Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori

THE AGES 39
rain-charged cloud, who with sword in hand rides, as
does the rider of the Apocalypse, a white horse swift as
the wind, the Cherisher of the people, Destroyer of the
race of the Kali-yuga, the source of true religion. And
Jayadeva, in his Ode to the Incarnations, addresses
Him thus: For the destruction of all the impure thou
drawest thy scimitar like a blazing comet. O how
tremendous! Oh, Keśava, assuming the body of Kalki;
Be victorious, O Hari, Lord of the Universe!” With the
satya-yuga a new maha-yuga will commence and the
ages will continue to revolve with their rising and
descending races until the close of the kalpa or day of
Brahma. Then a night of dissolution (pralaya) of equal
duration follows, the Lord reposing in yoganidrā (yoga
sleep in pralaya) on the Serpent Śeṣa, the Endless One,
till day-break, when the universe is created and the
next kalpa follows.