The fifteen forecasts carried out by Veda Vyasa five thousand years ago are highly incredible because they seem so perfect. Will you like to know what they are?
Please sit back and watch as I begin to reveal them one after the other.
First forecast
Faith, mercy, purity, lifespan, truthfulness, tolerance, carnal power and ability to recollect things will depreciate as each day passes on due to the significant impact of the age of Kali
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.1
sri-suka uvaca
tatas canu-dinam dharmah
satyam saucam ksama daya
kalena balina rajan
nanksyaty ayur balam smrtih
Second forecast
According to Kali Yuga, opulence will solely be known as the symbol of a person’s good birth, good personality, and great character. Also, justice and law will only favor the people with power and connection.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.2
ittam eva kalau nṝṇāḿ
janmācāra-guṇodayaḥ
dharma-nyāya-vyavasthāyāḿ
kāraṇaḿ balam eva hi
Third forecast
Male and female will stay under the same roof just because of physical attraction and deceit will be the basis for a successful business. Feminine and masculine character will be adjudged or rated based on individual proficiency in sex. In addition, a man will be generally accepted as a brahmana once he put on a thread.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.3
dāmpatye ‘bhirucir hetur
māyaiva vyāvahārike
strītve puḿstve ca hi ratir
vipratve sūtram eva hi
Fourth forecast
An individual’s spiritual place will be discovered merely based on external signs. For the same reason, people will switch from a particular spiritual level to the next. The total assets of an individual will be subjected to probing if his income does not correlate with them. Someone who is very smart and clever with words will be reasoned as a scholar.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.4
lińgaḿ evāśrama-khyātāv
anyonyāpatti-kāraṇam
avṛttyā nyāya-daurbalyaḿ
pāṇḍitye cāpalaḿ vacaḥ
Fifth forecast
An individual will be adjudged as filthy provided he is poor and hypocrisy will generally approved as a good character. Wedding will be organized based on words from the mouth, and a person will consider himself worthy to be in a gathering just because he has taken his bath.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.5
anāḍhyataivāsādhutve
sādhutve dambha eva tu
svīkāra eva codvāhe
snānam eva prasādhanam
Sixth forecast
A holy place will be limited to just a well placed far away from filthy things, and a person’s hairdo will be said to judge his/ her beauty. What to eat and drink will become the primary purpose of living and a confident and daring individual will be approved as honest. A man who can take care of his family will call an experienced man. The rules of a religion will be followed solely to maintain a good reputation.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.6
dūre vāry-ayanaḿ tīrthaḿ
lāvaṇyaḿ keśa-dhāraṇam
udaraḿ-bharatā svārthaḥ
satyatve dhārṣṭyam eva hi
dākṣyaḿ kuṭumba-bharaṇaḿ
yaśo ‘rthe dharma-sevanam
Seventh forecast
As the world becomes densely populated with corrupt people, the strongest among the elites will acquire political power.
Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.7
evaḿ prajābhir duṣṭābhir
ākīrṇe kṣiti-maṇḍale
brahma-viṭ-kṣatra-śūdrāṇāḿ
yo balī bhavitā nṛpaḥ
Eight forecast
During the period of famine and payment of excess taxes, people will have no other choice but to consume food from plant sources such as fruits, flowers, seeds, leaves as well as flesh from animals. But will be utterly destroyed in the absence of rain or water supply.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.9
śāka-mūlāmiṣa-kṣaudra-
phala-puṣpāṣṭi-bhojanāḥ
anāvṛṣṭyā vinańkṣyanti
durbhikṣa-kara-pīḍitāḥ
Ninth forecast
The inhabitants will experience great distress due to rain, snow, heat, cold and wind. Also, the will be tortured diseases, quarrels, thirst, hunger and high degree of nervosity.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.10
śīta-vātātapa-prāvṛḍ-
himair anyonyataḥ prajāḥ
kṣut-tṛḍbhyāḿ vyādhibhiś caiva
santapsyante ca cintayā
Tenth forecast
The maximum lifespan human beings in Kali Yuga will be limited to fifty years.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.11
triḿśad viḿśati varṣāṇi
paramāyuḥ kalau nṛṇām
Eleventh forecast
Men will not defend their aged parents.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.42
na rakshishyanti manujah
sthavirau pitarav api
Twelfth forecast
In Kali yoga, men will turn against each other because of money and friends will become enemies over a few coins. The money will make men lose their life or murder their relatives.
Quoted from:Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.41
kalau kakinike ‘py arthe
vigrihya tyakta-sauhridah
tyakshyanti ca priyan pranan
hanishyanti svakan api
Thirteenth forecast
Ignorant people will take almsgiving as if they are God and will earn a living by displaying authoritarian attitude and dressing like a beggar. The people without knowledge about faith will climb on a high seat and claim to talk about religious principles.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.38
sudrah pratigrahishyanti
tapo-veshopajivinah
dharmam vakshyanty adharma-jna
adhiruhyottamasanam
Fourteenth forecast
A slave will leave his master and never return because he is no longer rich, even if the master is of a holy person and lived by example. Similarly, masters will do away with a servant who cannot carry out his duties anymore even if that servant has been devoted to the family for a long time. Diary animals like cow will be slaughtered or left when they can no longer lactate.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.36
patim tyakshyanti nirdravyam
bhritya apy akhilottamam
bhrityam vipannam patayah
kaulam gas capayasvinih
Fifteenth forecast
Towns will become the domain of thieves; the Vedas will be adulterated with possible translations by atheists. Political leaders will practically extort from people. Their bellies and sexual organs will control those we regard as priests and intellectual people.
Quoted from: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.3.32
dasyutkrishta janapada
vedah pashanda-dushitah
rajanas ca praja-bhakshah sisnodara-para dvijah
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