Text 38] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions 397
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UT AAT BMT Med 131
yarhy alayesv api satan na hareh kathah syuh
pasandino dvija-jand ursala nrdevah
svaha svadha vasad iti sma giro na yatra
SGsta bhavisyati kaler bhagavén yugante
yarhi—when it would so happen; adlayesu—in the residence of; api—even;
satam—civilized gentlemen; na—no; hareh—of the Personality of Godhead;
kathah—topics; syuh—would take place; pasandinah—atheists; dvija-janah—
persons declaring themselves to be the higher three classes (brahmanas,
ksatriyas and vaigyas); vrsalah—the lower class siidras; nr-devah—ministers
of the government; svahad—hymns to perform sacrifices; svadha—the ingre-
dients to perform sacrifices; vasat—the altar of sacrifice; iti—all these;
sma—shall; girah—words; na—never; yatra—any where; sdsta—the chastiser;
bhavisyati— would appear; kaleh—of the Kali age; bhagavan—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 re-
spectable gentlemen of the three higher castes, and when the power of
government would be transferred to the hands of ministers elected from
the lowborn Sidra 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
