Lord Kalki Conquers the Buddhists Who Opposed Him

 

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Suta Gosvami said: Just as a lion, the king of the jungle, attacks a female elephant, Lord Kalki, the life and soul of all living entities, attacked the army of Buddhists.

Texts 2-3

Thereafter, a fierce battle took place between the Buddhists and Lord Kalki When the Buddhists became disheartened and began fleeing from the battle, Lord Kalki, acting as the commander-in-chief of His army, addressed the opposing warriors, who were injured in the battle, whose garments and armor were scattered here and there, whose hair had become loosened, and who were screaming loudly in pain: О Buddhists, do not run away from the battlefield. Stay here and fight to the best of your ability so that you will avoid the shame of being considered cowards.

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Although Jina had been injured, he became enraged upon hearing Lord Kalki’s taunting words. After picking up his sword and shield, he rushed at Lord Kalki, who was sitting on His horse. In the duel that ensued, both fought with great enthusiasm so that even the demigods, who were watching from the heavens, became surprised to witness Jina’s skill in fighting.

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The greatly powerful Jina pierced Kalki’s horse with his trident and then made the Lord fall unconscious by his onslaught of arrows. At this, the wicked Jina attempted to capture Lord Kalki, but was unable to pick Him up.

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Lord Kalki had become so heavy that Jina could not even move Him and this fueled his rage. Being unable to take Lord Kalki prisoner, Jma finally took His crown and weapons and fled.

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Meanwhile, King Vishakhayupa, who had accompanied Lord Kalki, became furious upon seeing this and so he went and struck Jina with his club. After accomplishing this feat, the king carefully picked up Lord Kalki and placed Him on his chariot.

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Soon Lord Kalki regained consciousness and began to rally His soldiers. The Lord then jumped from Vishakhayupa’s chariot and charged at Jina.

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Although Lord Kalki’s wonderful horse had been injured by Jina’s trident, he soon regained his composure and began roaming over the battlefield, jumping fiercely while angrily attacking hundreds and thousands of Buddhist soldiers. In this way, Lord Kalki’s horse killed many sinful men.

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Indeed, the heavy breathing of Lord Kalki’s horse caused many opposing soldiers to fly into the sky and then fall down at distant places. Some of them fell upon the horses and chariots as they descended onto the battlefield.

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Within a short period of time, Gargya and his associates killed six thousand Buddhist warriors. Bhargya killed ten million enemy soldiers with the help of his army, and Visala killed twenty-five thousand.

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Kavi and his two sons fought valiantly, killing twenty thousand enemy soldiers. One million soldiers were killed at the Hands of Prajna, and five hundred thousand were eliminated by Sumanta.

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Thereafter, Lord Kalki addressed Jina: О sinful one, do not run away! Come before Me and fight! Know Me to be the personification of destiny, which awards everyone the results of their pious and sinful acts.

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Very soon your body will be pierced by My arrows so that you will be forced to leave this world forever, without any companion. Thus, you have very little time left to show your face to your relatives.

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After hearing the speech of Lord Kalki, Jma laughed sarcastically and replied, Fate cannot be seen. I believe in direct perception because I follow the philosophy of Buddhism. We do not believe anything unless we can perceive it We believe that destiny can be changed because this is the verdict of our scriptures. If You are actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead as You claim, then kill us What can be gained by merely uttering boasting words? We Buddhists will never accept You.

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Whatever You have claimed to be my destiny will actually be Your own Just remain before me and see

After saying this, Jma covered the entire body of Lord Kalki with his sharp arrows.

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As fog is dissipated by the rising of the sun, Jina’s shower of arrows vanished by the influence of Lord Kalki’s potency.

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Simply by Lord Kalki’s presence, all of the enemy’s weapons, including the brahmastra, agneyastra, vayavyastra and parjanyastra, were rendered ineffective, just like seeds sown in the desert, donations given to unworthy persons or devotional service to Lord Hari executed out of envy.

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In an instant, Lord Kalki jumped into the air and caught hold of Jina’s hair as he sat upon his bull carrier. Both Lord Kalki and Jina fell to the ground, like two tamracuda birds, and began t o wrestle.

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Jina then grabbed Lord Kalki by the hair with one Hand warded off His blows with the other.

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Thereafter, appearing just like Canura and Lord Krishna, the two stood up and continued wrestling, grabbing each other’s hair and arms. The two great heroes had no weapons in their Hands as they fought each other like two powerful bears.

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As a maddened elephant breaks a palm tree, the most expert of all fighters, Lord Kalki, broke Jina’s spine with a powerful kick, so that the king of the Buddhists fell dead onto the ground.

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When the Buddhist soldiers saw their leader lying dead upon the ground, they began to wail in agony. О brahmanas, the killing of Jina immersed the soldiers of Lord Kalki into an ocean of great happiness.

Text 28

After witnessing the death of his brother, the greatly powerful Suddhodana picked up a club and charged at Lord Kalki, bent upon destroying Him.

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In response, Lord Kalki, who very expertly killed all the heroic warriors that opposed Him as they were seated on the backs of their elephants, released an incessant shower of arrows at Suddhodana while roaring like a lion.

Text 30

When the pious hero, Kavi, saw Suddhodana coming with a club in his Hand, he got down from his elephant and obstructed his path while wielding his own club.

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A fierce battle then ensued between Kavi and Suddhodana. As an elephant fights with another inimical elephant with its tusks, the great hero, Kavi, who was very expert in fighting with the club, confronted Suddhodana. Because they were intoxicated by fighting, they roared loudly while challenging one another with harsh words. Both tried their best to defend themselves from their opponent’s blows.

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Finally, while roaring like a lion, Kavi struck Suddhodana with his club so forcefully that Suddhodana’s club fell from his Hands. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kavi landed a very powerful blow to the chest of his enemy.

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Although the powerful Suddhodana fell to the ground, he quickly regained his composure and stood up after picking up his club. By maneuvering very quickly, he was able to smash his club upon Kavi’s head.

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That blow was so forceful that although Kavi did not fall to the ground, he was dazed and thus stood motionless.

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Still, Suddhodana understood that Kavi was not an ordinary warrior but was immensely powerful and surrounded by thousands of chariots. Therefore, he decided to leave the battlefield and bring Maya-devi.

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His reason for summoning MayadevI was that as soon as any demigod, demon, or human being within the three worlds would see her, he would immediately become stunned, like a statue.

Text 38

After regrouping, Suddhodana and his millions of mleccha soldiers, entered the battlefield, keeping Maya-devI in front.

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Maya-devI sat on a chariot whose flag was marked with the symbol of a lion, and she manifested various kinds of weapons. Crows and vultures surrounded her, screaming with shrill voices. The six enemies, headed by lust, engaged in her personal service.

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Being confronted by the incredibly powerful Maya-devI, who can assume any form at will, and who is constituted of three modes of material nature, the army of Lord Kalki gradually weakened. Indeed, all the great warriors in Lord Kalki’s army, who were well-equipped with celestial weapons, lost their prowess so that they simply stood motionless, like statues.

Text 42

Lord Kalki saw that His brother and the other warriors had become afflicted by His inferior energy, maya, and so He quickly approached her.

Text 43

Suddenly, much to everyone’s astonishment, beautiful Maya-devI, who is an expansion of Lakshmi, merged into the body of Lord Kalki, like a beloved consort.

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Because of Maya-devi’s sudden disappearance, the hearts of the Buddhist leaders became filled with anxiety. They lost all their strength and began to cry like lost children. They cried out: Alas! Where did our mother go?

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Meanwhile, simply by Lord Kalki’s compassionate glance, all of His warriors regained their composure so that they easily slaughtered the mlecchas with their sharp swords.

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Lord Kalki mounted His horse after putting on armor. He equipped Himself with a sharp sword, bow, and a quiver full of arrows. In this scene, Lord Kalki appeared very beautiful.

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Golden dots on the Lord’s dark forehead appeared like twinkling stars in the cloudy sky. His diamond crown enHariced His beauty even further.

Text 49

Desiring to annihilate the enemy warriors, Lord Kalki, whose glance increases the pleasure of all young girls, and who is the abode of transcendental mellows, glared at them in a very angry mood.

Text 50

The hearts of the devotees became joyful while gazing at the Lord’s lotus-like face in this angry feature. However, the Buddhists, who always blaspheme religious principles, became extremely frightened while looking at Lord Kalki, who is the reservoir of all pleasure, and especially the giver of pleasure to the eyes of women.

Text51

The hearts of the demigods became jubilant when they understood that they would once again receive their shares of sacrificial offerings.

Text 52

Lord Kalki, who incarnates for the pleasure of His devotees, removes the distress of the pious, is the maintainer of all living entities, and appears in this world to fulfill the desires of all saintly persons, was determined to eliminate Hisenemies by utilizing the prowess of His vast army.

Thus ends the translation of the fourteenth chapter of ShriKalki Purana.

 

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

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