viṣṇor bhagavato bhānuḥ
kṛṣṇākhyo 'sau divaṁ gataḥ
tadāviśat kalir lokaṁ
pāpe yad ramate janaḼ

 viṣṇoḼ - of Viṣṇu; bhagavataḼ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhānuḼ - the sun; kṛṣṇa-ākhyaḼ - known as Kṛṣṇa; asau - He; divam - to the spiritual sky; gataḼ - having returned; tadā - then; aviśat - entered; kaliḼ - the age of Kali; lokam - this world; pāpe - in sin; yat - in which age; ramate - take pleasure; janaḼ - the people.


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The Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, is brilliant like the sun and is known as Kṛṣṇa. When He returned to the spiritual sky, Kali entered this world, and people then began to take pleasure in sinful activities.

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