Bhagavatapurana 12.1

English (machine translation) 12.1

Language: English

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Śrī Śuka said: / The last king of Bṛhadratha's line will be named Purañjaya. / His minister, Śunaka, having killed his master, will make his own son,

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known as Pradyota, the king. His son will be Pālaka; / his son will be Viśākhayūpa, and from him will come Rājaka.

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His son will be Nandivardhana. These five Pradyotas / will rule the earth as kings for one hundred and thirty-eight years.

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Then Śiśunāga will come to be, and Kākavarṇa will be his son; / his son will be Kṣemadharman, and born of Kṣemadharman will be Kṣetrajña.

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Vidhisāra will be his son, and Ajātaśatru will be [his]; / Darbhaka will be his son, and Ajaya is remembered as the son of Darbhaka.

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Nandivardhana will be born of Ajaya, and then his son will be Mahānandi. / These ten are indeed the Śiśunāgas, who for three hundred and sixty

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years will rule the earth in the Kali age, O best of the Kurus. / O King, the son of Mahānandi, born from the womb of a Śūdra woman, will be mighty:

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a certain Nanda, lord of vast armies, destroyer of the kṣatriyas. / Thereafter kings will be mostly Śūdras and devoid of dharma.

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Under a single umbrella, with his commands unvanquished, / that Mahāpadma will rule the earth like a second Paraśurāma.

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He will have eight sons, headed by Sumālya, / who will rule this earth as kings for a hundred years.

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A certain brahmin will uproot the nine Nandas who had fallen into his power; / in their absence, the Mauryas will indeed rule the earth in the Kali age.

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That very brahmin will consecrate Candragupta on the throne; / his son will be Vārisāra, and then Aśokavardhana.

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His son will be Suyaśas, and Saṅgata will be Suyaśas's son. / Then his son will be Śāliśūka; Somaśarman will come next; / Śatadhanvan will follow, and after him will come Bṛhadratha.

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These ten kings, the Mauryas, will rule the earth / for one hundred and thirty-seven years in the Kali age, O scion of the Kuru clan.

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From him will come Agnimitra, and from him Sujyeṣṭha will follow; / Vasumitra, Bhadraka, and Pulinda will be the son;

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then his son Ghoṣa, and from him Vajramitra will arise; / then Bhāgavata, and from him Devabhūti, O leader of the Kurus.

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These ten Śuṅgas will rule the earth for more than a hundred years; / thereafter, O King, this earth will pass to the Kāṇvas of meager virtue.

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Killing the lustful Śuṅga king Devabhūti, his minister, / the Kāṇva Vasudeva, of great intelligence, will rule the kingdom himself.

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His son will be Bhūmitra, and his son Nārāyaṇa. / These descendants of Kaṇva will rule the earth / for three hundred and forty-five years in the Kali age.

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Having slain the Kāṇva king Suśarman, his servant, a mighty Śūdra / of the Andhra lineage, a most degraded man, will rule the earth for some time.

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Then his brother named Kṛṣṇa will become lord of the earth; / Śrī Śāntakarṇa will be his son, and Paurṇamāsa his son;

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Lambodara will be his son, and from him King Cibilaka; / Meghasvāti from Cibilaka, and Aṭamāna his [son];

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Aniṣṭakarman, Hāleya, and Talaka will be his son; / Purīṣabhīru will be his son, and then King Sunandana;

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Cakora, where there were many, and Śivasvāti, subduer of enemies; / his son will be Gomatī, and then Purīmān will come to be;

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Medaśiras, Śivaskanda, and Yajñaśrī his son after him; / Vijaya will be his son, Candravijña, along with Lomadhi.

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These thirty kings will rule the earth / for four hundred and fifty-six years, O delight of the Kurus.

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There will be seven Ābhīras, kings of Avabhṛti, and ten Gardabhins; / sixteen Kaṅka kings will arise, exceedingly greedy.

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Then eight Yavanas will be, fourteen Turuṣkas, / and further ten Guruṇḍas, and eleven Maulas.

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These will rule the earth for a thousand years / and ninety-nine more; the eleven Maulas will rule the earth

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for three hundred years, my dear. When they are gone, then / kings in Kilakilā: Bhūtananda, then Vaṅgiri,

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Śiśunandi, his brother Yaśonandi, and Pravīraka; / these will indeed rule for one hundred and six years.

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They will have thirteen sons, the Bāhlikas; / then the royal Puṣpamitra, and likewise his [son] Durmitra.

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These kings will rule at the same time: seven Andhras, seven Kauśalas, / kings of Vidūra, and from that very area the Niṣadhas.

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Over the Māgadhas will arise Viśvasphūrji, also known as Purañjaya; / he will turn the other social classes into Pulindas, Yadus, and Madrakas.

That evil-minded one will establish subjects mostly lacking brahminical culture; / being powerful, having destroyed the kṣatriya order, he will rule from the city of Padmāvatī / the protected earth along the Gaṅgā up to Prayāga.

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In Saurāṣṭra, Avanti, Ābhīra, Śūra, Arbuda, and Mālava, / the twice-born will become outcasts, and the rulers will be mostly Śūdras.

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The bank of the Sindhu, the Candrabhāgā, the Kauntī, the realm of Kaśmīra / will be ruled by Śūdras, outcasts, and mlecchas devoid of brahminical luster.

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These contemporaneous rulers, O King, will be mostly mlecchas; / devoted to unrighteousness and untruth, giving petty gifts, fiercely wrathful,

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slayers of women, children, cows, and brahmins, coveting the wives and wealth of others, / mostly rising and falling quickly, of little vitality and short lifespan,

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unpurified by rites, devoid of sacred ceremonies, shrouded in passion and darkness— / these mlecchas in the guise of kings will devour the subjects.

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Having them as masters, those populations, imitating their character and conduct, / tormented by one another and by their kings, will go to ruin.

Translations (1)

The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English

Commentaries (1)

Bhāgavatacandrikā — Vīrarāghava, Sanskrit

Linked texts (1)

Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit