Kalki Avatar

Kalki Avatar, the last of the Maha Avatars of Vishnu, is yet to appear
towards the end of the Kali Yuga or the Dark Age. The Kali Yuga is the
Iron Age. So Kalki will be the Avatar or the Incarnation in the age of
machines.

He is described in the Vishudharmottara Purana as a robust young

man, riding on his white horse, Devadutta and with a shiny sword
raised in his hand. While some sketch him as being four-armed, most
of the records focuss on him as a two-armed. The scriptures picturize
Kalki`s emergence "as a blazing Light" when He descends from
heaven. This hailing of the Avatar resembles the Second Coming of
Jesus.

The portraiture of Kalki is imbued with symbolic overtones. Kalki

would ride on the horse of purity and might, and ward off and destroy
the prevalent evil with his lashing sword of Dharma or righteousness.
Therefore his name is endowed with deeper meaning. The name
Kalki, literally communicates the meaning, "Annhilator of Ignorance".
Vishnu Purana affirms the resurrection of Dharma that Kalki will
usher in: " …And the minds of those who live at the end of the Kali
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 Krita
Age, the Age of Purity."
The epic, Mahabharata specifically depicts the descent of Vishnu as
the Kalki Avatar. The pious sage, Markendaya, illuminated
Yudhisthir, the first of the Pandavas, on this precious knowledge.
Markendaya informed that in a certain village called Shambala, Kalki
would evolve. He will be born as a son to a virtuous Brahmin couple
called Vishnuyasha and Sumati, on a bright fortnight of the lunar
month of Vaishakha [beginning on approximately 21 April and ending
on approximately 21 May on the solar calendar], on the 12th lunar
tithi or occasion of (Dvadashi). The Brahman boy will be endowed
with the gifts of intelligence, strength and valor. He will assemble
other Brahmins into a formidable army to squash evil totally.

He will be identified by two of the Nine Immortals or Chiranjeevin

currently residing on the planet. They are characters from the
Mahabharata, Parashurama and Ashwatthama. Parashurama is the
sixth Avatar of Vishnu, who replanted the flag of Dharma, by wiping
off the tyrannical Kshatriya clan or warrior class from the face of the
earth. Ashwathama , the son of the Guru or teacher of martial arts of
the Pandavas, Dronacharya. Parashurama will appear to be the
spiritual guide of Kalki, by educating him to undergo penance.
Parashurama himself meditated with utmost devotion for 1000years.
Lord Shiva then blessed him with a divine weapon for cleansing vice,
as a reward of such penance. He would help Kalki to march forward,
following the same path, achieve the Ratna Maru sword and the
heavenly parrot, Shuka from Shiva and accomplish his task.

He will marry Padma, the Avatar of Vishnu`s consort, Devi Lakshmi

and have two children, sons Jaya and Vijaya . Kalki will also perform
the grand Ashwamedha Sacriifice to abolish all vitiated kings and false
prophets, before embarking on the mighty assignment of the final
obliteration of evil and misery in the Kali Yuga. Kalki, as it has been
mentioned will usher in the Krita Age of purity and excellence.After
the completion of his work, the human shape of Kalki, will expose
itselfin the four-armed cast of MahaVishnu and return to his celestial
abode of Vaikunth.

Kalki will that redemptive force, that will purge Creation of the
disgraceful burden of sins.
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