|| Srimad Bhagavath
Mahapuran||
|| Om Namo Bhagavathe
Vasudevaya||
Chapter – 13 – The Beginning
of Kali Yuga
It was the beginning of
Kali era, Pareekshith who is the son of Abhimanyu and Uththara, grandson of
Arjun was crowned as the King of Hastinapura.
He was a righteous ruler, he ruled the Kingdom wisely, and the people
were sincerely engaged in Swadharma, they were extremely happy and contented. The Kingdom flourished with rich natural
resources, righteousness prevailed all over the Earth.
Those days, Kings were used
to visiting their subjects to inquire about their well-being. King Pareekshith conducted a visited his
Kingdom to find out the welfare of the people.
On his way, he found a cow and bull standing on one leg and
communicating with each other and shedding tears.
King Pareekshith felt extremely disappointed to see even the animals are
not happy in his Kingdom. The cow was
the representation of Earth and the bull was righteousness personified. The cow was shedding tears of extreme grief
and the bull/Dharma asked “Why are you shedding tears? Are you troubled with
something? Happiness and sorrows are comparative emotions of worldly existence,
therefore do not worry.” The Earth/cow
said “I am extremely disappointed to see
the wickedness and deceitfulness of the people.
They are not following any religious or spiritual rites, people started
leaving Swadharma and accepting the Dharma which is not appropriate for
them. They have become haughty and
selfish and committing various horrible sins.
I am overburdened by their atrocities.” He closely watched them, suddenly an ugly man
with dark appearance beating the cow and bull on their single leg mercilessly. The King was in a rage rushed to the dark man
and shouted “How dare to beat the animals that are already limping with one
leg. Who are you? I do not tolerate
these kinds of injustice in my Kingdom.”
The dark man ran off, King Pareekshith began to chase him. Finally, he was caught by the King; he surrendered
to the King and said “Oh! King, I am Kalipurusha who represents hypocrisies and
wickedness. I am in your Kingdom at the
will of the Supreme Lord; I have created by Him and instructed to be in your
Kingdom. Therefore, kindly provide
shelter in your Kingdom. The three Yugas
of Kritha, Thretha, and Dwapara Yugas are over; I am the personification of Kali
Yuga.” King Pareekshith realized he is
obliged to follow the command of the Supreme Lord, he decided to give shelter to
Kali Purusha and said “ Oh! Kalipurusha, you can reside in these four places 1) The
place where occupied by prostitutes who sell their flesh for few pennies 2) You can
stay in slaughter homes where animals are killed mercilessly 3) The place where
gambling takes place, people shower abuses each other and earn money 4) The
places where intoxicating drinks are consumed and sold.”
The Kali Purusha said “Oh! Rajan, these places do not exist in your Kingdom? Where
shall I go and reside? Therefore find a place for me to
stay.” King Pareekshith began to think and said: “ I understand your
concern, I can offer one more place to stay, where wealth and gold are
accumulated in an improper means.” Thus, Kalipurusha made an entry
into the Kingdom of Hasthinapur
