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Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
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स्वाहा स्वधा वपडिति स गिरो न यत्र
शास्ता भविष्यति कलेर्भगवान् युगान्ते ॥३८॥
yarhy ālayeṣv api satāṅ na hareḥ kathāḥ syuḥ pāṣaṇḍino dvija-janā vṛṣalā nṛdevāḥ svāhā svadhā vaṣaḍ iti sma giro na yatra śāstā bhaviṣyati kaler bhagavān yugānte
yarhi—when it would so happen; ālayeṣu—in the residence of; api—even; satām—civilized gentlemen; na—no; hareḥ—of the Personality of Godhead; kathāḥ—topics; syuḥ—would take place; pāṣaṇḍinaḥ—atheists; dvija-janāḥ—persons declaring themselves to be the higher three classes (brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas); vṛṣalāḥ—the lower class śūdras; nṛ-devāḥ—ministers of the government; svāhā—hymns to perform sacrifices; svadhā—the ingredients to perform sacrifices; vaṣaṭ—the altar of sacrifice; iti—all these; sma—shall; giraḥ—words; na—never; yatra—anywhere; śāstā—the chastiser; bhaviṣyati—would appear; kaleḥ—of the Kali age; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; yuga-ante—at the end of.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, at the end of Kali-yuga, when there would exist no topics on the subject of God, even at the residences of so-called saints and respectable gentlemen of the three higher castes, and when the power of government would be transferred to the hands of ministers elected from the lowborn śūdra class or those less than them, and when there would be nothing known of the techniques of sacrifice, even by word, at that time the Lord would appear as the supreme chastiser.
PURPORT
The symptoms of the worst conditions of the material world, at the last stage of this age, called Kali-yuga, are stated herein. The sum and substance of such conditions is godlessness. Even the so-called saints and higher castes of the social orders, generally known as the  dvija-janas  or the twice-born, will become atheists. As such, all of them will practically forget even the holy name of the Lord, and what to speak of His activities. The higher castes of society, namely the intelligent class of men guiding the destinies