Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 2: The Symptoms of Kali-yuga

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.24

yada candras ca suryas ca

tatha tishya-brihaspati

eka-rasau sameshyanti

bhavishyati tada kritam

SYNONYMS

yada -- when; candrah -- the moon; ca -- and; suryah -- the sun; ca -- and; tatha -- also; tishya -- the asterism Tishya (more commonly known as Pushya, extending from 3` 20' to 16` 40' Cancer); brihaspati -- and the planet Jupiter; eka-rasau -- in the same constellation (Cancer); sameshyanti -- will enter simultaneously; bhavishyati -- will be; tada -- then; kritam -- Satya-yuga.

TRANSLATION

When the moon, the sun and Brihaspati are together in the constellation Karkata, and all three enter simultaneously into the lunar mansion Pushya -- at that exact moment the age of Satya, or Krita, will begin.

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