This article first appeared on our earlier website and is restored here from the archives, lightly edited for the new site.
The concept of Dharma — righteousness — stands at the very center of Sanatana Dharma. By its measure, even the most influential person who lacks righteousness will eventually face the justice of God. And in the times we are now living through, the Mālikā says, Dharma is not merely a virtue. It is protection, provision, and wealth itself.
Mahapurush Achyutananda writes in the Bhavishya Malika Chakda Madan treatise:
“ehi ghora kali līlā bhali bhali,
prāṇī hebe patha baṇā”
Source: Chakda Madan, Achyutananda Das
Meaning: In this deep Kali Yuga, the Lord's Leela will unfold in phases — first, second, third, by various means — and human beings will not find their way; they will not understand what is happening or what comes next.
Many still doubt that Kali Yuga has ended. But consider: when we study the Shreemad Bhagwat, the Mahabharat, the Shree Ram Charit Manas and the Valmiki Ramayana, one pattern repeats — whenever Dharma Sansthapana (the re-establishment of righteousness) occurs, whenever one epoch turns into another, society convulses. Pandemics spread. The sun's rays intensify. Earthquakes, fires, floods, communal strife and strange weather multiply. Exactly such events are visible in the world now.
The Ramayana's precedent
Before Ravana was slain, Shree Ram had already been born and was walking the earth in exile — and the world's condition then was strikingly like ours today. Mahamuni Valmiki records what happened the moment the burden was lifted:
“tataḥ prajagmuḥ praśamaṁ marudgaṇā
diśaḥ prasedurvimalaṁ nabho'bhavat
mahī cakampe na ca māruto vavau
sthiraprabhaścāpyabhavaddivākaraḥ”
Source: Valmiki Ramayana
Meaning: When Ravana fell, the winds grew calm, the directions brightened, the sky became stainless, the earth ceased trembling, and the sun's light turned steady and gentle. Disease vanished; peace and happiness were restored.
The same pattern holds now. The deplorable conditions of the present are part of ‘Kalki Leela’ — already unfolding. Kali Yuga has ended; the work of Dharma Sansthapana continues through 2029–30, and Satya Yuga manifests completely by 2032. Having taken birth in this time, we are witnesses to the crossing.
Warnings given year after year
“māyā andhakāre buḍi rahithibe,
ākhi thāi sie je kaṇā”
Source: Chakda Madan, Achyutananda Das
Meaning: People will remain drowned in the darkness of maya — having eyes, yet blind. Blinded by pride in ability, rank and wealth, they will not heed what is happening around them.
Humanity was cautioned in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 — and the Mālikā says the warnings continue year upon year through this decade, calling every soul to the path of righteousness. Achyutananda declares the certainty of his words without flinching:
“śrī achyuta ra bāṇī pathara ra gāra,
parbate phuṭibā kaeen
pūrba surya abā paścime ku jibe,
mo bachana satya ehi”
Source: Bhaviṣya Mālikā, Achyutananda Das
Meaning: "My words are carved in stone. The sun that rises in the east may one day rise in the west — but the prophecies I write will never be false." These, he says, are not his own words but the divine instruction of Lord Krishna, Vishnu, the Formless One, given to him to guide devotees five hundred years hence.
“malla malla daaka saata thara heba, thoke jibe ra renu hoi,
gyani janamanein ghabora hoibe, agyani thibe ta kahin,
Leela udaya heba, bhakatanka leela bhari hoiba”
Source: Chakda Madan, Achyutananda Das
Meaning: The cry of death will resound seven times across the globe — once each year for a stipulated period, as we have seen since 2020. The wise will be shaken; the unaware will not even understand. And then — the Leela will dawn, and the devotees' part in it will be great.
Why Dharma is the biggest wealth
The Mālikā's warning extends even to famous sadhus: those who trade religion, sell prophecy, and mint wealth from the Lord's name will not be spared the reckoning of the age. A true saint lives simply and austerely, together with the devotees. Religion is specific, stable, simple and straightforward — it needs no luxury.
And for every householder the instruction is the same: lead as simple a life as you can. Share what you have with the poor. Scientists and physicians labour around the clock against the diseases of this era — and still, the deepest anchor is Dharma. Nothing is more robust than Dharma. The one who has Dharma is the wealthiest person alive — not the one with the heftiest bank balance.
Bhavishya Malika proclaims the five gems one should always wear: Satya (truth), Shanti (peace), Daya (kindness), Kshama (forgiveness) and Maitri (friendship). The time is coming when rich and poor stand on equal footing, under one constitution — and to establish that righteousness, the Supreme Lord has already taken human birth in this mortal world, as the scriptures foretold.
Achyutananda — who was Krishna's friend Sudama in Dwapara, Kripajala in Satya, Nala in Treta — wrote the Mālikā on the Lord's own instruction: "Write, so that My devotees five hundred years from now will understand, correct themselves, and cross from Kali Yuga into Satya Yuga." Those who walk the path of Dharma — abandoning enmity, pride, envy and ego — will be protected by the Pañcha Bhūtas, the Ashta Vasus, and the 330 million gods and goddesses, and will enter the coming age in peace.
Whatever the Mālikā has foretold will come true, one by one. But it also records this mercy: "If human society curbs its misdeeds, there will be no misfortune in this world." The choice, as always, is ours.
Jay Shree Madhaba