Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.4.7
Nirodha· Winding upDrought and Famine Precede Destruction
“As annihilation approaches, O King, there will be no rain upon the earth for one hundred years. Drought will lead to famine, and the starving populace will literally consume one another. The inhabitants of the earth, bewildered by the force of time, will gradually be destroyed.”
What the purport teaches
- As annihilation approaches, no rain falls upon the earth for one hundred years.
- Drought leads to famine, and the starving people consume one another.
- Bewildered by the force of time, the inhabitants of the earth are gradually destroyed.
Try this today
At one meal today, pause to acknowledge how food depends on rainfall.
Ask yourself
What does this description reveal about the fragility of life on earth?
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.