Why the name Kali Yuga?

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I read somewhere that the birth of Kali was the reason

why this is called KaliYuga. Is it true?

 

 

 

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:Om Namo Narayanaya:

 

kali means bad (papam). After death of lord Krishna this Kaliyuga started.

Exactly 5103 years back. Now 5104 year is running. If you want exactly what

are these yugas and its history you can get from puranams. In bhkati list

previously somebody has already posted this theory.

 

 

100 Brahma dina kalpam ----Brahma kalpam

14 manvantaras -- 1 Brahma dina kalpam

72 Mahayugas --1 manvantara

1 mahayuga --- (satya,treta,dwapara,kali)

 

kali - 1* 432000

Dwapara - 2* 432000

Treta - 3* 432000

Satya - 4* 432000

 

For every yuga we get yuga pralaya..and every mahayuga we get mahayuga

pralaya..and for every manvantara pralaya..etc..

 

Now 7th manvantaras 28th mahayugas last yuga kaliyugas 5104 year is going

on..

 

If you calculate these years till now aroung 200 crore years passed on..

 

This time is eactly matching with the shila phalka on Tirumala hills..This

is the big wonder..

 

This time is exactly matching with our puranas..

 

Dasan

~Balaji

 

nv [nityavasu]

Monday, February 18, 2002 9:43 AM

Sadagopan; Rohit Iyer

Cc: bhakti-list

Why the name Kali Yuga?

 

 

I read somewhere that the birth of Kali was the reason

why this is called KaliYuga. Is it true?

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Dear Nityavasu,

 

Some informations about the Kali yuga, I have pasted

below. For details you can click the following

websites:-

 

http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/canto1/chapter16.html

 

http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/canto1/chapter17.html

 

I hope it helps.

 

Bala

Penang, Malaysia

 

 

Canto 1

 

Chapter 16

 

How Parîkchit Received the Age of Kali

 

(1) Sûta said: "O learned ones, thereafter Parîkchit,

the great devotee, ruled over the earth under the

instructions of the twice-born, with the qualities the

astrologers, predicting the future at the time of his

birth, had thought he would have. (2) He married

Irâvatî, the daughter of King Uttarâ, and begot four

sons from her with Janamejaya as the first. (3) At the

Ganges he performed three horse-sacrifices with proper

rewards for Kripâcârya, whom he selected for his

spiritual master, and the godly that came into view

with it. (4) Once on a chastising campaign he, the

valiant hero, by his prowess managed to punish the

master of Kali-yuga who, disguised as a king, lower

than a sûdra was hurting the legs of a cow and bull."

(5) Saunaka inquired: "Why did he only punish the

master of Kali during his campaign - he was dressed up

like a king, but as lowest of the sûdra's striking the

legs of a cow. Please describe, o fortunate one, all

that to us as far as it relates to the discourse about

Krishna. (6) What would otherwise, for the liberated

ones who relish the honey at His lotusfeet, be the use

to listen lifelong to the discussing of illusory

topics with which one only wastes one's valuable life.

(7) O Sûta, only short is the life of the human beings

who are sure to meet death. The eternal is of those

who desire herein to call for the representative of

the Lord, Yamârâja, the controller of death, to limit

the performances. (8) No one will die as long as the

one who causes death is present in this life, for the

reason of which the representative has been invited by

the sages - let the ones under his grip drink of the

nectar of the narrations about His divine pastimes.

(9) Those who are lazy, of trivial interest and

short-lived pass their days the way they sleep at

night in activities without a purpose."

(10) Sûta said: "When Parîkchit, residing in the Kuru

capital, heard that the symptoms of Kali-yuga had

entered the domain of his jurisdiction, he thought the

news not very palatable and took up his arrows and bow

seeing his chance for military action. (11) Well

decorated under the protection of the lion in his flag

and with black horses pulling his chariot, he left the

capital accompanied by charioteers, cavalry, elephants

and infantry troops for the purpose of conquering.

(12) Bhadrâsva, Ketumâla, Bhârata, the northern

countries of Kuru and Kimpurusa behind the Himalaya's

were the parts of the planet he conquered keeping

strength exacting tribute. (13-14-15) Everywhere he

went he continuously heard what great souls his

forefathers were and he had also indications of the

glorious acts of Lord Krishna from the people he saw.

He as well heard of his own deliverance from the

powerful rays of the weapon of Aswatthâmâ and of the

devotion amongst the descendants of Vrishni and Parthâ

for Lord Kesava [Krishna as the killer of the demon

Kesi, the mad horse]. Extremely pleased of having

gained in his outlook he opened his eyes to those

people and gave them generously necklaces and other

riches. (16) Figuring as a chariot driver, presiding

in assemblies, acting as a servant, being a friend and

keeping the watch at night, the one of Vishnu who was

universally obeyed Himself [Krishna], had acted with

prayers and obeisances relating to the godfearing sons

of Pându. This filled the king with devotion unto His

lotus feet.

(17) Now you may know from me about how astonishingly

he, day after day, kept himself close in being

absorbed in such thoughts about the good of the

forefathers. (18) The wandering personality of the

religion, that stood on one leg only [the so called

'bull' of dharma who's legs stand for the four

fundamental human values], met with the aggrieved cow

[mother Earth] who had tears in her eyes like a mother

that has lost her child. (19) He said: 'Madam, are you

hale and hearty? Looking aggrieved with a somewhat

darkened face you appear to be affected by a disease

or to be thinking of a friend far away, o mother. (20)

Are you lamenting about the diminishing of my legs as

I stand on one only, or is it because the offensive

meat-eaters are to exploit you? Or is it because the

theists are bereft of their share due to a lack of

sacrifices or because the living beings increasingly

suffer from scarcity, famine and drought? (21) Are you

in compassion with the unhappy woman and children on

earth who are without the protection of their men or

the way one speaks in the families of the learned

against the principles of the goddess? Or do you

lament about the way most of them act against the

culture of learning taking shelter with the ruling

class? (22) Is it because the unworthy administrators

are bewildered under the influence of Kali-yuga and

have put the affairs of the state here and there in

disorder? Or is it because of the way society is

inclined to take its food and drink and how one

sleeps, bathes and has intercourse? (23) Could it be,

o mother Earth, that you are thinking of the salvation

brought by the activities of the incarnation of the

Lord who decreased your heavy load but is now out of

sight? (24) Please inform me, o reservoir of all

riches, about the reason of your tribulations that

reduced you to such weakness. Is it mother, that your

good fortune that was even adored by the godly, was

forcibly taken away by the very powerful influence of

time?'

(25) Mother Earth replied: 'O personality of religion

['Dharma'], I will certainly reply to all that you,

from your good self, have asked me, one after another,

as by your four legs you exist in all the worlds to

bring happiness. (26-30) Truthfulness, cleanliness,

compassion, self-control, magnanimity, contentment,

straightforwardness, concentration, sense-control,

responsibility, equality, tolerance, equanimity and

loyalty. And certainly also knowledge, detachment,

leadership, chivalry, influence, power, dutifulness,

independence, dexterity, beauty, serenity and

kindheartedness, as well as ingenuity, gentility,

mannerliness, determination, knowledgeability,

propriety, pleasantness, joyfulness, immovability,

faithfulness, fame and dignity - all these and many

others are the everlasting qualities of the Supreme

Lord, the never diminishing higher nature which can be

attained by those worthy of that greatness. By Him I

am myself, as the goddess of fortune, such a reservoir

of qualities, but in the absence of Him as the resting

place, Kali, the store of all sins, is seen in all the

worlds. (31) I am also lamenting for you as well as

for the best of the godly, the gods and the ancestors

in heaven, the sages and the devotees, as well as for

all in their status orientations of society. (32-33)

Laksmi [the goddess of fortune] who's grace was sought

by demigods like Brahmâ, who for many days were doing

penance in surrender to the Lord, has for the sake of

worship forsaken her own abode in the forest of lotus

flowers out of attachment to the all-blissful feet.

>From Him, having myself obtained the special powers of

the lotusflower, thunderbolt, flag and driving rod, I

could, being under the impression of the marks of the

feet of the Supreme Lord, the owner of all opulence,

being decorated that way beautifully supersede the

three worlds - but at the end when I was feeling so

fortunate, He has left me. (34) He who certainly

relieved me of the burden of the hundreds of military

divisions of atheist kings, incarnated also for you in

the Yadu-family, as you were in difficulty lacking in

strength to keep yourselves standing. (35) Who

therefore can tolerate it to be separated from the

love, glances, smiles and hearty appeal of the Supreme

Original Person that conquered the passionate wrath

and gravity of woman like Sathyabhâmâ and made my hair

[grass] stand on end out of pleasure under the imprint

of His feet. (36) While the earth and the personality

of religion were thus conversing, arrived Parîkchit,

who had the name to be the saint among the kings, at

the Sarasvatî river flowing to the east."

 

 

 

Chapter 17

 

Punishment and reward of Kali

 

(1) Sûta said: "It was there [at the Sarasvatî river]

that the king observed that a cow and bull were beaten

with a club as if they had no owner, by a sûdra [one

of the lowest class] dressed up as a king. (2) The

bull, that was as white as a lotus, was terrified of

being beaten by the sûdra and urinated and trembled

out of fear, standing on one leg only. (3) The cow

also, on itself a religious example but now rendered

poor and distressed from the sûdra who had beaten her

legs, was without a calf and had tears in her eyes

being very weak hankering after some grass to eat. (4)

>From his with gold embossed chariot Parîkchit, well

equipped with bow and arrows, with a thundering voice

inquired: (5) 'Who are you, that under my protection,

at this place, you think you can violently kill the

helpless! Although you appear to be of strength having

dressed up like a man of God as if you are an actor,

you behave like someone who never saw the light of

culture [to be twice born]. (6) Do you think that

because Lord Krishna and the carrier of the bow the

Gândîva [Arjuna] are out of sight, you can secretly

beat an innocent cow? Being a culprit that way you

deserve to be killed!'

(7) 'And you', he said turning to the bull, ' are you

just a bull as white as a lotus moving on one leg that

has lost three legs or are you some demigod in the

form of a bull causing us grief? (8) Never under the

protection of the arms of any of the kings of the Kuru

dynasty there has been grieving on this earth, except

with for you having tears in your eyes because of

someone else. (9) O son of Surabhi [the celestial

cow], in my kingdom there will be no lamentation, so

do not fear the sûdra, and mother cow, do not cry; as

long as I am alive as the ruler and subduer of the

envious, everything will be good for you. (10-11) O

chaste one, he will lose his fame, longevity, fortune

and a good birth, in whose state the living beings are

terrified by miscreants. It is certainly the supreme

duty of the kings to subdue in order to end the misery

of the ones who suffer and therefore I shall kill this

most wretched man so violent against other living

beings. (12) Who is he who could cut off your legs, o

son of Surabhi - as it happened with you it has never

happened before in the state of the kings that live

following Lord Krishna. (13) Just tell me, o bull, for

you are honest and without offenses, about him who

mutilated you and tarnished the reputation of the sons

of Parthâ. (14) Those who make the offenseless suffer

may fear me wherever they are, as I will curb the

actions of the miscreants and restore the good fortune

of the honest ones. (15) The upstart who offends

innocent living beings, I shall forthwith defeat,

whether he's a demigod from heaven with armor and

decorations or not. (16) It is certainly the holy duty

of the head of state to always protect the ones who

live in loyalty and rule safely according to the

scriptures over others who are in fact straying'.

(17) The personality of religion said: 'All you said

speaking for the freedom from anxiety of the sufferers

just befits one of the Pândava dynasty by whose

qualities even Lord Krishna acted as a servant. (18) O

greatest among the human beings, from the bewilderment

of the person by all the differences of opinion, we

cannot tell what would be the cause of all human

suffering. (19) Some who deny all kinds of duality

declare that it is from one self that one suffers,

other say that it is from the superhuman, while still

others say that it is all due to the activities of

material nature or of adopting outside authorities.

(20) It is beyond the power of reasoning and thinking

to tell which of them is right, some for sure

concluded about this, o sage amongst the kings; the

judgment is left to your own intelligence '."

(21) Sûta said: "Parîkchit, who attentively heard the

personality of religion thus speak, o best among the

brahmins, mindfully replied. (22) The king said: 'To

the religion you say, being the personality of the

principles in the disguise of a bull, that whatever

those who act against the religion do also becomes

identified with the place of the one who lays his

finger on it. (23) In other words: the Lord His ways

with the material world are inconceivable and to all

it is clear that nor thinking nor speaking is of

avail. (24) Austerity, cleanliness, compassion and

thruthfullness [tapah, sauca, dayâ, sathya] are the

legs that established the age of truth [sathya Yuga,

the 'old days'], but from irreligiosity three of them

broke in pride, too much association with woman and

intoxication. (25) At present, o personality of

religion, you are hobbling along on the one leg of

truthfulness while quarrel personified [Kali],

flourishing on deceit, irreligiously tries to destroy

that leg too. (26) A great burden was taken from the

face of the earth by the Supreme Lord personally and

others also - His all-auspicious footprints brought

good fortune everywhere. (27) Lamenting with tears in

her eyes, the unfortunate and chaste one deserted by

Him, is now enjoyed by the lower-class devoid of the

culture of learning who pose themself as rulers in my

place.'

 

(28) Thus the personalities of religion and mother

earth were pacified by the great warrior, who took up

his sharp sword in order to kill Kali, the root cause

of irreligion. (29) Knowing that the king prepared to

kill him, Kali, under the pressure of fear, abandoned

the royal dress and fully surrendered himself bowing

his head at the feet. (30) Out of compassion, he who

is kind to the poor and capable of handling worship,

with a smile refrained from killing the one fallen at

the feet of the hero of whom it is said that he is

worthy of being sung to. (31) The king said: 'Do not

fear as you surrendered with folded hands; we

certainly inherited the fame of Arjuna, but there can

be no question either of being allowed to stay in my

kingdom as you are the friend of irreligion. (32) With

you present in the body as a god of men, everywhere

all the irreligion of greed, falsehood, robbery,

incivility, treachery, misfortune, cheating, quarrel

and vanity will be abound in the masses. (33)

Therefore, o friend of irreligion, you do not deserve

to remain with the religion and truth in a place of

sacrifice where one duly and expertly is offering in

service to the Lord of sacrifices. (34) In such

sacrificial ceremonies the Supreme Personality of God,

the Lord, is being worshiped as the soul of all

worshipable deities, in the form of which he spreads

welfare as He is the inviolable Supersoul to all

desires being inside as well as outside like the air

is to all the moving and unmoving.'

(35) Suta said: "That way being addressed by King

Parîkchit, the personality of Kali was trembling

seeing him ready with a raised sword speaking like

Yamarâja, the Lord of Death. (36) Kali said: 'Wherever

that I may live under your Order, o Emperor, I will

always see the reign of your bow and arrows also. (37)

Therefore please, o chief of the protectors of the

religion, allot me a place where for certain I can

find a permanent residence under your rule'."

(38) Sûta said: "Thus being petitioned, at that time

he gave Kali the permission to dwell in places where

the four sinful activities of gambling, drinking,

prostitution and animal slaughter [dyûtam, pânam,

striyah, sûnâ] were taking place. (39) Next to that

the master gave him, upon his insistent begging, the

place where there is gold as gold by passion is the

fifth sin bringing falsity, intoxication, lust and

enmity. (40) Those five places, where surely

irreligion is encouraged, were thus by the son of

Uttarâ given as the dwelling places under his

direction. (41) Therefore all who seek well-being

should never contact all this, specifically not those

on the path of liberation, the royalty, the state

officials and the teachers. (42) By encouraging

activities he thus perfectly improved the earth by

reestablishing the bull its three lost legs of

austerity, cleanliness and mercy. (43-44) Of him is

the present rule; the throne that was handed over by

the grandfather king [Yudhisthira] who desired to

withdraw in the forest. From that rule, that sage

among the kings and chief of the Kuru-dynasty, is now

known in Hastinapura as the most fortunate and famous

emperor. (45) Because of this experience of the son of

Abhimanyu, the king; thanks to his rule over the

earth, you can all have the initiation of the

performing of sacrifices like this."

 

 

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