816 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 15
yada—when; mukundah—Lord Krsna; bhagavan—the Personality of
Godhead; imam—this; mahim—earth; jahau—left; sva tanva—with His self-
same body; sravaniya-satkathah— hearing about Him is worthwhile; tada—
at that time; ahareva—from the very day; aprati-buddha-cetasam—of those
whose minds are not sufficiently developed; abhadra-hetuh—cause of all ill
fortune; kalih anvavartata— Kali fully manifested.
TRANSLATION
When the Personality of Godhead Lord Krsna left this earthly planet
in His selfsame form, from that very day Kali, who had appeared partially
before, became fully manifest to create inauspicious conditions for those
who are endowed with a poor fund of knowledge.
PURPORT
The influence of Kali can be enforced only upon those who are not fully
developed in God consciousness. One can neutralize the effects of Kali by
keeping oneself fully under the supreme care of the Personality of God-
head. The age of Kali ensued just after the Battle of Kuruksetra, but it
could not exert its influence because of the presence of the Lord. The
Lord, however, left this earthly planet in His own transcendental body,
and as soon as He left, the symptoms of the Kali-yuga, as were envisioned
by Maharaja Yudhisthira prior to Arjuna’s arrival from Dvaraka, began to
manifest, and Maharaja Yudhisthira rightly conjectured on the departure
of the Lord from earth. As we have already explained, the Lord left our
sight just as when the sun sets it is out of our sight.
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