Kaliyuga:
Once the four Pandavas (except
Yudhishthira who was not present) asked Krishna:
"What is Kaliyuga and what will
happen during Kaliyuga?"
Krishna smiled and said "Let me
demonstrate to you, the situation of Kaliyuga." He took a bow and four arrows
and shot them in four directions and ordered the four Pandavas to go and bring
them back.
Each of the four Pandavas went in the
four different directions to search for the arrows.
When Arjuna picked an arrow, he heard
a very sweet voice. He turned around and saw a cuckoo singing in a spellbinding
voice but was also eating flesh of a live rabbit which was in great pain.
Arjuna was very surprised to see such a gory act by such a divine bird he left
the place immediately.
Bhima picked arrow from a place,
where five wells were situated. The four wells were surrounding a single well.
The four wells were overflowing with very sweet water as if they were not able
to hold water and surprisingly the well in the middle of these four overflowing
wells was completely empty. Bhima was also puzzled at this sight.
Nakula was returning to the place
after picking up the arrow. He stopped at a place where a cow was about to give
birth. After giving birth the cow started licking the calf but continued to
lick it even after the calf was clean. With great difficulty people were able
to separate them and by that time the calf was injured badly. Nakula was
puzzled by the behaviour of such a calm animal.
Sahadeva picked arrow which fell near
a mountain and saw a big boulder falling. The boulder was crushing the rocks
and big trees on its way down, but the same boulder was stopped by a small
plant. Sahadeva was also amazed at this sight.
All the Pandavas asked the meaning of
these incidents. Krishna smiled and started explaining...
"In Kaliyuga, the priests will
have very sweet voice and will also have great knowledge but they will exploit
devotees the same way cuckoo was doing with rabbit.
In Kaliyuga poor will live among
rich, those rich will have enormous amount of wealth which will actually
overflow but they will not offer a single penny to the poor same as the four
wells didn't have a single drop of water for the empty well.
In Kaliyuga parents will love their
children so much that their love will actually spoil them and will destroy
their lives similar to the love shown by cow to her newborn calf.
In Kaliyuga people will fall in terms
of character like the boulder from the mountain and they will not be stopped by
anyone at the end only the name of God will be able to hold them from doom like
the little plant held the boulder from further fall."
~ Uddhava Gita, Srimad Bhaagawatam.
Source: EMG Trust
