SB 1.3.25

अथासौ युगसन्ध्यायां दस्युप्रायेषु राजसु ।
जनिता विष्णुयशसो नाम्ना कल्किर्जगत्पतिः ॥ २५ ॥
athāsau yuga-sandhyāyāṁ dasyu-prāyeṣu rājasu
janitā viṣṇu-yaśaso nāmnā kalkir jagat-patiḥ
 

Synonyms

atha — then; yuga-sandhyāyām — at the conjunction of the yugas [at the end of Kaliyuga (kaler ante)115]; rājasu — [when] the rulers; dasyu-prāyeṣu — [will] mostly have become plunderers [(caura-prāyeṣu), driven by immorality alone (kevalam adharma-bahuleṣu)116]; asau — He [the Puruṣa]; jagat-patiḥ — the guardian of the universe; janitā — will appear [(janiṣyate); (avatariṣyati);117 (prādurbhaviṣyati)118]; [for the purpose of vanquishing them (tad-vaddhārtham)119]; nāmnā — [as the avatāra] named; kalkiḥ — Kalki; viṣṇu-yaśasaḥ — from the brāhmaṇa known as Viṣṇuyaśā [(viṣṇu-yaśo brāhmaṇāt); as his son (putra-rūpeṇa)120].

Translation

Then, at the conjunction of the yugas, when the rulers will mostly have become plunderers, the guardian of the universe will appear as the avatāra named Kalki from the brāhmaṇa known as Viṣṇuyaśā.

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