Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 2: The Symptoms of Kali-yuga

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.2.38

tāv ihaitya kaler ante

vāsudevānuśikṣitau

varṇāśrama-yutaḿ dharmaḿ

pūrva-vat prathayiṣyataḥ

SYNONYMS

tau — they (Maru and Devāpi); ihato human society; etya — returning; kaleḥ — of the age of Kali; ante — at the end; vāsudeva — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva; anuśikṣitau — instructed; varṇa-āśrama — the divine system of occupational and spiritual orders of society; yutam — comprising; dharmam — the code of eternal religion; pūrva-vat — just as previously; prathayiṣyataḥ — they will promulgate.

TRANSLATION

At the end of the age of Kali, these two kings, having received instruction directly from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, will return to human society and reestablish the eternal religion of man, characterized by the divisions of varṇa and āśrama, just as it was before.

PURPORT

According to this and the previous verse, the two great kings who will reestablish human culture after the end of Kali-yuga have already descended to the earth, where they are patiently waiting to render their devotional service to Lord Viṣṇu.

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