When the Supreme Lord appears on earth as Kalki, the preservation of religion, the golden age, the age of virtue, will begin, and human society will produce virtuous descendants.

When the current era is nearly over, at the juncture of two ages—that is, when the Kali or Iron Age, the current era, ends and a new era, the Age of Virtue, begins—when almost all the rulers of the earth have become plunderers, then the Supreme Person will appear in the village of Sambhala, in the house of the great sage and scholar, Vishnu Yasa, and will take the name Kalki.

Kalki means: eternity, eternal time. The name Kalki is derived from the word Kala, which means: time.

Thus, Kalki can mean: the end of time, or eternity, or the one who will bring time to an end. There is also the Sanskrit word Kalka, which means: filth or impurity.

Kalki literally means: eternity, eternal time, the Master of Time, the all-powerful one, the remover of sins and flaws, the destroyer of defects, the destroyer of impurity, the purifier.

Kalki is the expression of the one who will destroy defilement, filth, and impurity. Therefore, the one who bears this name is the Lord who will put an end to evil, but who is also the destroyer of ignorance and darkness.

Acting with the power of pure spiritual virtue, He will save the eternal religion. Lord Vishnu, the Supreme Person, the Spiritual Master of all living beings, both moving and immobile, the Supreme Soul of all beings, appears to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His faithful devotees from the effects of material activity.

Indeed, Kalki is a full emanation of Vishnu, Himself a full emanation of the Absolute Being, Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, in His personal, primordial, original, and absolute form. Kalki is therefore God Himself.

Lord Kalki, the Lord of the universe, will ride His white horse, His swift horse Devadatta, and, with a flaming sword in hand, will travel throughout the earth, displaying His eight mystical opulences and the eight special qualities of His Divinity. Displaying his unparalleled splendor and riding at great speed, he will slay by the millions these thieves who dared to dress as kings and heads of state.

By his irresistible power, he will destroy all barbarians, thieves, demonic unbelievers, atheists, and all those whose minds are devoted to iniquity and wickedness.

John, in the Book of Revelation, specifies: And behold, a white horse. He who sits on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war… On his head are many diadems… The armies of heaven follow him on white horses… Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations.

When the Lord descends into this world, it is to accomplish three missions.