The transgressions that hasten the end of this age.
According to the calculation of the four yugas, Kali Yuga has a potential duration of 432,000 years. However, the numerous sins committed by humans will accelerate the end of the yuga, reduce its lifespan and eventually bring out its end sooner than expected. According to the Bhaviṣya Mālikā, the age of Kali Yuga will be diminished due to the thirty-five categories of sins as mentioned below:
Due to the listed sins, the age of Kali Yuga will be reduced to 5,000 years. Mahapurush Achyutananda has detailed these nuances in his book ‘Uddhav Bhakti Pradayini’. In this treatise, Mahapurush has captured the conversation between Uddhava and Shree Krishna and the response that Lord Shree Krisha gives to Uddhava’s question related to the end of Kali Yuga, which clarifies that:
“chari lakh ate batis sahasra ayush e Kali Yuga
papa badhibaru aayu katijiba alapa hoiba bhoga”
Source: Uddhav Bhakti Pradayini, Achyutananda Das
Purport: The age of Kali Yuga will be reduced to only 5,000 years from the prescribed age of 432,000 years. In the Dwapara Yuga, there is a dialogue between Lord Shree Krishna and his best friend Arjuna, and at that time, Arjuna questions Mahaprabhu Shree Krishna about the end of Kali Yuga, the establishment of Dharma and the incarnation of Lord Kalki. Then, Lord Shree Krishna narrates many pastimes (leelas) to Arjuna, which Mahapurush Achyutananda has described in his various books like 'Chaushathi Patal,’ 'Neel Sundar Gita' etc.
Arjuna had asked Mahaprabhu Shree Krishna that if the age of Kali Yuga was destined to be 432,000 years and due to the transgressions, Kali Yuga’s lifespan was to be reduced to only 5,000 years, then, "O Lord, kindly tell us by which sinful deeds and by how much will the age of Kali Yuga be diminished."
Then Lord Shree Krishna describes the major sins and the number of years by which the lifespan of Kali Yuga will be reduced due to each misdeed, as follows:
Due to lying: 5,000 years
Due to bathing naked in the Ganges: 12,000 years
Due to love making of a Brahmin with people of another caste: 30,000 years
From the sin of betraying a friend: 6,000 years
Due to not worshiping the idol of Lord Maha-Vishnu: 17,000 years
Due to not worshiping Maa Tulsi (& holy Tulsi plant): 5,000 years
Due to not serving the guest: 6,000 years
Due to the sin of betraying one’s brother: 40,000 years
Due to consumption of forbidden foods (meat etc.): 8,000 years
Due to usurping others' wealth: 10,000 years
From the sin of cow slaughter: 100,000 years
By misusing charity: 14,000 years
By doing wrongs to widows: 24,000 years
From the sin of killing creatures: 11,000 years
By making love, disobeying the rules of caste, religion, and creed: 12,000 years
From the sin of feticide: 7,000 years
From the sin of killing women: 32,000 years
Due to illegally possessing the land meant for cow grazing and crematorium: 40,000 years
From the sin of abducting one’s mother: 5,000 years
From the sin of betraying others: 40,000 years
Due to patricide, matricide, and other sins: 3,000 Years
In this way, 427,000 years will be deducted from Kali Yuga’s 432,000 years; thus, the age of Kali Yuga will be reduced to just 5,000 years.
In line with the above reasoning, we find evidence from various Shastras, Puranas, and Malika scriptures that due to the many sinful deeds, the age of a yuga is reduced, and the age of this Kali Yuga will also be reduced in the same way and will last only for 5,000 years. Also, as per the calculations described in the Shastras, the current year of Kali Yuga is the 5,125th year, which means that this Yuga has already ended.
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