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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.36
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 36
- yadā mukundo bhagavān imāṁ mahīṁ
- jahau sva-tanvā śravaṇīya-sat-kathaḥ
- tadāhar evāpratibuddha-cetasām
- abhadra-hetuḥ kalir anvavartata
yadāwhen — when; mukundaḥLord Kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; imāmthis — this; mahīmearth — earth; jahauleft — left; svawith His selfsame body-tanvāwith His selfsame body — with His selfsame body; śravaṇīyahearing about Him is worthwhile-sathearing about Him is worthwhile-kathaḥhearing about Him is worthwhile — hearing about Him is worthwhile; tadāat that time — at that time; ahaḥfrom the very day evafrom the very day — from the very day; apratiof those whose minds are not sufficiently developed-buddhaof those whose minds are not sufficiently developed-cetasāmof those whose minds are not sufficiently developed — of those whose minds are not sufficiently developed; abhadracause of all ill fortune-hetuḥcause of all ill fortune — cause of all ill fortune; kaliḥKali fully manifested anvavartataKali fully manifested — Kali fully manifested.
When the Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, left this earthly planet in His selfsame form, from that very day Kali, who had already partially appeared, became fully manifest to create inauspicious conditions for those who are endowed with a poor fund of knowledge.
The influence of Kali can be enforced only upon those who are not fully developed in God consciousness. One can neutralize the effects of Kali by keeping oneself fully under the supreme care of the Personality of Godhead. The age of Kali ensued just after the Battle of Kurukṣetra, but it could not exert its influence because of the presence of the Lord. The Lord, however, left this earthly planet in His own transcendental body, and as soon as He left, the symptoms of the Kali-yuga, as were envisioned by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira prior to Arjuna's arrival from Dvārakā, began to manifest, and Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira rightly conjectured on the departure of the Lord from the earth. As we have already explained, the Lord left our sight just as when the sun sets it is out of our sight.