SB 1.1.22 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 22
Twam nah sandarsito dhatra dustaram nistitirsatam
Kalim satwaharam punsam karnadhara ibarnavam
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Twam—your goodness, Nah—unto us, Samdarsito—meeting, Dhatra—by the providence, Dustaram—insurmountable, Nistitirsatam—for those desiring to cross over, Kalim—the age of Kali, Satwaharam—that which deteriorates the good qualities, Punsam—of the man, Karnadahra—captain, Ibarnavam—the ocean.
TRANSLATION
We think that your goodness is met by us by the will of providence just to accept you as the captain of the ship which desires to cross over the difficult ocean of Kali which deteriorates all the good qualities of the human being.
PURPORT
This age of Kali is very much dangerous for all the human beings. The human life is simply meant for self-realisation but by the influence of this dangerous time they have forgotten completely the aim of life. In this age gradually people will lose duration of life, memory, finer sentiments, strentgh specially and the list of the anomalies for this age is given in the 12th canto of this great literature. As such it is very difficult for those who want to utilise this life for self-realisation. The question of self realisation is gradually being forgotten and the people are too busy for sense gratification. Out of madness they frankly say there is no need of self-realisaiton because they do not know that this spot-life is but a fragment of our journey towards self-realisation. The system of education is meant for sense gratification and one learned man thinks over it as he sees it that the children of the age are being intentionally sent to the slaughter house of this age. Careful men, therefore, must be cautious of this dangerous age and if they at all want to cross over the dangerous ocean of Kali; they must follow the foot prints of the sages of Naimisaranya and accept Shi Suta Goswami or his bonafide representative as the captain of the ship. The ship is the message of Lord Sri Krishna in the shape of the Bhagwat Geeta or the Shrimad Bhagwatam and one must get on board of the ship captained by such expert as Sri Suta Goswami. That is the introductory note for the persons who want to get rid of the dangers of this age.