Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.2.29
Nirodha· Winding upKṛṣṇa’s Departure and Kali’s Entry
“The Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is brilliant like the sun and is known as Kṛṣṇa. When He returned to the spiritual sky, Kali entered this world, and people then began to take pleasure in sinful activities.”
What the purport teaches
- The Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is brilliant like the sun and is known as Kṛṣṇa.
- When Kṛṣṇa returned to the spiritual sky, Kali entered this world.
- People then began to take pleasure in sinful activities.
Try this today
Pause before one activity today and consider whether it encourages pleasure in wrongdoing.
Ask yourself
What does this verse invite you to examine about the things you take pleasure in?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.