अध्याय ५३
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराण पूर्वभागे बृहदुपाख्याने द्वितीयपादे निरुक्तलक्षणनिरूपणं नाम त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः सनन्दन उवाच ज्योतिषाङ्गं प्रवक्ष्यामि यदुक्तं ब्रह्मणा पुरा ।यस्य विज्ञान मात्रेण धर्मसिद्धिर्भवेन्नृणाम्
iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇa pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne dvitīyapāde niruktalakṣaṇanirūpaṇaṃ nāma tripañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ sanandana uvāca jyotiṣāṅgaṃ pravakṣyāmi yaduktaṃ brahmaṇā purā / yasya vijñāna mātreṇa dharmasiddhirbhavennṛṇām
हिन्दी अर्थ
केन्द्रसे पूर्वापप रेखा खींचकर फिर पलभाग्र बिन्दुगत पूर्वापरके समानान्तर रेखा बनावे। इस प्रकार इष्ट-छायाग्रगत तथा पलभा रेखाके बीच (अन्तर)-को “अग्रा' कहते हैं॥१२९--१३१॥
English
This terrible description of the Kali Age in VV-28-89 is common to many Pur&nas e.g. V.5yu (ch.58), Mt. P. ch. 144, BH.P. X11.2, VP.VI.l, K 29, All these depict a society in which the rules of caste and Asramas were neglected and non-Brahmanical and anii-Brahmanical ideas and beliefs prevailed. R.C. Hazra in PRHRC {Pnrdrtic Records on Hindu Rites and Cus¬ toms) p -214 shows that the disintegration of the.social fabric and Brahman¬ ism described in the Puranas was due to the political supremacy of Sudras as kings, officers and other elites, vigorous ofTensiv'e launched against Brahmanism by Buddhist and Jains, in the invasions and settlements of "immoral, castcicss, nomads, viz. akas, Pahlavas and Abhiras."