Çré Ñat-tila Ekädaçé Issue no:154 08th February 2021 - Future Manus Mahä-Yuga and Yuga Dharma Srila Sukadeva Goswami Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Thakur

The Twenty-Eighth Yuga And The Holy Name His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

What Is The Yuga-Dharma For -Yuga? Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura

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Future Manus Samjna and Chaya, who were the first two wives Srila Sukadeva Goswami of Vivasvan. It is said that the sun-god had a third wife, named Vadava. Of the three wives, the wife Sukadeva Goswami said: The present , named Samjna had three children , Yami who is named Sraddhadeva, is the son of Vivasvan, and Sraddhadeva. Now let me describe the chil- the predominating deity on the sun planet. Srad- dren of Chaya. Chaya had a son named Savarni dhadeva is the seventh Manu. Now please hear and a daughter named , who later became from me as I describe his sons. O King Pariksit, the wife of King Samvarana. Chaya’s third child among the ten sons of Manu are Iksvaku, Nabha- is known as Sanaiscara [Saturn]. Vadava gave ga, Dhrsta, Saryati, Narisyanta and Nabhaga. The birth to two sons, namely the Asvini brothers. O seventh son is known as Dista. Then come Tarusa King, when the period of the eighth Manu arrives, and Prsadhra, and the tenth son is known as - Savarni will become the Manu. Nirmoka and man. In this , O King, the Adityas, the Virajaska will be among his sons. In the period , the , the Visvedevas, the , the of the eighth Manu, among the demigods will be two Asvini-kumara brothers and the Rbhus are the Satapas, the Virajas and the Amrtaprabhas. the demigods. Their head king [] is Puranda- The king of the demi-gods, Indra, will be Bali ra. Kasyapa, , Vasistha, Visvamitra, Gautama, Maharaja, the son of Virocana. and are known as the seven Bali Maharaja gifted three paces of land to Lord sages. In this manvantara, the Supreme Personal- Visnu, and because of this charity he lost all the ity of Godhead appeared as the youngest of all the three worlds. Later, however, when Lord Visnu is Adityas, known as , the dwarf. His father pleased because of Bali’s giving everything to Him, was Kasyapa and His mother . Bali Maharaja will achieve the perfection of life. I have briefly explained to you the position of the With great affection, the Personality of Godhead seven Manus. Now I shall describe the future Ma- bound Bali and then installed him in the king- nus, along with the incarnations of Lord Visnu. dom of Sutala, which is more opulent than the O King, I have previously described [in the Sixth heavenly planets. Maharaja Bali now resides on Canto] the two daughters of Visvakarma, named that planet and is more comfortably situated than Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya www.ibmedu.org nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Issue no 154, Page—3 Indra. O King, during the eighth manvantara, the mother named Sunrta and the father named - great personalities Galava, Diptiman, Parasurama, saha will come Svadhama, a partial incarnation of Asvatthama, Krpacarya, Rsyasrnga and our father, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He will rule Vyasadeva, the incarnation of , will be the that manvantara. seven sages. For the present, they are all residing The thirteenth Manu will be named -Sa- in their respective äçramas. In the eighth manvan- varni, and he will be very advanced in spiritual tara, the greatly powerful Personality of Godhead knowledge. Among his sons will be Citrasena and Sarvabhauma will take birth. His father will be Vicitra. In the thirteenth manvantara, the Sukar- Devaguhya, and His mother will be Sarasvari. He mas and Sutramas will be among the demigods, will take the kingdom away from Purandara [Lord Divaspati will be the king of heaven, and Nirmoka Indra] and give it to Bali Maharaja. and Tattvadarsa will be among the seven sages. The O King, the ninth Manu will be Daksa-Savarni, son of Devahotra known as Yogesvara will appear who is born of . Among his sons will be as a partial incarnation of the Supreme Personality Bhutaketu, and Diptaketu. In this ninth manvan- of Godhead. His mother’s name will be Brhati. He tara, the Paras and Maricigarbhas will be among will perform activities for the welfare of Divaspati. the demigods. The king of heaven, Indra, will be The name of the fourteenth Manu will be In- named Adbhuta, and Dyutiman will be among dra-Savarni. He will have sons like Uru, Gambhira the seven sages. Rsabhadeva, a partial incarnation and Budha. The Pavitras and Caksusas will be of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will take among the demigods, and Suci will be Indra, the birth from his father, Ayusman, and his mother, king of heaven. , Bahu, Suci, Suddha, Magad- Ambudhara. He will enable the Indra named Ad- ha and others of great austerity will be the seven bhuta to enjoy the opulence of the three worlds. sages. O King Pariksit, in the fourteenth manvan- The son of Upasiloka known as -Savarni will be the tenth Manu. Bhurisena will be among tara the Supreme Personality of Godhead will his sons, and the brähmaëas headed by Havisman appear from the womb of Vitana, and His father’s will be the seven sages. Havisman, Sukrta, Satya, name will be Satrayana. This incarnation will be Jaya, and others will be the seven sages, celebrated as Brhadhhanu, and He will ad-minister the Suvasanas and Viruddhas will be among the spiritual activities. demigods, and Sambhu will be their king, Indra. O King, I have now described to you the fourteen In the home of Visvasrasta, a plenary portion of the Manus appearing in the past, present and future. Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear from The total duration of time ruled by these Manus the womb of Visuci as the incarnation known as is one thousand yuga cycles. This is called a , Visvaksena. He will make friends with Sambhu. or one day of Lord Brahma. In the eleventh manvantara, the Manu will be — Çrémad-Bhägavatam (Bhägavata Puräëa) » Canto 8: With- Dharma-Savarni, who will be extremely learned in drawal of the Cosmic Creations » Chapter Thirteen » Verses: 1-47. spiritual knowledge. From him there will come ten sons, headed by Satyadharma. The Vihangamas, The Twenty-Eighth Yuga Kamagamas, Nirvanarucis and others will be the His Divine Grace demigods. The king of the demigods, Indra, will A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada be Vaidhrta, and the seven sages will be headed by Aruna. The son of Aryaka known as Dharmasetu, The present reign is that of . a partial incarnation of the Supreme Personality of According to astronomical calculations, we are Godhead, will appear from the womb of Vaidhrta, now in the twenty-eighth yuga of Vaivasvata the wife of Aryaka, and will rule the three worlds. Manu. Each Manu lives for seventy-one , O King, the twelfth Manu will be named and fourteen such Manus rule in one day of Lord -Savarni. Devavan, Upadeva and Devasres- Brahma. We are now in the period of Vaivasvata tha will be among his sons. In this manvantara, the Manu, the seventh Manu, and the eighth Manu name of Indra will be Rtadhama, and the demigods will come into existence only after many millions will be headed by the Haritas. Among the sages will of years have passed. However, Sukadeva Goswa- be Tapo-Murti, Tapasvi and Agnidhraka. From the mi, having heard from authorities, foretells that the www.ibmedu.org Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya Issue no 154, Page — 4 Top left 4 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä

eighth Manu will be Savarni and that Nirmoka gational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. and Virajaska will be among his sons. Çästra can As stated in the Çrémad Bhägavatam (12.3.52): foretell what will happen millions and millions of years in the future. kåte yad dhyäyato Viñëuà — Çrémad-Bhägavatam (Bhägavata Puräëa) » Canto 8: Withdrawal of the tretäyäà yajato makhaiù Cosmic Creations » Chapter Thirteen » Verses : 11 Purport dväpare paricaryäyäà kalau tad dhari-kértanät Maha-Yuga And Yuga Dharma “Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur meditating on Visnu, in Tretä-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dväpara-yuga by serving the A mahä-yuga consists of 4,320,000 earthly Lord’s lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga sim- years. A kalpa, or day of Brahma, consists of 1,000 ply by chanting the Hare mahä-mantra.” mahä-yugas. In this day of Brahma there are 14 Elsewhere in the Çrémad Bhägavatam (12.3.51) it Manus, each of whom rule for 71 such yugas. A is stated: 1/10th portion of a mahä-yuga is the duration of Kali-yuga, a 2/10ths portion of a mahä-yuga is kaler doña-nidhe räjann the duration of Dväpara-yuga, a 3/10ths portion asti hy eko mahän guëaù of a mahä-yuga is the duration of Tretä-yuga, and kértanäd eva kåñëasya a 4/10ths portion of a mahä-yuga is the duration mukta-saìgaù paraà vrajet of Satya-yuga. Each age has its own process of self -realisation “My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean (yuga-dharma). The process of self-realisation of faults, there is still one good quality of this age. for Satya-yuga is meditation, for Tretä-yuga it is That is, simply by chanting the sacrifice, for Dväpara-yuga, Deity worship, and mahä-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental for Kali-yuga the appropriate process is congre-

Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya www.ibmedu.org nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Issue no 154, Page—5 kingdom.” The Çrémad Bhägavatam (11.5.36) further states:

kalià sabhäjayanty äryä guëa jïäù sära-bhäginaù yatra saìkértanenaiva sarva-svärtho ’bhilabhyate “Those who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the essential value of this Age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of saìkértana.” And in the Viñëu-Puräëa (6.2.17) it is stated:

dhyäyan kåte yajan yajïais tretäyäà dväpare ’rcayan yad äpnoti tad äpnoti kalau saìkértya keçavam äsan varëäs trayo hy asya “Whatever is achieved by meditation in Satya-yu- gåhëato ’nuyugaà tanüù ga, by the performance of sacrifice in Tretä-yuga, çuklo raktas tathä péta and by the worship of Lord Krishna’s lotus feet in idänéà kåñëatäà gataù Dväpara-yuga is obtained in the Age of Kali simply by glorifying the name of Lord Kesava.” “Your son Krishna appears as an incarnation in The phrase yuga-dharma-pälau is described as every millennium. In the past, He assumed three follows: According to the scriptures dealing with different colors—white, red, and yellow—and now -käëòa, fruitive activities, the religious prin- He has appeared in a blackish color. [In another ciple for the Age of Kali is charity. However, as the Dväpara-yuga, He appeared (as Lord Ramacandra) maintainers of yuga-dharma, the two most mag- in the color of çuka, a parrot.] All such incarnations nanimous Lords, Sri Gaura and Sri Nityananda, have now assembled in Krishna.]” have inaugurated the congregational chanting of Srila Rupa Goswami has offered his obeisance the holy names of Krishna. The Çrémad Bhägava- unto Sri Krishna Caitanyadeva as follows: tam (11.5.32 and 10.8.9) says: namo mahä-vadänyäya kåñëa-varëaà tviñäkåñëaà kåñëa-prema-pradäya te säìgopäìgästra-pärñadam kåñëäya kåñëa-caitanya- yajïaiù saìkértana-präyair nämne gaura-tviñe namaù yajanti hi su-medhasaù “I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Su- “In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform preme Lord Sri Krishna Caitanya, who is more congregational chanting to worship the incarna- magnanimous than any other avatära, even Krish- tion of Godhead who constantly sings the names of na Himself, because He is bestowing freely what Krishna. Although His complexion is not blackish, no one else has ever given—pure love of Krishna.” He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His In other words, magnanimity is Sri Caitanya Ma- associates, servants, weapons and confidential haprabhu’s characteristic and distributing love of companions.” Krishna is His pastime. Srila Kaviraja Gosvami has stated in the Caitanya-caritämåta (Ädi 8.15):

www.ibmedu.org Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya Issue no 154, Page — 6 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in the introduction to çré-kåñëa-caitanya-dayä karaha vicära his Vidagdha-mädhava as follows: anarpita-caréà vicära karite citte päbe camatkära cirät karuëayävatérëaù kalau —“He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to be- “If you are indeed interested in logic and argu- stow what no incarnation ever offered before.” ment, kindly apply it to the mercy of Sri Caitanya Srila Kaviraja Gosvami has written in the Caitan- Mahaprabhu. If you do so, you will find it to be ya-caritämåta (Ädi 5.207-208, 216): “Who in this strikingly wonderful.” world but Nityananda could show His mercy to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written about such an abominable person as me? Because He is this mercy as follows: (dayäla) nitäi-caitanya bale’ intoxicated by ecstatic love and is an incarnation òäkre ämära mana—“My dear mind, please chant of mercy, He does not distinguish between the the names of the most merciful Nitäi-Caitanya.” good and the bad. The mercy of Lord Nityananda Actually, the charity given by Sri Gaura-Nityanan- showed me Sri Madana-mohana and gave me Sri da is matchless, supreme, and unique. They are Madana-mohana as my Lord and master.” both maintainers of yuga-dharma, performers of — Çré Caitanya-bhägavata - Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur Ädi-khaëòa 1.1. Çré-kåñëa-saìkértana, and bestowers of unalloyed mercy. Bhakti And The Holy Name The words jagat priya-karau indicate that Sri Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Gaura-Nityananda are the benefactors of the universe. Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami has "In the Satya-yuga the Lord supplied the process written in the Caitanya-caritämåta (Ädi 1.86, 102) of meditation, by which the åñis became purified. as follows: Attaining purification, the Lord gave the treasure of bhakti. Similarly, in the Treta-yuga, the Lord sei dui jagatere haiyä sadaya arranged for purification by performance of sacri- gauda-deçe pürva-çaile karilä udaya fices, and in Dväpara-yuga, the Lord gave temple ei candra sürya dui parama sadaya worship for purification, as paths leading to bhakti. jagatera bhägye gauòe karilä udaya However, seeing the pitiful state of the jévas in the Kali-yuga, the Lord gave up hope in the process- “These two have arisen over the eastern horizon es of karma, jïäna and . In Kali-yuga such of Gauda-desa [West Bengal], due to Their being troubles as short life, many diseases, decreased compassionate for the fallen state of the world. intelligence and strength, afflict all jévas. Therefore, These two, the sun and moon, are very kind to the the secondary paths of karma and jïäna—the people of the world. Thus, for the good fortune of practices of varëäçrama, säìkhya, yoga and jïäna, all, They have appeared on the horizon of Bengal.” mixed with a little devotional activity—are too The Caitanya-caritämåta (Ädi 1.2) further states: narrow and obstructive. The only result of these paths in Kali-yuga is deviation from the path of vande çré-kåñëa-caitanya- bhakti. Thus, if one takes to these paths in hope of nityanandau sahoditau success in the Kali-yuga, life will simply become gauòodaye puñpavantau difficult for the him. citrau çan-dau tamo-nudau "Therefore, thinking of the welfare of the jévas in Kali-yuga, the Lord has descended with His name. “I offer my respectful obeisance unto Sri Krishna The Lord descended and preached the path for Caitanya and Lord Nityananda, who are like the —the process of näma-saìkértana. Since sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously by this process the jéva may directly achieve the on the horizon of Gauda to dissipate the darkness highest treasure of Krishna prema, which is actual of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow bene- happiness, it is called the major or chief path, as diction upon all.” distinct from the secondary paths of karma and jïäna. In this process all the jéva has to do is sing Regarding karuëävatärau, the two merciful in- and remember the name of the Lord constant- carnations, Srila Rupa Goswami has written about ly. When the impure jéva takes up the process Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya www.ibmedu.org nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Issue no 154, Page—7

of bhakti for his purification, he is performing In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only sädhana-bhakti, or devotional service in practice. means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of When his practice reaches purity and perfection the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other (sädhya), in other words, when the jéva achieves way. There is no other way. prema-bhakti, the activities of sädhana-bhakti Çästra also states, Kaliyuga dharma Krishna näma (practiced devotion) —hearing and chanting the saìkértana, niraparadhe näma laile päya prema Lord's name, etc.—remain as the activities of pre- dhana: “Chanting the holy name of Krishna is the ma-bhakti. The principal activities of devotional dharma of Kali-yuga. If one chants the holy name service are eternal. At the perfectional stage of pre- without offense, he will attain the treasure of love ma, the means (sädhana) and the end (sädhya) or, of God.” Çrémad-Bhägavatam 12.3.52 states, kåte the method (upäya), and what is to be attained by yad dhyäyato Viñëuà, tretäyäà yajato makhaiù/ the method (upeya), become non-different. Thus, dväpare paricaryäyäà, kalau tad dhari-kértanät: there is no barrier or obstacle between the life and “Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by activities during training and at the perfectional meditating on Visnu, in Tretä-yuga by performing stage: the holy name remains constant in both sacrifices, and in Dväpara-yuga by serving the cases. In this way the jéva can easily transcend the Lord’s lotus feet, can be obtained in Kali-yuga sim- material world." ply by chanting the Hare Krishna mahä-mantra.” — Hari-näma-cintämaëi of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura translation by Srila If Lord Hari is glorified, then everything is per- Bhanu Swami. fectly aligned. Meditation was prescribed for Sa- tya-yuga, but in Kali-yuga, the mind is so disturbed What Is The Yuga-Dharma For Kali-Yuga? that it is impossible to meditate on the Supreme Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Lord. That is why the great meditation prescribed for this age is harinäma-saìkértana. Also, the simple Kali-yuga’s occupational duty is harinäma-saìkér- meditation process prescribed for Satya-yuga was tana, congregational chanting of Hari’s holy names. insufficient to help one meet the most magnani- The following verse from Båhat Näradéya Puräëa mous personality, Sri Gaurasundara. Therefore, we provides proof of this fact: call harinäma-saìkértana the “great meditation.” Since the process of Satya-yuga, meditation, be- harer näma harer näma, harer nämaiva kevalam came contaminated over time, fire sacrifice became kalau nästy eva nästy eva, nästy eva gatir anyathä the yuga-dharma for Tretä-yuga. Similarly, the

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great saìkértana sacrifice has been prescribed Çré Caitanya-caritämåta states something simi- for Kali-yuga. Since fire sacrifice was contami- lar: saìkértana-yajïe kalau kåñëa-ärädhana, sei ta’ nated over time, Deity worship was established sumedhä päya kåñëera caraëa “In this Age of Kali, in Dvapara-yuga. As a doctor, after becoming the process of worshiping Krishna is to perform baffled by his attempts to cure a dying patient, sacrifice by chanting the holy name of the Lord. prescribes him a very powerful medicine as a One who does so is certainly very intelligent, and last resort, so the Lord prescribed the chanting he attains shelter at the lotus feet of Krishna.” of His holy name in this Age of Kali after seeing (Antya 20.9) our pitiful condition. The Lord’s holy name is — AmåtaVäëé: Nectar of Instructions of Immoratality His Divine Grace fully empowered, and in fact, all of the Lord’s Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada Compiled by Çripada Bhakti energies have been fully invested in His name. Mayukha Bhagavat Maharaja Adapted and Published by Ésvaradasa Translated Harinäma-saìkértana is the best form of med- from Bengali by Bhumipatidasa itation, the best form of fire sacrifice, and the best form of worship. Meditating on Krishna, performing fire sacrifices for His pleasure, and worshiping Him are all part of the devotional process, but the complete perfection of the entire process comes when we follow the su- !! Sri Sri Nitai Gaurchandra Jayati !! preme process of Kåñëa-kértana. We should not ISKCON be inattentive while performing this optimal Bhagavata Mahävidyalaya meditation. Only intelligent persons perform is a branch of International for Krishna Consciousness this best meditation, best fire sacrifice, and best Founder-Acarya: His Divine Grace worship, whereas fools follow other paths and A.C. BhaktiVedanta Swami Prabhupada do not gain anything. Editor Çrémad-Bhägavatam 11.5.32 states: Brajsunder Das kåñëa-varëaà tviñäkåñëaà, säìgopäìgäs- Copy Editor tra-pärñadam/ yajïaiù saìkértana-präyair, yajanti Isha Prakash Das hi su-medhasaù: Editor, “In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform Vrajsevika Dasi congregational chanting to worship the incar- Assistance nation of Godhead who constantly sings the Vamsidhari Gauri Devi Dasi names of Krishna. Although His complexion is Quotations from the books, letters, and lectures of not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is ac- His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakti Swami Prabhupada ©Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. companied by His associates, servants, weapons ©All the paintings are copyrights of their respective artists. and confidential companions.”

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