This translation of BV Purana by an anonymous Iskcon devotee is not precise, to say the least. In no way is this text apt to give a prediction about a "coming " golden age. Check with a Sanskrit specialist about this.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > From a friend: > > > > _____ > > Re "Samavartaka Fire", below: I haven't had any confirmation of the comment > attributed to Maharishi, and I don't have any further information on who the > Jyotishis are that have predicted it to come in Feb. 2013. From what I have > seen on the internet, it seems that the predictions of a phase transition > fall sometime during the next 2 years. > > > > What is encouraging is the actual quote that 2 people sent me from one of > the Puranas that predicts the 10,000 year Age of Enlightenment to begin > 5,000 years into Kali Yuga, which is where we are now. The Sanskrit > transliteration and the English translation of the 10 verses are below the > original email: > > _____ > > > > THE SAMAVARTAKA FIRE > > > > From the Brahma Vaivarta Purana > > > > Krishna said to Ganga (Gangamata, the Ganges personified as a goddess). > "Five thousand years from this date, within the span of Kali Yuga, there > will be respite from this terrible age. There will be a golden age of 10,000 > years." > > > > Jyotishis have calculated that it will come on February 2013 and call it the > Samavartaka Fire, a solar cleansing of the earth. Both the Mayan Calendar > and the Samavartaka Fire predictions were done at least 5,000 years ago, but > there is some dispute about the accuracy of the Mayan calendar end-date. > These predictions were done on opposite sides of the earth at the same time. > The time in between ages is called Pralaya where there is often a time of > strife. Someone on Purusha asked Maharishi about the Mayan calendar > end-date, and he said, "It's a little off." > > _____ > > The following are ten verses from the Brahma-vaivarta Purana that were > spoken by Lord Krishna to Mother Ganga just before the beginning of Kali > yuga (the age of quarrel and strife). Kali yuga began approximately five > thousand years ago, and it has a duration of 432,000 years, leaving us with > 427,000 till the end of the present age. [For a description of Kali yuga, > please read the related article "Predictions for the age of Kali".] Within > this 432,000 year period, there is a period of 10,000 years that will be a > golden age. That golden age is being described below by Lord Sri Krishna. > This text is taken from the Brahma-vaivarta Purana. > > > > Text 49 > > > > bhagarathy uvaca > > he natha ramanashreshtha > > yasi golokamuttamam > > asmakam ka gatishcatra > > bhavishyati kalau yuge > > > > Ganges said: O protector, Supreme enjoyer, on your departure for the perfect > abode, Goloka, thereafter what will be my situation in the age of kali? > > > > Text 50 > > > > sri-bhagavan uvaca > > kaleh pancasahasrani > > varshani tishtha bhutale > > papani papino yani > > tubhyam dasyanti snanatah > > > > The blessed Lord said: On the earth 5,000 years of kali will be sinful and > sinners will deposit their sins in you by bathing. > > > > Text 51 > > > > man-mantropasakasparshad > > bhasmibhutani tatkshanat > > bhavishyanti darsanacca > > snanadeva hi jahnavi > > > > Thereafter by the sight and touch of those who worship me by my mantra, all > those sins will be burnt. > > > > Text 52 > > > > harernamani yatraiva > > puranani bhavanti hi > > tatra gatva savadhanam > > abhih sarddham ca shroshyasi > > > > There will be chanting of the name of Hari and reading of the [Bhagavata] > Purana. Reaching such a place, attentively hear. > > > > Text 53 > > > > purana shravanaccaiva > > harernamanukirtanat > > bhasmibhutani papani > > brahma-hatyadikani ca > > > > Sinful reactions including the killing of a brahmana can be nullified by > hearing the Purana and chanting of the names of Hari in the manner of > devotees. > > > > Text 54 > > > > bhasmibhutani tanyeva > > vaishnavalinganena ca > > trinani shushkakashthani > > dahanti pavako yatha > > > > Just as dry grass is burnt by fire, by the embrace of My devotees all sins > are burnt. > > > > Text 55 > > > > tathapi vaishnava loke > > papani papinamapi > > prithivyam yani tirthani > > punyanyapi ca jahnavi > > > > O Ganges, the whole planet will become a pilgrimage sight by the presence of > My devotees, even though it had been sinful. > > > > Text 56 > > > > madbhaktanam sharireshu > > santi puteshu samtatam > > madbhaktapadarajasa > > sadyah puta vasundhara > > > > In the body of my devotees remains eternally [the purifier]. Mother earth > becomes pure by the dust of the feet of my devotees. > > > > Text 57 > > > > sadyah putani tirthani > > sadyah putam jagattatha > > manmantropasaka vipra > > ye maducchishtabhojinah > > > > It will be the same in the case of pilgrimage sights and the whole world. > Those intelligent worshipers of my mantra who partake My remnants will > purify everything. > > > > Text 58 > > > > mameva nityam dhyayante > > te mat pranadhikah priyah > > tadupasparshamatrena > > puto vayushca pavakah > > > > They are more dear to Me than My life, who everyday meditate only on Me. The > air and fire become pure simply even by their indirect touch. > > > > Text 59 > > > > kaler dasha-sahasrani > > madbhaktah santi bhu-tale > > ekavarna bhavishyanti > > madbhakteshu gateshu ca > > > > For 10,000 years of kali such devotees of mine will fill the whole planet. > After the departure of My devotees there will only be one varna. > > > > Text 60 > > > > madbhaktashunya prithivi > > kaligrasta bhavishyati > > etasminnantare tatra > > krishnadehadvinirgatah > > > > Devoid of My devotees, the earth will be shackled by kali. Saying this > Krishna departed. >
