SB 11.07.04 – Kaliyuga’s degradation is a part of the Lord’s plan as is redemption through the holy name

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thank you nishtamangalaha bhuvishyatya chirat sadho kalinapi niragritaha yarhi evayam mayatyakto the lord is telling uddhava now that in the future soon I am going to depart from this world and when I am going to depart from this world mayatyakto lokoyam nishtamangalaha this world will be re-rued of all auspiciousness bhuvishyatya chirat sadho and there soon after kalinapi niragritaha that it will be overwhelmed by the age of Kali so this might appear to suggest that Krishna is deserting the troubled world and is letting further trouble come if Krishna has come to re-establish dharma then we may wonder why is Krishna letting Kali come in at all why is Krishna letting Kali Yuga come actually the four ages are like the seasons within the cosmic universe and the purpose of the ages is to enable us to recognize that Krishna facilitates the arrangement Krishna facilitates the fulfillment of our desires for independent enjoyment by making the appropriate arrangements so Kali Yuga is the age where those souls who want to engage in wholesome sense gratification without restrictions and defy spiritual culture they are given a facility so even the advent of Kali is not outside the plan of the lord it is that Krishna is allowing Kali to come Kali is also ultimately a soul who is a representative of Krishna Kali is considered to be a devata his work is thankless but he is also within the jurisdiction of the lord and is a part of the plan of the lord he arranges for the souls to become purified and engaged in the devotional service of the lord through a very long term and almost horrendous way by how? by providing facilities for the souls who want to rebel against Krishna in a very gross and immoral and sinful way by providing them facility and thereby helping them over time to realize the futility of their fantasies yes you want to do wholesale reject god propagate atheism and hope to enjoy thereof try it out see if it helps you to become happy and thereafter you will turn and return to me and when you turn to me and want to return to me I will be there waiting for you I will be eagerly waiting and arranging for you to come back to me so it is not that Krishna is deserting the souls by leaving the material world and letting Kali Yuga start but Krishna is letting those who have deserted him to see how what they are turning to is actually a desert how those who leave Krishna make their hearts empty even when all their minds fantasies are played out and in this way Krishna allows even them to turn back to him so ultimately Krishna’s plan is to help everyone to come back to him but the process by which it happens for different people is different and Krishna accommodates that different process for different people by providing different ages different ages also have their corresponding yuga dharmas in which according to the social weather or according to the religious weather of that time and the mentality of those people there is a custom made process for self-realization which is the easiest and the most potent according to that age conditions so that process as we know in Kali Yuga is so by surrendering to Krishna and practicing devotional service centered in the holy name we can accept Krishna’s arrangement to come out of this material world and come out of the clutches of Kali so even Kali is a part of the Lord’s jurisdiction and Kali’s effect externally in terms of the degradation of the culture that we see and Kali’s effect internally in terms of the degradation that happens within our mind both of these are ultimately the result of are a part of Krishna’s plan they are of course a result of for us when they happen they are a result of our misuse of free will but Krishna doesn’t desert us Krishna also provides the holy name and he provides us the facility to turn towards him through that holy name so rather than being discouraged by whatever degradation is happening internally or externally we see that also as a part of Krishna’s plan and see that the redemption the facility for redemption, redemption means becoming reinstated becoming restored to our pure position that is also there planned by Krishna and we just have to choose that and with every sincere attempt that we make to remember Krishna we are accepting the plan of redemption and freeing ourselves from the situation of degradation