SB 12.2.32 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.2.32

यदा मघाभ्यो यास्यन्ति पूर्वाषाढां महर्षय: । तदा नन्दात् प्रभृत्येष कलिर्वृद्धिं गमिष्यति ॥ ३२ ॥

yadā maghābhyo yāsyanti

[yadaa maghaabhyo yaasyanti]

pūrvāṣāḍhāṁ maharṣayaḥ

[poorvaashaadhaam maharshayah]

tadā nandāt prabhṛty eṣa

[tadaa nandaat prabhrity esha]

kalir vṛddhiṁ gamiṣyati

[kalir vriddhim gamishyati]

Word-for-word

yadā — when maghābhyaḥ — from Maghā yāsyanti — they will go pūrva-āṣāḍhām — to the next lunar mansion, Pūrvāṣāḍhā mahā-ṛṣayaḥ — the seven great sages tadā — then nandāt — beginning from Nanda prabhṛti — and his descendants eṣaḥ — this kaliḥ — Age of Kali vṛddhim — maturity gamiṣyati — will attain.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

yadā maghābhyo yāsyanti

yadā

when

maghābhyaḥ

from Maghā

yāsyanti

they will go

pūrvāṣāḍhāṁ maharṣayaḥ

pūrva-āṣāḍhām

to the next lunar mansion, Pūrvāṣāḍhā

mahā-ṛṣayaḥ

the seven great sages

tadā nandāt prabhṛty eṣa

tadā

then

nandāt

beginning from Nanda

prabhṛti

and his descendants

eṣaḥ

this

kalir vṛddhiṁ gamiṣyati

kaliḥ

Age of Kali

vṛddhim

maturity

gamiṣyati

will attain.

When the great sages of the Saptarṣi constellation pass from Maghā to Pūrvāsāḍhā, Kali will have his full strength, beginning from King Nanda and his dynasty.

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Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

When the seven sages enter Pūrvāsāḍhā constellation, [Note: From Magha to Pūrvāṣāḍhā constellation is a count of eleven. Thus the number of years between Kṛṣnā’s disappearance and King Nanda dynasty is 1100 years.] Kali will have his full strength, beginning from King Nanda and his dynasty. This verse describes the time it took for Kali to become strong.

Personal Guidance

Kali reaches full strength from Nanda's dynasty onward — i.e., it has been at full power for a long time. Recognizing this stops us from imagining a golden recent past; we work with the age we have, not the one we wish we had.

Reflection Questions

What nostalgia am I using to avoid responsibility for the present?
What does sincere effort look like today, in this actual age?

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