SB 12.2.33 • मूल श्लोक

यस्मिन् कृष्णो दिवं यातस्तस्मिन्नेव तदाहनि । प्रतिपन्नं कलियुगमिति प्राहु: पुराविद: ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

yasmin kṛṣṇo divaṁ yātas tasminn eva tadāhani pratipannaṁ kali-yugam iti prāhuḥ purā-vidaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

yasmin — on which; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; divam — to the spiritual world; yātaḥ — gone; tasmin — on that; eva — same; tadā — then; ahani — day; pratipannam — obtained; kali-yugam — the Age of Kali; iti — thus; prāhuḥ — they say; purā — of the past; vidaḥ — the experts.

Translation

“Those who scientifically understand the past declare that on the very day that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa departed for the spiritual world, the influence of the Age of Kali began.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
Although technically Kali-yuga was to begin during the time of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s presence on earth, this fallen age had to wait meekly for the departure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.