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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.2.19-20

అశ్వమాశుగమారుహ్య దేవదత్తం జగత్పతి: । అసినాసాధుదమనమష్టైశ్వర్యగుణాన్విత: ॥ ౧౯ ॥ విచరన్నాశునా క్షౌణ్యాం హయేనాప్రతిమద్యుతి: । నృపలిఙ్గచ్ఛదో దస్యూన్కోటిశో నిహనిష్యతి ॥ ౨౦ ॥
aśvam āśu-gam āruhya
[ashvam aashu-gam aaruhya]
devadattaṁ jagat-patiḥ
[devadattam jagat-patih]
asināsādhu-damanam
[asinaasaadhu-damanam]
aṣṭaiśvarya-guṇānvitaḥ
[ashtaishvarya-gunaanvitah]
vicarann āśunā kṣauṇyāṁ
[vicharann aashunaa kshaunyaam]
hayenāpratima-dyutiḥ
[hayenaapratima-dyutih]
nṛpa-liṅga-cchado dasyūn
[nripa-linga-chchado dasyoon]
koṭiśo nihaniṣyati
[kotisho nihanishyati]
aśvam — His horse āśu-gam — swift-traveling āruhya — mounting devadattam — named Devadatta jagat-patiḥ — the Lord of the universe asinā — with His sword asādhu-damanam — (the horse who) subdues the unholy aṣṭa — with eight aiśvarya — mystic opulences guṇa — and transcendental qualities of the Personality of Godhead anvitaḥ — endowed vicaran — traveling about āśunā — swift kṣauṇyām — upon the earth hayena — by His horse apratima — unrivaled dyutiḥ — whose effulgence nṛpa-liṅga — with the dress of kings chadaḥ — disguising themselves dasyūn — thieves koṭiśaḥ — by the millions nihaniṣyati — He will slaughter.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
aśvam āśu-gam āruhya
aśvam
His horse
āśu-gam
swift-traveling
āruhya
mounting
devadattaṁ jagat-patiḥ
devadattam
named Devadatta
jagat-patiḥ
the Lord of the universe
asināsādhu-damanam
asinā
with His sword
asādhu-damanam
(the horse who) subdues the unholy
aṣṭaiśvarya-guṇānvitaḥ
aṣṭa
with eight
aiśvarya
mystic opulences
guṇa
and transcendental qualities of the Personality of Godhead
anvitaḥ
endowed
vicarann āśunā kṣauṇyāṁ
vicaran
traveling about
āśunā
swift
kṣauṇyām
upon the earth
hayenāpratima-dyutiḥ
hayena
by His horse
apratima
unrivaled
dyutiḥ
whose effulgence
nṛpa-liṅga-cchado dasyūn
nṛpa-liṅga
with the dress of kings
chadaḥ
disguising themselves
dasyūn
thieves
koṭiśo nihaniṣyati
koṭiśaḥ
by the millions
nihaniṣyati
He will slaughter.
Lord Kalki, the Lord of the universe, will mount His swift horse Devadatta and, sword in hand, travel over the earth exhibiting His eight mystic opulences and eight special qualities of Godhead. Displaying His unequaled effulgence and riding with great speed, He will kill by the millions those thieves who have dared dress as kings.

These verses describe the thrilling pastimes of Lord Kalki. Anyone would be attracted by the sight of a powerful, beautiful man riding on a wonderful horse at lightning speed, chastising and devastating cruel, demonic people with the sword in His hand.

Of course, fanatical materialists may argue that this picture of Lord Kalki is a mere anthropomorphic creation of the human mind — a mythological deity created by people who need to believe in some superior being. But this argument is not logical, nor does it prove anything. It is merely the opinion of certain people. We need water, but that does not mean man creates water. We also need food, oxygen and many other things that we do not create. Since our general experience is that our needs correspond to available objects existing in the external world, that we appear to need a Supreme Lord would tend to indicate that in fact there is a Supreme Lord. In other words, nature endows us with a sense of need for things that actually exist and that are in fact necessary for our well-being. Similarly, we experience a need for God because we are in fact part of God and cannot live without Him. At the end of Kali-yuga this same God will appear as the mighty Kalki avatāra and beat the pollution out of the demons.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
With unrivalled effulgence, Kalki, the Lord of the universe, endowed with the eight powers, mounting his swift horse sent by the devatās by which he will destroy the wicked, will travel over the earth on his horse with a sword in his hand. He will kill millions of thieves who dress as kings. He will mount a swift horse given by the devatās by which the demons are destroyed. He will kill thieves dressed as kings.
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