice their bodily strength & health while executing rigid vows, attain happiness in next life, but not in this one

-Those who live piously, accumulating wealth by virtuous means, who live a life of regulated sense enjoyment in marriage while performing sacrifices & giving charity, experience happiness in this life & in next life as well

-Those who are distinct from above 3 classes, because they're simply lazy & foolish. Such men can’t enjoy happiness in this life or next


Dear Yudhisthira! Because you’re pious & engaged in performing austerities, you’ll enjoy supreme happiness in due course of time, there is no doubt


Rsi continued after offering his respectful obeisances to Supreme Personality of Godhead, Janardana: As you know, there're 4 yugas. Duration of SatyaYuga is 4000 celestial years (4000x360 solar years) & at beginning & end, transitional period is 400 celestial years. TretaYuga is 3000 celestial years & transition is 300 each. DvaparYuga is 2000 celestial years & transition is 200 each. Kaliyuga is 1000 celestial years & transition is 100 each. The cycle of 4 yugas thus has duration of 12000 celestial years & 1000 such Yugas constitutes a day of Brahma


Pls listen as I describe symptoms of upcoming Kali-yuga. As time goes on, Brāhmanās will take work of Sudrā & Sudrās will take wealth like Vaisyās. Brāhmanās will give up meditation & recitation of Vedic hymns, while Sudrās take these practices


In Kali age, men will become very short-lived & weak in terms of physical strength. They’ve diminutive bodies & would give up last remaining religious principle of speaking truth. World will be ruled by mlechha’s kings who act no better than plunderers. Towards end of this age, human population will dwindle while animals will become oversized & will increase in number until they’ll crowd earth


Children will be born stunted devoid of good behavior. As a result of sinful life, there is great scarcity & prostitutes are seen lining roads. Indeed, women in general will become hostile towards their husbands & devoid of all sense of modesty. Cows yield very little milk, & trees instead of producing profuse fruits & flowers, become sitting places for swarms of crows


We can see this happening & we are only at 5000 years out of 432000 years of Kaliyuga. It is extremely important for us not to become part of propagation of all this degradation. Our scriptures guide us how to uphold Dharmic principles both in personal & professional lives


The one medicine:

kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta sangah param vrajet


Srimad Bhāgavatam explains that if you chant the name of Krsna-the Hare Krsna mantra-you will be relieved from infection of this Kali-yuga


Thoughts? #gameoflife

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