Originally posted by: ananyacool
Well Kali is a demon which personifies the Kali Yuga, its portrayed as an ugly demon with dog-like protruding mouth wearing a red loin cloth and gold jewellery; The most famous incarnation of Kali is duryodhana, as per Bhagvat
Also when King Parikshit-grandson of Arjun ascends the throne of Hastinapur, he witnesses a strange incident one day while he goes hunting. He sees a very ugly man beating a cow and an Ox and brutally wounds the Ox breaking its three legs and is about to break the remaining one, when Parikshit intervenes , he stops that man and makes him helpless, that man is no ordinary person but kaliyuga; Kali begs him of mercy saying that since one cannot stop 'TIME' , kali should stay on. Cow was earth personified and Ox was Dharma and its three brken legs represent 'penence' 'cleanliness' and mercy and the fourth one which kali coudn't break is 'Truth'.
kali yuga asks him of four places to dwell and Parikshit hesitantly grants him places such as in gold, brothels, gambling dens and slaughter houses but he doesn't realise that he (parikshit )was wearing gold too hence Kali influences his mind and he ends up insulting sage shameeka only to be cursed from sages son that the snake which Parikshit winds around the sage as an insult, that snake would come to life and kill parikshit when bitten.
Kali also influences Nala the king of Nishadas and tempts him to gamble and lose all his possession , separate from his wife Damayanti and hiis children, this tale is narrated to Yudhisthira by some sages when he too meets the same state.
Kalki the tenth avatar of Vishnu will bring an end to Kali at the end of Kali yuga , under the training of Parushurama he will become invincible and will establish righteousness - Kalki Puran
Hope this helps, desichica
(sorry i don't know ur name)
Thanks for the information.
My knowledge of Kali Yug still remains woefully incomplete. I haven't completed reading and understanding it. 😭😭😭 I tried but its pretty complex and I need time to understand and contemplate it before I tell anyone else about it.
About Parikshit, it was said that the day he ascended the throne was the beginning of Kali Yuga. Here is the story I have read.
One day, Parikshit went hunting and he felt very thirsty. On the way, he saw an ashram. He entered it and bowed down to the sage and asked for some water. The sage Shameekha who was absorbed in meditation was totally unaware of the presence ofthe king. Agonised by his thirst, Parikshit thought that the sage was ignoring him wantedly. He found a dead snake nearby and put it around the sage's neck and went away.
Sage Shameekha's son, Shringi came to the ashram and was aghast to see the insult done to his father. In a fit of rage, he cursed that the one who did this will be bitten by the king of snakes Takshak within a week and die. When sage Shameek rose from his meditation, he came to know of Shringi's curse and told him to at least inform the king of this. He said that Parikshit did this as a result of a misunderstanding, the Lord of the Universe, Sri Krishna himself protected Parikshit when he was in his mother's womb and it would do well atlest to inform him of his fate. Parikshit was informed of this and he felt very bad for having misunderstood the sage. He spent the 7 remaining days of the life listening to the glories of Lord Krishna.
Every day Parikshit would listen to the story of Krishna Leela and the Mahabharatha from the parrot faced rishi Sukha surrounded by many brahmins. On the seventh day, Takshak, proceeded to kill him disguised as a brahmin. On the way, he met another brahmin and he started a conversation with him. The other brahmin said that he was going to save Parikshit. If he does so, the king will reward him well and his poverty will disappear. Takshak (disguised as a brahmin) asked him how he could do that. To this he replied, that by the grace of his guru, he can even cure even a person poisoned by Adhisesha.
Takshak assumed his real form and told the brahmin that he will bite the nearby banyan tree. If the brahmin can bring it back to life, he (Takshak) will be convinced of his powers. Takshak bit the tree. The tree was reduced to ashes. The brahmin sprinkled some water from his kamandal (his water jug) and the tree came back to life as it was before. Takshak was amazed. He offered the brahmin a lot of gold coins and told him, "This is more than any king in theworld can offer. Please accept this and go back. Allow fate to take its course." The brahmin agreed and accepted Takshak's offer. (Another version says that the brahmin refused Takshak and was threatened by Takshak that he (the brahmin) will be bitten before he can reach the king and who will save him, then. And so the brahmin accepted.)
At the end of the seventh day, Takshak who was seated among the brahmins, transformed into a snake and bit Parikshit. Pariksiht, having heard the glorious storis of the Lord durign his last days, attained liberation from furture births.
One doubt though . . .
Who was that brahmin? Some say that he was Sage Kashyap - of this I'm not convinced. I'm guessing that it was a desciple of Maharishi Kashyap. Besides, Takshak would have reacognised Maharishi Kashyap easily.
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