Text 3] Disappearance of Lord Krsna 733

kalasya ca gatim raudram
viparyastar tu dharminah

papiyasim nrnam vartam
krodha-lobhanrtatmanam

kalasya—of the eternal time; ca—also; gatim—direction; raudram—fear-
ful; viparyastah—discrepancies; tu—but; dharminah—specific function;
papiyasim—sinful; nrnam—of the human being; vartam—means of liveli-
hood; krodha—anger; lobha—greed; anrta—falsehood; atmanam—of the

people.
TRANSLATION

He saw that the direction of eternal time had changed, and this was
very fearful. There were disruptions in the seasonal regularities. The people
in general had become very greedy, angry and deceitful. And he saw that
they were adopting foul means of livelihood.

PURPORT

When civilization is disconnected from the loving relation of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, symptoms like changes of seasonal regulations,
foul means of livelihood, greed, anger and fraudulence become rampant.
The change of seasonal regulations refers to the atmosphere of one season
becoming manifest in another season, for example the rainy season being
transferred to autumn, or the fruits and flowers of one season fructifying
in another season. A godless man is invariably greedy, angry and fraudulent.
Such a man can earn his livelihood by any means, black or white. During
the reign of Maharaja Yudhisthira, all the above symptoms were conspicu-
ous by their absence. But Maharaja Yudhisthira was astonished to experi-
ence even a slight change in the godly atmosphere of his kingdom, and at
once he suspected the disappearance of the Lord. Foul means of livelihood
implies deviation from one’s occupational duty. There are prescribed duties
for everyone, such as the brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and siidra, but any
one of them who deviates from his prescribed duty and declares another’s
duty to be his own is following a foul and improper duty. A man becomes
too greedy for wealth and power when he has no higher objective in life
and when he thinks that this earthly life of a few years is all in all.
Ignorance is the cause for all these anomalies in human society, and to
remove this ignorance, especially in this age of degradation, the powerful
sun is there to distribute light in the shape of Srimad-Bhagavatam.
