272 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 16

Visvamitra, did not agree. Therefore Visvamitra, being angry,
cursed them. ‘May all of you bad sons become mlecchas,” he said,
‘being opposed to the principles of Vedic culture.”

PURPORT

In Vedic literature there are names like mleccha and yavana. The
mlecchas are understood to be those who do not follow the Vedic prin-
ciples. In former days, the mlecchas were fewer, and Visvamitra Muni
cursed his sons to become mlecchas. But in the present age, Kali-yuga,
there is no need of cursing, for people are automatically mlecchas. This is
only the beginning of Kali-yuga, but at the end of Kali-yuga the entire
population will consist of mlecchas because no one will follow the Vedic
principles. At that time the incarnation Kalki will appear. Mleccha-
nivaha-nidhane kalayasi kara-baélam. He will kill all the mlecchas

indiscriminately with his sword.

TEXT 34

& SAT ASAT: ATT GATT Aa! |
TH AA Aaa AHTTAe TTY 11221

sa hovaca madhucchandéh
sardham paficdsata tatah

yan no bhavan sanjanite
tasmims tisthamahe vayam

sah—the middle son of Visvamitra; ha—indeed; uvdca—said;
madhucchandéh—Madhucchanda; sadrdham—with; paricdsata—the
second fifty of the sons known as the Madhucchandas; tatah—then, after
the first half were thus cursed; yat—what; nah—unto us; bhavan—O
father; safijdnite—as you please; tasmin—in that; tisthamahe—shall
remain; vayam—all of us.

TRANSLATION

When the elder Madhucchandas were cursed, the younger fifty,
along with Madhucchanda himself, approached their father and
