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When the practices taught by the Ved and the institutes of law, shall nearly have
ceased, and the close of the Koli age shall be nigh, a portion of that Divine Being
who exists of his own spiritual nature, in the character of Brahma, and who is the
Beginning and the End, and who comprehends all things shall descend upon the earth.
He will be born as Kalki in the family of an eminent Brahmin, of Shambhal village,
endowed with the eight superhuman faculties. By his irresistible might, He will
destroy all the barbarians and thieves, and all whose minds are devoted to iniquity.
He will then re-establish righteousness upon earth; and the minds of those who live
at the end of the Koli age, shall be awakened, and shall be as pellucid as crystal.
The men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time, shall be as the seeds
of human beings, and shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of the Kritya
Age, the Age of Purity. Kalki is said to born in a village called Shambhal. Some interpret this as indicating a village of the same name in the Indian state of Aandhra Pradesh. I would not jump to that hasty conclusion. The name may be allegorical. Buddhist scriptures also mention a place of the same name, an invisible, hidden kingdom, which will be visible during the end of the Kali Yug. Another interesting thing is the reference to God as "who is the Beginning and the End". Compare this with 22.13 of the Revelations : "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. The two religions, separated by time and space (Hinduism being much older than Christianity) are thought to have little in common. But as you read through the next few paragraphs, you shall find some amazing similarity of events mentioned in the Kalki Puraan with those of the Biblical Revelations. Afterwards, Sumati, the wife of Vishnuyash became pregnant.... Kalki descended to Earth (as a human) in the month of Vaishaakh on the 12th day after the Full Moon. Kalki is born to a man named Vishnuyash and a woman named Sumati in the Hindu month of Vaishaakh, So, Kalki will be born after 12 days from the Full Moon day. I [2] V. 31 also says that he had three elder brothers. According to I [2] V.32, the King of the land where Kalki is born is named Vishakhyoop. As per I [2] V. 4, the mission of Kalki's life is to destroy Koli - the equivalent of the Anti-Christ (in whose name the present age is named). Koli signifies a person as well as the vices which are peculiar to this age. As per I [3], V. 25 Kalki was given a white horse, which he rode during his conquests all over the world. In fact Kalki is always symbolized as riding a white horse. Compare this with the Revelations : 19:11 - "I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war. The Marriage of Kalki
You shall go to Sinhal, marry your beloved Padmaa and start your conjugal life.... You
will then set out to conquer the world and defeat the Kings allied to Koli, defeat the
Buddhists and hand over the rule to the pious kings named Devaapi and Maru. The wife of Kalki is named Padmaa who lives in Sinhal, which is commonly known as Sri Lankaa. However, this may be an allegorical reference to an island nation, separate from his own country. In his endeavor to conquer the "Buddhists" and other kings, he will be assisted by two kings allied to him, apart from the king of the country in which he is born to and many other friends.
This island (Sinhal) is situated on the other side of the shore. The island has pure
water and is full of people. Full of various types of aircrafts and decorated with
jewelry. The beauty of the island is enhanced by huge buildings and flags and gates
decorated in front of them. The interesting part of the description of the island where Kalki's wife-to-be is given is that apart from the huge buildings that the island city has, its sky is also full of aircrafts (called Vimaan in Indian literature). We come to know from other sources that the name of the city where she stays is named Karumoti.
He (the father of the bride) gave away Padma for marriage to Kalki as per the traditions.
The "King of the World", Kalki after having his wife and having been well received
by the gentlemen of the island, expressed his desire to stay in the island of Sinhal for a
while in order to see the island.
Padmaa is fair and Kalki is dark, both are opposites to each other.....
Kalki, the annihilator of Koli forgot his mission and stayed there happily in that home
(in Shambhal) for many years... Padmaa gave birth to two sons named Jaya and Vijaya who
were powerful and famous. Kalki's War with China (or Maybe North Korea)
The great conqueror, Kalki then paid homage to his father and started for conquering
Keekatpur with his army. The Buddhists live in that city. The residents of that city
do not worship God or their forefathers. They do not fear after-life. Other than the
body, they do not believe in any soul. They do not have any pride in their lineage or
in their race; money, marriage etc are insignificant to them. People of that place eat
and drink a variety of things. When Jin (the leader) heard that Kalki has come to fight
them, he gathered a huge army and went out of the city to fight Him. Although the city of Keekatpur is unidentified, yet it is specified that "Buddhists" live there. But the descriptions of the belief of those people are anything but Buddhist and are more in consonance with the ideology of the Communists, ie. people who do not worship God, do not believe in after-life, soul, race and the significance of wealth and give the collective more importance than the individual. The choice of foods of the Chinese (or Koreans) are also considered exotic in other parts of the world. Interestingly, the name of the leader is also mentioned as "Jin". As we all know, Jin, Xin are very common names among the Chinese. On 15th March 2003 the Chinese Communist Party elected Hu Jintao as the new President of China. By religion, China (or Korea) are predominantly Buddhist, although no religion is allowed to be openly practiced under the Communist rule. Thus the description of the belief of the people and their religion are not contradictory but very appropriate.
He (Jin) took up various types of arms and started war with Kalki. Even the Gods were
surprised by the techniques of war adopted by Jin. Jin injured Kalki's horse with a
javelin and made him disoriented and unconscious and attempted to take him away, but
could not lift him... On seeing that, King Vishaakhayoop got angry and encountered
Jin and picked up unconscious Kalki in his own chariot. Kalki regained his consciousness
in a while and encouraged his soldiers; following that, he rushed towards Jin after getting
down from the chariot of Vishaakhayoop. It seems that Jin was not a mean enemy and Kalki did not have a smooth ride either and had his moments of ups and downs. Of course this is what is expected if a western force confronts the mighty Chinese army, the biggest in the world in terms of numbers.
Soon, Garg (associate of Kalki) and his army killed 6,000 Buddhist soldiers. Garg and
his soldiers killed and injured 11 million enemy soldiers and his mighty allies killed
2500 of them. Kobee along with his sons killed 2 million enemy soldiers, Pragyaa killed
1 million and Sumantu killed 5 million soldiers.
Soon Kalki smiled and said unto Jin - "O Sinner, Don't flee but come and face me...
Soon your body will be pierced with my arrows. Soon you shall depart from this world. Then,
no one will go along with you. So, you and your allies surrender before me. Hearing the words
of Kalki, mighty Jin said - "The fate can never be seen. I am a materialist, Buddhist.
Nothing but the perceptible are accepted by us. The unseen and the imperceptible are banished
by us. Hence your effort is fruitless. Even if you are Godly, I am before you; see if you manage
to kill me. In that event, will the Buddhists forgive you? Once again, the ideology of Jin is apparent from his own words. This is contrary to what the Buddhists profess - Buddhists believe in fate, soul and rebirth like the Hindu. But this "Buddhist" does not believe in fate or the imperceptible and this ideology is not the ideology of any religion, but that of Communism. But for communism, China would have been the world's largest Buddhist country and its people, at least in private, still follow the religion. Verse 26 describes the death of Jin in the hands of Kalki. The next few verses describe the battle between Shuddodhan, the brother of Jin and the forces of Kalki, in which the former manage to inflict some heavy damages on the forces of Kalki, using, among other things a weapon if illusion (Maayaa). Ultimately Kalki managed to defeat the Buddhist forces who either died, or lay injured or fled the battlefield. But it was not the end of the war yet. On the verge of the defeat of the "Buddhist" army, their womenfolk gathered to battle Kalki and his allies. This is quite unprecedented in the annals of Hindu epics or for that matter, history and stories from anywhere in the world.
The wives of the Buddhists, gathered for battle riding on chariots, birds, horses, camels
and bulls to defend their husbands. These beautiful, powerful young ladies devoted to
their husbands did not seek the shelter of their children. These glorious women, dressed
in battle-gear and various jewelry came to the battlefield armed with swords, power-weapons,
arrows and javelins. In their hands were heavenly rings. These beautiful women consisted of
hair dressers, women devoted to husbands (house-wives) and even prostitutes. These women,
troubled by the death of their husbands and fathers came forth to fight the army of Kalki.
People even care to protect objects like soil, ashes, wood etc. Therefore, how can these
women tolerate the death of their husbands in their presence? The womenfolk of the Buddhists,
seeing their husbands injured and troubled came in front of them and started to fight the
soldiers of Kalki. Seeing the women take to battle, the soldiers of Kalki were amazed and
came to Kalki to inform him about the whole matter in details. Hearing this, Kalki, clever
as he is, arrived there on a chariot accompanied by his allies and army with a cheerful mind.
Seeing the women astride in various types of vehicles, standing in formations, Kalki started
saying "Ladies, please hear what I have to say. It is against the principles for men to
fight against women..." We can guess here that Kalki indulged in intense diplomacy to dissuade the women from fighting. Kalki Puraan describes in the next few verses the words of Kalki which can be called the unashamed flattery of the women by Kalki. Though not quite relevant, it will show that the Kalki Puraan is not simply a text of war and conquest and gloom and doom that we associate these times with, rather, it shows the human and the spiritual aspects of the whole war.
......On your beautiful moon-like face, falls the locks of fine hair. Everyone's mind
become cheerful on seeing this. Which man can hit on such a face? On these beautiful
faces are a pair of eyes like lotus with long eyelashes and dark pupil. Which man can
hit such a face? Your breasts are decorated like the necklace of Shiva. Even the pride
of the cupid gets hurt on seeing them. Which man can hit on such a place? Which man can
hit the spotless face of a woman on which play the locks of fine hairs from the head?
Which man can hit your slim waists weighed down by breasts and decorated by very fine
body-hair? Can any man shoot an arrow in your eye-soothing and feminine pubic area covered
by fine hair and untouched by sin? Hearing these words of Kalki, the infidel-women smiled
and said - "Sir, When our husbands died in your hand, we too have died". Saying
this, the women prepared to kill Kalki. All such attempts of eulogizing femininity by Kalki cut no ice with the women. At this point of time however, a miracle happened which persuaded the women from fighting Kalki :
.....However the weapons remained in their hands. The various weapons metamorphosed and
stood before the infidel-women decorated in gold and said - "O Women, Do ye know Kalki
as the Supreme God, empowered by whom we take the lives of living beings. Have confidence
in our words. On His command we propagate and on his glory we have attained various forms
and by His mercy we have become renowned. By His empowerment does the five elements carry
out their own actions. He is the Supreme Being Himself. Under His wishes has the nature
created the whole Universe. The creation and the continuity of the creation is nothing but
His action. He is the Beginning and the End, from Him arise all the holy things in the world.
It is He, who is our husband, our wife, son, friend and relative. From Him comes forth all
these illusion-like happenings. Those who know that life and death are nothing but coming
and going under the influence of love, affection and fondness, those who are devoid of any
feelings of anger and hate, who are the devotees of Kalki, they know the above illusion-like
happenings as false. How was Time created? Where does death come from? Who is Yam (Death
incarnate and the Lord of the underworld)? Who are the Gods? By His illusion, it is Kalki
who has become many. O Women, We are not weapons and no one gets hurt by us. He is the weapon
and it is he who hits. These distinctions are nothing but the illusion (Maayaa) created by
the Supreme Being. ......We cannot hit the devotees of Kalki. Hearing the words
of the weapons, the women were surprised. They shed their illusion of attachment and came
to seek Kalki. Come to Golden City, near Vardhapalan on the way to Tiruputi and enquire about Kalki Aashram. Bhagvaan Kalki is giving His Shri Mangal Darshan to mankind for liberation from agony, hatred, jealousy and suffering. You are likely to get His Darshan at Nemam, 30 Km away from Chennai on every Sunday. Do proceed. Your life shall change.
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Created by Sushma Gupta on 3/15/05
Contact: sushmajee@yahoo.com
Updated on
04/23/13