1.16 The Age We're Living In and What It's Actually Doing to Us | Bhagavata Podcast with Gopal Hari Das

1.16 The Age We're Living In and What It's Actually Doing to Us | Bhagavata Podcast with Gopal Hari Das

February 12, 2026 · 1h 12m · Season 1 · Episode 16

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The episode discusses the implications of the Kali Yuga as described in the Bhagavatam and its effects on humanity.

A bull standing on one leg. A cow weeping in an empty field. A strange figure beating them both. Parikshit, the last great emperor, comes upon this scene on the road and has to decide what to do with it. Canto 1, Chapter 16 of the Bhagavatam is the text's account of how the Kali Yuga began, and what it is. Gopal Hari Das (Dr. Gopal Gupta) and host Bhrigupada Dasa explore what the Bhagavatam actually means by the present age: its four characteristic symptoms (the collapse of truthfulness, cle...

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