Text 6]
Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
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affairs, there is no harmony, even between father and sons or between husband and wife. But all these contending difficulties can be mitigated by one process, and that is devotional service of the Lord. The world of hypocrisy can be checked only by counteraction of devotional service of the Lord and nothing else. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, having observed the disparities, conjectured the disappearance of the Lord from the earth.
TEXT 5
निमित्तान्यत्यरिष्टानि काले त्वनुगते नृणाम् । लोमाधवम्प्रकृतिं दृष्ट्वाचानुजं नृपः ॥५॥
nimittāny atyariṣṭāni kāle tv anugate nṛṇām lobhādy-adharma-prakṛtim dṛṣṭvovācānujam nṛpaḥ
nimittāni—causes; ati—very serious; ariṣṭāni—bad omens; kāle—in course of time; tu—but; anugate—passing away; nṛṇām—of humanity at large; labhādi—agreed, etc.; adharma—irreligious; prakṛtim—habits; dṛṣṭvā—having observed; uvāca—said; anujam—younger brother; nṛpaḥ—the King.
TRANSLATION
In course of time it came to pass that people in general became accustomed to greed, anger, pride, etc. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, observing all these omens, spoke to his younger brother.
PURPORT
A pious king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira at once became perturbed when there were such inhuman symptoms as greed, anger, irreligiosity and hypocrisy rampant in society. And it appears from this statement that all these symptoms of degraded society were unknown to the people of the time, and it was astonishing for them to have experienced them with the advent of the Kali-yuga or the age of quarrel.
TEXT 6
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
सम्येषितो द्वारकायां जिष्णुर्वन्धुदिद्ध्यया । शतं च पुष्यस्लोकस्य कृष्णस्य च विचेष्टितम् ॥ ६ ॥