[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Marathas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.maratha) › [Bakhars](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.maratha.bakhar) › [Śrī Śiv Chatrapati Caritr](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.maratha.bakhar.sabhasad-bakhar) › [Siva Chhatrapati (S. N. Sen)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.maratha.bakhar.sabhasad-bakhar~en-sen) › 49 # Shri Shiv Chatrapati Caritr 49: The future of Sivaji's Kingdom. Siva Chhatrapati (S. N. Sen) 49 - **Language:** English ### [49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.maratha.bakhar.sabhasad-bakhar~en-sen.49) Ch. \[140\] \[While in Karnatak, encamped at Trivapi on the Kaveri, the goddess took possession of the Raja and made the following prophecy.\] 1. The kingdom of Des will be conquered by the Muhammadans, Raygad will be lost. Sambhaji Raja will be captured and tortured (by the Mughals). \[141\] 2. Then another king named Siva will reign. He will conquer the country as far as Delhi and establish undisputed sway (over the whole area). 3. Raja-ram will reign at Jinji. From Jinji he will recover the kingdom of Des. 4. The Bhonsle family will reign for twenty-seven generations. Their era will continue for one thousand years. 5. In a previous birth, Sivaji had carried twenty-seven loads of pitchers filled with the Ganges water on his own shoulders and poured the water at Ramesvar, and in his twenty-seven previous births offered his head to Sri Bhavani. 6. Owing to the merit of these deeds, the Bhonsle power will last for twenty-seven generations. The twenty-seventh descendant will be born blind and he will lose the kingdom. - [Previous: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.maratha.bakhar.sabhasad-bakhar~en-sen.48) - [Next: 50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.maratha.bakhar.sabhasad-bakhar~en-sen.50) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.maratha.bakhar.sabhasad-bakhar~en-sen.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.maratha.bakhar.sabhasad-bakhar~en-sen.49) · Pramāṇa