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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.2.29

विष्णोर्भगवतो भानु: कृष्णाख्योऽसौ दिवं गत: । तदाविशत् कलिर्लोकं पापे यद् रमते जन: ॥ २९ ॥
viṣṇor bhagavato bhānuḥ
[vishnor bhagavato bhaanuh]
kṛṣṇākhyo ’sau divaṁ gataḥ
[krishnaakhyo ’sau divam gatah]
tadāviśat kalir lokaṁ
[tadaavishat kalir lokam]
pāpe yad ramate janaḥ
[paape yad ramate janah]
viṣṇoḥ — of Viṣṇu bhagavataḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead bhānuḥ — the sun kṛṣṇa-ākhyaḥ — known as Kṛṣṇa asau — He divam — to the spiritual sky gataḥ — having returned tadā — then aviśat — entered kaliḥ — the Age of Kali lokam — this world pāpe — in sin yat — in which age ramate — take pleasure janaḥ — the people.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
viṣṇor bhagavato bhānuḥ
viṣṇoḥ
of Viṣṇu
bhagavataḥ
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
bhānuḥ
the sun
kṛṣṇākhyo ’sau divaṁ gataḥ
kṛṣṇa-ākhyaḥ
known as Kṛṣṇa
asau
He
divam
to the spiritual sky
gataḥ
having returned
tadāviśat kalir lokaṁ
tadā
then
aviśat
entered
kaliḥ
the Age of Kali
lokam
this world
pāpe yad ramate janaḥ
pāpe
in sin
yat
in which age
ramate
take pleasure
janaḥ
the people.
The Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is brilliant like the sun and is known as Kṛṣṇa. When He returned to the spiritual sky, Kali entered this world, and people then began to take pleasure in sinful activities.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the seven sages entered Maghā constellation, when Viṣṇu, the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, the ray of Kṛṣṇa, went to Vaikuṇṭha, Kali entered this world, and people then began to take pleasure in sinful activities. When the seven sages entered Maghā constellation, the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, the ray (bhānuḥ) of Kṛṣṇa, who is completely famous as Kṛṣṇa, went to Vaikuṇṭha (while Kṛṣṇa remained aprakaṭa in Dvārakā and Vraja). According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, the word bhānuḥ means “śuddha-sattva form” since bhānuḥ means “he who shines.”
When Kṛṣṇa returned to the spiritual world, Kali entered — sin grew popular not because people changed overnight but because His direct restraint lifted. The remedy now: invite Him back in, into the heart, through nāma and seva, where He still rules.
Reflection Questions
  • Have I been treating Kṛṣṇa as a memory rather than as a present resident of my heart?
  • How can I 'reinstall' Him into one part of my life today?
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