SB 1.15.36

Synonyms

yadā — when; bhagavān — Bhagavān; mukundaḥ — Mukunda [Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who appears in order to liberate His devotees (bhaktānāṁ mukti-dānārtham avatīrṇaḥ)²⁰⁸]; sat-kathaḥ — [whose] sacred narrations; śravaṇīya — are worthy to be heard [śravaṇārhā satī²⁰⁹]; jahau — left; imām — this; mahīm — earth; sva-tanvā — by way of His own body [employing His body as the instrument of His departure, and not that He gave up the earth “along with His body” (tyāgo’tra sva-tanu-karaṇaka iti na tu sva-tanvā saheti vyākhyeyam);²¹⁰ because of His ascent to Vaikuṇṭha along with His own body (satanor eva vaikuṇṭhārohāt)²¹¹]; tadā ahaḥ eva — on that very day [tasmin eva ahani²¹²]; kaliḥ — Kali; abhadra-hetuḥ — the cause of unrighteousness [adharma-hetuḥ]; aprati-buddha-cetasām — in those of unawakened discernment [(avivekinām), meaning that it has no influence over those of developed discernment (vivekināṁ tu na prabhur ity uktam)]; anvavartata — made its full-fledged appearance [although having already previously entered in part, Kali then followed along in its own form. This is the implied sense here of the verb anu-vṛt, “to follow after” (anvavartateti pūrvam evāṁśena praviṣṭasya svena rūpeṇānuvṛttir uktā).].

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