Sri Vyasa Maharishi's prediction about Kaliyuga.. That is what we are experiencing now. 15 Amazing Predictions made by Sage Veda Vyasa about the Kalyuga.
In the last canto of the Bhagavata Purana there is a list of predictions and prophecies about the dark times for the present age of Kali Yuga. The following 15 predictions, written 5,000 years ago by sage Ved Vyasa, are amazing because they appear so accurate. Despite the negative tone of these prophecies, there is still one bright spot for all of us, which is mentioned at the end.
Prediction 1:
Religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of Kali.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.1
श्रीशुक उवाच ।
ततश्चानुदिनं धर्मः सत्यं शौचं क्षमा दया
कालेन बलिना राजन्नङ्क्ष्यत्यायुर्बलं स्मृतिः ॥ १२.२.१ ॥
sri-suka uvaca
tatas canu-dinam dharmah
satyam saucam ksama daya
kalena balina rajan
nanksyaty ayur balam smrtih
Prediction 2:
In Kali Yuga, wealth alone will be considered the sign of a man's good birth, proper behaviour and fine qualities. And law and justice will be applied only on the basis of one's power.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.2
वित्तमेव कलौ नॄणां जन्माचारगुणोदयः
धर्मन्यायव्यवस्थायां कारणं बलमेव हि ॥ १२.२.२ ॥
vittam eva kalau nṝṇāḿ
janmācāra-guṇodayaḥ
dharma-nyāya-vyavasthāyāḿ
kāraṇaḿ balam eva hi
Prediction 3:
Men and women will live together merely because of superficial attraction, and success in business will depend on deceit. Womanliness and manliness will be judged according to one's expertise in sex, and a man will be known as a brahmana just by his wearing a thread.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.3
दाम्पत्येऽभिरुचिर्हेतुर्मायैव व्यावहारिके
स्त्रीत्वे पुंस्त्वे च हि रतिर्विप्रत्वे सूत्रमेव हि ॥ १२.२.३ ॥
dāmpatye 'bhirucir hetur
māyaiva vyāvahārike
strītve puḿstve ca hi ratir
vipratve sūtram eva hi
Prediction 4:
A person's spiritual position will be ascertained merely according to external symbols, and on that same basis, people will change from one spiritual order to the next. A person's propriety will be seriously questioned if he does not earn a good living. And one who is very clever at juggling words will be considered a learned scholar.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.4
लिङ्गं एवाश्रमख्यातावन्योन्यापत्तिकारणम्
अवृत्त्या न्यायदौर्बल्यं पाण्डित्ये चापलं वचः ॥ १२.२.४ ॥
lińgaḿ evāśrama-khyātāv
anyonyāpatti-kāraṇam
avṛttyā nyāya-daurbalyaḿ
pāṇḍitye cāpalaḿ vacaḥ
Prediction 5:
A person will be judged unholy if he does not have money, and hypocrisy will be accepted as virtue. Marriage will be arranged simply by verbal agreement, and a person will think he is fit to appear in public if he has merely taken a bath.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.5
अनाढ्यतैवासाधुत्वे साधुत्वे दम्भ एव तु
स्वीकार एव चोद्वाहे स्नानमेव प्रसाधनम् ॥ १२.२.५ ॥
anāḍhyataivāsādhutve
sādhutve dambha eva tu
svīkāra eva codvāhe
snānam eva prasādhanam
Prediction 6:
A sacred place will be taken to consist of no more than a reservoir of water located at a distance, and beauty will be thought to depend on one's hairstyle. Filling the belly will become the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful. He who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man, and the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of reputation.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.6
दूरे वार्ययनं तीर्थं लावण्यं केशधारणम्
उदरम्भरता स्वार्थः सत्यत्वे धार्ष्ट्यमेव हि
दाक्ष्यं कुटुम्बभरणं यशोऽर्थे धर्मसेवनम् ॥ १२.२.६ ॥
dūre vāry-ayanaḿ tīrthaḿ
lāvaṇyaḿ keśa-dhāraṇam
udaraḿ-bharatā svārthaḥ
satyatve dhārṣṭyam eva hi
dākṣyaḿ kuṭumba-bharaṇaḿ
yaśo 'rthe dharma-sevanam
Prediction 7:
As the earth thus becomes crowded with a corrupt population, whoever among any of the social classes shows himself to be the strongest will gain political power.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.7
एवं प्रजाभिर्दुष्टाभिराकीर्णे क्षितिमण्डले
ब्रह्मविट्क्षत्रशूद्राणां यो बली भविता नृपः ॥ १२.२.७ ॥
evaḿ prajābhir duṣṭābhir
ākīrṇe kṣiti-maṇḍale
brahma-viṭ-kṣatra-śūdrāṇāḿ
yo balī bhavitā nṛpaḥ
Prediction 8:
Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers, and seeds. Struck by drought, they will become completely ruined.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.9
शाकमूलामिषक्षौद्र फलपुष्पाष्टिभोजनाः
अनावृष्ट्या विनङ्क्ष्यन्ति दुर्भिक्षकरपीडिताः ॥ १२.२.९ ॥
śāka-mūlāmiṣa-kṣaudra-
phala-puṣpāṣṭi-bhojanāḥ
anāvṛṣṭyā vinańkṣyanti
durbhikṣa-kara-pīḍitāḥ
Prediction 9:
The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. They will be further tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease, and severe anxiety.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.10
शीतवातातपप्रावृड् हिमैरन्योन्यतः प्रजाः
क्षुत्तृड्भ्यां व्याधिभिश्चैव सन्तप्स्यन्ते च चिन्तया ॥ १२.२.१० ॥
himair anyonyataḥ prajāḥ
kṣut-tṛḍbhyāḿ vyādhibhiś caiva
santapsyante ca cintayā
Prediction 10:
The maximum duration of life for human beings in Kali Yuga will become 50 years.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.11
त्रिंशद्विंशति वर्षाणि
परमायुः कलौ नृणाम् ॥ १२.२.११ ॥
triḿśad viḿśati varṣāṇi
paramāyuḥ kalau nṛṇām
Prediction 11:
Cities will be dominated by thieves, the Vedas will be contaminated by speculative interpretations of atheists, political leaders will virtually consume the citizens, and the so-called priests and intellectuals will be devotees of their bellies and genitals.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.32
दस्यूत्कृष्टा जनपदा वेदाः पाषण्डदूषिताः
राजानश्च प्रजाभक्षाः शिश्नोदरपरा द्विजाः ॥ १२.३.३२ ॥
dasyutkrishta janapada
vedah pashanda-dushitah
rajanas ca praja-bhakshah
sisnodara-para dvijah
Prediction 12:
Servants will abandon a master who has lost his wealth, even if that master is a saintly person of exemplary character. Masters will abandon an incapacitated servant, even if that servant has been in the family for generations. Cows will be abandoned or killed when they stop giving milk.
पतिं त्यक्ष्यन्ति निर्द्रव्यं भृत्या अप्यखिलोत्तमम्
भृत्यं विपन्नं पतयः कौलं गाश्चापयस्विनीः ॥ १२.३.३६ ॥
भृत्यं विपन्नं पतयः कौलं गाश्चापयस्विनीः ॥ १२.३.३६ ॥
patim tyakshyanti nirdravyam
bhritya apy akhilottamam
bhrityam vipannam patayah
kaulam gas capayasvinih
Prediction 13:
Uncultured men will accept charity on behalf of the Lord and will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity and wearing a mendicant's dress. Those who know nothing about religion will mount a high seat and presume to speak on religious principles.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.38
शूद्राः प्रतिग्रहीष्यन्ति तपोवेषोपजीविनः
धर्मं वक्ष्यन्त्यधर्मज्ञा अधिरुह्योत्तमासनम् ॥ १२.३.३८ ॥
sudrah pratigrahishyanti
tapo-veshopajivinah
dharmam vakshyanty adharma-jna
adhiruhyottamasanam
Prediction 14:
In Kali-yuga men will develop a hatred for each other even over a few coins. Giving up all friendly relations, they will be ready to lose their own lives and kill even their own relatives.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.41
कलौ काकिणिकेऽप्यर्थे विगृह्य त्यक्तसौहृदाः
त्यक्ष्यन्ति च प्रियान्प्राणान्हनिष्यन्ति स्वकानपि ॥ १२.३.४१ ॥
kalau kakinike 'py arthe
vigrihya tyakta-sauhridah
tyakshyanti ca priyan pranan
hanishyanti svakan api
Prediction 15:
Men will no longer protect their elderly parents.
Source: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.42
न रक्षिष्यन्ति मनुजाः स्थविरौ पितरावपि
पुत्रान्भार्यां च कुलजां क्षुद्राः शिश्नोदरम्भराः ॥ १२.३.४२ ॥
na rakshishyanti manujah
sthavirau pitarav api
Despite all of these dark prophecies, there is one good quality in this age of Kali yuga:
Source : Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.51
कलेर्दोषनिधे राजन्नस्ति ह्येको महान्गुणः
कीर्तनादेव कृष्णस्य मुक्तसङ्गः परं व्रजेत् ॥ १२.३.५१ ॥
kaler dosha-nidhe rajann
asti hy eko maha gunah
kirtanad eva krishnasya
mukta-sangah param vrajet
"Although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: simply by chanting the names of God, one can become free from material life and can have transcendental freedom."
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