164 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 3

TRANSLATION

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 Visnu
Yasa. At this time the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into
plunderers.

PURPORT

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, Treta, Dvapara 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 Kuruksetra and the
end of the regime of King Pariksit. 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 Srimad-Bhagavatam. His father’s name,
Visnu Yasa, a learned brahmapa, and the village Sambhal are also men-
tioned. As above mentioned, all these foretellings will prove to be factual
in chronological order. That is the authority of Srimad-Bhdgavatam.

TEXT 26

ATI TAS Ws TaaIEar: |
qaraata: FAT: ATA: Hi ACA: NEI

avatara hy asankhyeya
hareh sattva-nidher dvijah

yathavidasinah kulyah
sarasah syuh sahasrasah

avatarah—incarnations; hi—certainly; asankhyeyah—innumerable; hareh
—of Hari, the Lord; sattva-nidheh—of the ocean of goodness; dvijah—the
brahmanas; yatha—as it is; avidésinah—inexhaustible; kulyah—rivulets;
sarasah—of vast lakes; syuh—are; sahasrasah— thousands of.

TRANSLATION

O brahmanas, the incarnations of the Lord are innumerable rivulets
flowing from inexhaustible sources of water.
