Shloka 27
कलियुग-प्रवृत्तिः, सप्तर्षि-गणना, धरणीगीताः, च वंश-समाप्तिः
Kali-yuga onset, Saptarṣi reckoning, Dharaṇī-gītā, and closure of the dynastic account
यदैव भगवद्विष्णोर् अंशो यातो दिवं द्विज वसुदेवकुलोद्भूतस् तदैवात्रागतः कलिः
yadaiva bhagavadviṣṇor aṃśo yāto divaṃ dvija vasudevakulodbhūtas tadaivātrāgataḥ kaliḥ
اے دِوِج! جس لمحے واسو دیو کے خاندان میں ظاہر ہونے والے بھگوان وِشنو کا اَمش دیوی لوک کو روانہ ہوا، اسی لمحے یہاں اس دنیا میں کَلی وارد ہوا۔
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya; addressing him as dvija)
FAQs
This verse states that Kali’s influence begins precisely when the visible, protecting presence of Viṣṇu’s incarnation withdraws, marking a yuga transition and the decline of dharma in the world-order.
Parāśara presents the shift as immediate and consequential: the departure of Viṣṇu’s aṃśa (Kṛṣṇa) and the arrival of Kali occur simultaneously, underscoring a cosmological law of cycles rather than a gradual accident.
It affirms Viṣṇu as the Supreme Reality whose incarnate manifestation sustains dharma; Kṛṣṇa’s departure signals the end of that manifest guardianship, while Viṣṇu’s transcendence remains unchanged.