Shloka 46
कलिस्वरूप-वर्णनम् एवं कालमान-प्रस्तावना
प्रारम्भाश् चावसीदन्ति यदा धर्मकृतां नृणाम् तदानुमेयं प्राधान्यं कलेर् मैत्रेय पण्डितैः
prārambhāś cāvasīdanti yadā dharmakṛtāṃ nṛṇām tadānumeyaṃ prādhānyaṃ kaler maitreya paṇḍitaiḥ
マイトレーヤよ、ダルマを行う人々の企てさえも衰え、失敗へ沈み始めるなら、学識ある者はカリが主導権を得て優勢となったと推し量るべきである。
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse treats the collapse of dharmic initiatives as a diagnostic sign: when even good people cannot successfully carry out righteous aims, it indicates Kali-yuga’s ascendancy.
Parāśara frames Kali’s dominance as something recognized by inference (anumāna): the observable weakening of dharma’s practical effectiveness signals that Kali has become predominant.
Even as Kali rises and dharma wanes, the Vishnu Purana’s broader teaching is that cosmic order remains under Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty; Kali is a phase within the divinely-governed yuga cycle, not an ultimate power.