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hierarchy: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
hierarchy: Canto 1: Creation
hierarchy: CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Punishment and Reward of Kali Text 1: Sūta Gosvāmī said: After reaching that place, Mahārāja Parīkṣit observed that a lower-caste …
ŚB 1.17
Punishment and Reward of Kali
ŚB 1.17.1
sūta uvāca tatra go-mithunaṁ rājā hanyamānam anāthavat daṇḍa-hastaṁ ca vṛṣalaṁ dadṛśe nṛpa-lāñchanam
ŚB 1.17.1
Sūta Gosvāmī said: After reaching that place, Mahārāja Parīkṣit observed that a lower-caste śūdra, dressed like a king, was beating …
ŚB 1.17.1
The principal sign of the Age of Kali is that lower-caste śūdras, i.e., men without brahminical culture and spiritual initiation, …
ŚB 1.17.2
vṛṣaṁ mṛṇāla-dhavalaṁ mehantam iva bibhyatam vepamānaṁ padaikena sīdantaṁ śūdra-tāḍitam
ŚB 1.17.2
The bull was as white as a white lotus flower. He was terrified of the śūdra who was beating him, …
ŚB 1.17.2
The next symptom of the Age of Kali is that principles of religion, which are all spotlessly white, like the …
ŚB 1.17.3
gāṁ ca dharma-dughāṁ dīnāṁ bhṛśaṁ śūdra-padāhatām vivatsām āśru-vadanāṁ kṣāmāṁ yavasam icchatīm
ŚB 1.17.3
Although the cow is beneficial because one can draw religious principles from her, she was now rendered poor and calfless. …
ŚB 1.17.3
The next symptom of the Age of Kali is the distressed condition of the cow. Milking the cow means drawing …
ŚB 1.17.4
papraccha ratham ārūḍhaḥ kārtasvara-paricchadam megha-gambhīrayā vācā samāropita-kārmukaḥ