Younger Brothers Followed Yudhishthira North Seeing Kali Spreading Among Citizens

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.45 — December 23, 1973, Los Angeles 731223SB-LOS ANGELES [41:54 Minutes] SB-01.15.45_731223SB-LOS ANGELES Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] sarve tam anunirjagmur bhrātaraḥ kṛta-niścayāḥ kalinādharma-mitreṇa dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭāḥ prajā bhuvi [SB 1.15.45] Prabhupāda: Now, word meaning.

Pradyumna: sarve—all his younger brothers; tam—him; anunirjagmuḥ—left home by following the elder; bhrātaraḥ—brothers; kṛta-niścayāḥ—decidedly; kalinā—by the age of Kali; adharma—principle of irreligion; mitreṇa—by the friend; dṛṣṭvā—observing; spṛṣṭāḥ—having overtaken; prajāḥ—all citizens; bhuvi—on the earth. [03:13] Translation: "The younger brothers of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira observed that the age of Kali had already arrived throughout the world and that the citizens of the kingdom were already affected by irreligious practice. Therefore they decided to follow in the footsteps of their elder brother." Prabhupāda: Hm. This kalinā...

We are reading kalinādharmeṇa. Kalinā adharmena. The two are mixed together becomes one, a sandhi. Kalinādharmeṇa.

So kali. Kali means quarrel, unnecessarily quarrel. Kali... Kalinā, "by the age of Kali." This is the age of Kali.

There are four ages—Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali—degrading, gradual degrading. This nature's way is to degrade. That is the nature's way, time factor. Just like you construct a very nice house today, good looking, fresh, but by ages it will become old. Your body, my body, in youthhood it is very beautiful, and in due course of time it will be ugly like me.

So this is the work of the time. Similarly, nature's way, there are four ages: Satya-yuga, Tretā-yuga, Dvāpara-yuga, Kali-yuga. Seasonal changes. So in Satya-yuga, the religious principles are followed strictly, cent percent. That is called Satya-yuga.

And Tretā-yuga, twenty-five percent reduced. That means seventy-five percent religious principle and twenty-five percent irreligious principle. And the Dvāpara-yuga, fifty-fifty: fifty percent religious and fifty percent irreligious. And the Kali-yuga, seventy-five percent irreligious and twenty-five percent religious, gradually reducing to nil—no more religious.

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