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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.25
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 25
- athāsau yuga-sandhyāyāṁ
- dasyu-prāyeṣu rājasu
- janitā viṣṇu-yaśaso
- nāmnā kalkir jagat-patiḥ
athathereafter — thereafter; asauthe same Lord — the same Lord; yugaat the conjunction of the yugas-sandhyāyāmat the conjunction of the yugas — at the conjunction of the yugas; dasyuplunderers — plunderers; prāyeṣualmost all — almost all; rājasuthe governing personalities — the governing personalities; janitāwill take His birth — will take His birth; viṣṇunamed Viṣṇu — named Viṣṇu; yaśasaḥsurnamed Yaśā — surnamed Yaśā; nāmnāin the name of — in the name of; kalkiḥthe incarnation of the Lord — the incarnation of the Lord; jagatthe Lord of the creation-patiḥthe Lord of the creation — the Lord of the creation.
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 the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers.
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.