Perfect knowledge flows only from those who transcend time's limitations and know past, present, and future.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.24 — September 29, 1972, Los Angeles 720929SB-LOS ANGELES [52:06 Minutes] SB-01.03.24_720929SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [Govindam prayers playing; sings along] [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.
Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. [devotees offer obeisances]
Prabhupāda: Hmm. [05:44] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto One, Chapter Three, text 24.
[leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] tataḥ kalau sampravṛtte sammohāya sura-dviṣām buddho nāmnāñjana-sutaḥ kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati [SB 1.3.24] Prabhupāda: Now ladies, ladies. That's all right. Word meaning. Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms] tataḥ—thereafter; kalau—the age of Kali; sampravṛtte—having ensued; sammohāya—for the purpose of deluding; sura—the theists; dviṣām—those who are envious; buddhaḥ—Lord Buddha; nāmnā—of the name; añjana-sutaḥ—the son of Añjanā, Lord Buddha; kīkaṭeṣu—in the province of Gayā (Bihar); bhaviṣyati—will take place. [11:20] "Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Añjanā, in the province of Gayā, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist." Prabhupāda: Hmm.
So these words are significant. Bhaviṣyati. Bhaviṣyati means "in future He will appear." Other avatāras, just like Lord Rāmacandra, Kṛṣṇa, They have been described that "He appeared for doing this work." Similarly, in future also who will appear, that is also listed. So no pseudo-incarnation can come in, because past, present, future, everything is described there.
Bhaviṣyati. This Bhāgavata-grantha, śāstra, was written five thousand years ago. Now five thousand years ago there was no Buddha. But in future he will come, and that is mentioned here: bhaviṣyati. Not only Buddha's name only, but his mother's name and the place where he would appear.
This is called śāstra. No speculation. Fact. Either past, present or future, it doesn't matter.