|Canto 10: The Summum Bonum||Chapter 20: The Rainy Season and
Autumn in Vṛndāvana| Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
10.20.8 tamasā bhānti na grahāḥ yathā pāpena pāṣaṇḍā na hi vedāḥ
kalau yuge niśā-mukheṣu — during the moments of evening
twilight; khadyotāḥ — the glowworms; tamasā — because of the
darkness; bhānti — shine; na — not; grahāḥ — the planets; yathā
— as; pāpena — because of sinful activities; pāṣaṇḍāḥ —
atheistic doctrines; na — and not; hi — certainly; vedāḥ — the
Vedas; kalau yuge — in the age of Kali. In the evening twilight
during the rainy season, the darkness allowed the glowworms but
not the stars to shine forth, just as in the age of Kali the
predominance of sinful activities allows atheistic doctrines to
overshadow the true knowledge of the Vedas. Śrīla Prabhupāda
comments as follows: "During the rainy season, in the evening
there are many glowworms visible about the tops of trees, hither
and thither, and they glitter just like lights. But the
luminaries of the sky, the stars and