In the last
canto of the Bhagavata Purana there is a list of predictions and prophecies
about the dark times for the present age of Kali Yuga.
The following 15 predictions, written 5,000 years ago by sage Vedavyasa, are amazing because they appear so accurate. Despite the negative tone of these prophecies, there is still one bright spot for all of us, which is mentioned at the end.
The following 15 predictions, written 5,000 years ago by sage Vedavyasa, are amazing because they appear so accurate. Despite the negative tone of these prophecies, there is still one bright spot for all of us, which is mentioned at the end.
Prediction 1:
Religion,
truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength
and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of
the age of Kali.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.1
sri-suka uvaca
tatas canu-dinam dharmah
satyam saucam ksama daya
kalena balina rajan
nanksyaty ayur balam smrtih
Prediction 2:
In Kali
Yuga, wealth alone will be considered the sign of a man's good birth, proper
behaviour and fine qualities. And law and justice will be applied only on the
basis of one's power.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.2
vittam eva kalau nṛṇāḿ
janmācāra-guṇodayaḥ
dharma-nyāya-vyavasthāyāḿ
kāraṇaḿ balam eva hi
Prediction 3:
Men and
women will live together merely because of superficial attraction, and success
in business will depend on deceit. Womanliness and manliness will be judged
according to one's expertise in sex, and a man will be known as a Brahmana just
by his wearing a thread.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.3
dāmpatye 'bhirucir hetur
māyaiva vyāvahārike
strītve puḿstve ca hi ratir
vipratve sūtram eva hi
Prediction 4:
A person's
spiritual position will be ascertained merely according to external symbols,
and on that same basis people will change from one spiritual order to the next.
A person's propriety will be seriously questioned if he does not earn a good
living. And one who is very clever at juggling words will be considered a learned
scholar.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.4
lińgaḿ evāśrama-khyātāv
anyonyāpatti-kāraṇam
avṛttyā nyāya-daurbalyaḿ
pāṇḍitye cāpalaḿ vacaḥ
Prediction 5:
A person
will be judged unholy if he does not have money, and hypocrisy will be accepted
as virtue. Marriage will be arranged simply by verbal agreement, and a person
will think he is fit to appear in public if he has merely taken a bath.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.5
anāḍhyataivāsādhutve
sādhutve dambha eva tu
svīkāra eva codvāhe
snānam eva prasādhanam
Prediction 6:
A sacred
place will be taken to consist of no more than a reservoir of water located at
a distance, and beauty will be thought to depend on one's hairstyle. Filling
the belly will become the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be accepted
as truthful. He who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man,
and the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.6
dūre vāry-ayanaḿ tīrthaḿ
lāvaṇyaḿ keśa-dhāraṇam
udaraḿ-bharatā svārthaḥ
satyatve dhārṣṭyam eva hi
dākṣyaḿ kuṭumba-bharaṇaḿ
yaśo 'rthe dharma-sevanam
Prediction 7:
As the
earth thus becomes crowded with a corrupt population, whoever among any of their
social classes shows himself to be the strongest will gain political power.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.7
evaḿ prajābhir duṣṭābhir
ākīrṇe kṣiti-maṇḍale
brahma-viṭ-kṣatra-śūdrāṇāḿ
yo balī bhavitā nṛpaḥ
Prediction 8:
Harassed by
famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh,
wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds. Struck by drought, they will become
completely ruined.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.9
śāka-mūlāmiṣa-kṣaudraphala-
puṣpāṣṭi-bhojanāḥ
anāvṛṣṭyā vinańkṣyanti
durbhikṣa-kara-pīḍitāḥ
Prediction 9:
The
citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. They will be
further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease and severe anxiety.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.10
śīta-vātātapa-prāvṛḍ-
himair anyonyataḥ prajāḥ
kṣut-tṛḍbhyāḿ vyādhibhiś caiva
santapsyante ca cintayā
Prediction 10:
The maximum
duration of life for human beings in Kali Yuga will become 50 years.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.11
triḿśad viḿśati varṣāṇi
paramāyuḥ kalau nṛṇām
Prediction 11:
Men will no
longer protect their elderly parents.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.42
na rakshishyanti manujah
sthavirau pitarav api
Prediction 12:
In
Kali-yuga men will develop hatred for each other even over a few coins. Giving
up all friendly relations, they will be ready to lose their own lives and kill
even their own relatives.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.41
kalau kakinike 'py arthe
vigrihya tyakta-sauhridah
tyakshyanti ca priyan pranan
hanishyanti svakan api
Prediction 13:
Uncultured
men will accept charity on behalf of the Lord and will earn their livelihood by
making a show of austerity and wearing a mendicant's dress. Those who know
nothing about religion will mount a high seat and presume to speak on religious
principles.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.38
sudrah pratigrahishyanti
tapo-veshopajivinah
dharmam vakshyanty adharma-jna
adhiruhyottamasanam
Prediction 14:
Servants
will abandon a master who has lost his wealth, even if that master is a saintly
person of exemplary character. Masters will abandon an incapacitated servant,
even if that servant has been in the family for generations. Cows will be
abandoned or killed when they stop giving milk.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.36
patim tyakshyanti nirdravyam
bhritya apy akhilottamam
bhrityam vipannam patayah
kaulam gas capayasvinih
Prediction 15:
Cities will
be dominated by thieves, the Vedas will be contaminated by speculative
interpretations of atheists, political leaders will virtually consume the citizens,
and the so-called priests and intellectuals will be devotees of their bellies
and genitals.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.32
dasyutkrishta janapada
vedah pashanda-dushitah
rajanas ca praja-bhakshah
sisnodara-para dvijah
Despite all of these dark prophecies, there is one
good quality in this age of
Kali yuga:
kaler dosha-nidhe rajann
asti hy eko maha gunah
kirtanad eva krishnasya
mukta-sangah param vrajet
"Although
Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about
this age:
simply by chanting the names of Krishna, one can become free from
material
bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom." (Source:
Srimad
Bhagavatam 12.3.51)
So let us
take advantage of this special spiritual gift given during the dark
times of Kali
yuga to quickly raise ourselves spiritually through chanting of
God's holy
names.
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