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Appearance of Śrī Nārada
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Kali age, and accordingly he made arrangement for the people in general so that they can execute a progressive life in this age which is full of darkness. The people in general in this age of Kali are too much interested in matter, which is temporary. Because of ignorance they are unable to evaluate the assets of life and be enlightened in spiritual knowledge.
TEXTS 17-18
भौतिकानां च भावानां शक्तिहासं च तत्कृतम् ।
अश्रद्धानान्निःसत्त्वान्दुर्मेधान् हसितायुषः ॥१७॥
दुर्भगांश्च जनान् वीक्ष्य मुनिर्दिव्येन चक्षुषा ।
सर्ववर्णाश्रमाणां यद्ध्यौ हितममोघटक् ॥१८॥
bhautikānām ca bhāvānām śakti-hrāsam ca tatkṛtam aśraddadhānān niḥsattvān durmedhān hrasitāyuṣaḥ durbhagāmś ca janān vīkṣya munir divyena cakṣuṣā sarva-varṇāśramāṇām yad dadhyau hitam amogha-dṛk
bhautikānām ca—also of everything that is made of matter; bhāvānām—actions; śakti-hrāsam ca—deterioration of natural power; tatkṛtam—rendered by that; aśraddadhānān—of the faithless; niḥsattvān—impatient due to want of the mode of goodness; hrasita—reduced; āyuṣaḥ—of duration of life; durbhagān ca—also the unlucky; janān—people in general; vīkṣya—by seeing; muniḥ—the muni; divyena—by transcendental; cakṣuṣā—vision; sarva—all; varṇāśramāṇām—of all the statuses and orders of life; yat—what; dadhyau—contemplated; hitam—welfare; amogha-dṛk—one who is fully equipped in knowledge.
TRANSLATION
The great sage, who was fully equipped in knowledge, could see, through his transcendental vision, the deterioration of everything material, due to the influence of the age. He could also see that the faithless people in general would be reduced in duration of life and would be impatient due