Matsya Purana 272: adhyāyaḥ 272

272.1

kalau bhāvinṛpānvayavarṇanam.

Sûta said:—When Bṛihadrathas and Vîtihotras and Avantis have passed away, Pulaka, after killing his master will instal his son (Pradyota or Bâlaka) as king—1

272.2

sūta uvāca.
bṛhadratheṣvatīteṣu vītihotreṣvavantiṣu.
pulakaḥ svāminaṃ hatvā svaputramabhiṣekṣyati .. 272.1

272.3

miṣatāṃ kṣatriyāṇāñca bālakaḥ pulakodbhavaḥ.
sa vai praṇatasāmanto bhaviṣyo na ca dharmataḥ .. 272.2

He will instal Bâlaka, born of Pulaka, in the very sight of the Kṣatriyas (by assassinating his master, Ripuñjaya) That son of Pulaka will subjugate the neighbouring kings by force and not by right, and will be devoid of royal policy—2

272.4

trayoviṃśat samārājā bhavitā sa narottamaḥ.
aṣṭāviṃśativarṣāṇi pālako bhavitā nṛpaḥ .. 272.3

That (Pulaka), the best of men, will reign for 23 years, (2) Palaka or Bâlaka will be king for 28 years (or 24 according to the Vâyu)—3

272.5

viśākhayūpo bhavitā tripañcāśattatā samāḥ.
ekaviṃśatsamā rājā sūryakastu bhaviṣyati .. 272.4

(3) King Viśâkhayûpa will reign for 53 years (50 according to Vâyu) (4) and Sûryaka will be king for 21 years (25) Nandivardhana, his son, will be king for 30 years (20 years another reading) These five kings, after enjoying the earth, for 52 years (evidently a mistake for 155 or 152) will perish—4-5

272.6

vārāṇasyāṃ sutaṃ sthāpya śrayiṣyati girivrajam.
śiśunākastu varṣāṇi catvāriṃśadbhaviṣyati .. 272.5

Then Śiśunâka destroying all their glory will place his son in Benares and himself go to Girivraja The King Śiśunâka will reign for 40 years—6

272.7

kākavarṇaḥ sutastasya ṣaḍviṃśat prāpsyate mahīm .
ṣaṭtriṃśaccaiva varṣāṇi kṣemadhomā bhaviṣyati .. 272.6

His son Kâkavarṇa will obtain the earth for 26 years, Kṣemadharma will be king for 36 years—7

272.8

caturviṃśatsamāḥ so'pi kṣemajitprāpsyate mahīm .
aṣṭāviṃśati varṣāṇi vindhyaseno bhaviṣyati .. 272.7

Kṣemajit will obtain the earth for 24 years, Vindhyasena will be king for 28 years—8

272.9

bhaviṣyati samārājā navakāṇvāyano nṛpaḥ.
bhūmimitraḥ sutastasya caturdaśa bhaviṣyati .. 272.8

Kâṇvâyana will be king for 9 years, his son, Bhûmimitra will be king for 14 years—9

272.10

ajātaśatrurbhavitā saptaviṃśat samānṛpaḥ.
caturviṃśatsamā rājā vaṃśakastu bhaviṣyati .. 272.9

Ajâtasatru will be king for 27 years, Vamsaka will be king for 24 years—10

272.11

udāsī bhavitā tasmāttrayastriṃśatsamānṛpaḥ.
catvāriṃśatsamābhāvyo rājā vai nandivarddhanaḥ .. 272.10

His son Udâsî will be king for 33 years, Nandivardhana will be king for 40 years—11

272.12

catvāriṃśattrayaścaiva mahānandī bhaviṣyati.
ityete bhavitāro vai daśa dvau śiśunākajāḥ .. 272.11

Mahânandi will be king for 43 years These will be the kings in the Śiśunâka dynasty—12

272.13

śatāni trīṇipūrṇāni ṣaṣṭivarṣādhikāni tu.
śiśunākā bhaviṣyanti rājānaḥ kṣatrabandhavaḥ .. 272.12

The Śiśunâkas will be kings for full 360 years, and the kings will be low born Kṣatriyas (Kṣatrabandhu)—13

272.14

etaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhaviṣyanti yāvatkalinṛpāḥ pare.
tulyakālaṃ bhaviṣyanti sarve hyete mahīkṣitaḥ .. 272.13

Contemporaneous with all these kings will flourish in Kaliyuga other kings also, and they will endure an equal time There will be 24 Ikṣvâku kings, 27 Pañchâlas, 24 kings of Kâśî and 28 Haihaya kings—14-15

272.15

caturviṃśattathaikṣvākāḥ pāñcālāḥ saptaviśatiḥ.
kāśeyāstu caturviṃśadaṣṭāviṃśattu haihayāḥ .. 272.14

272.16

kaliṅgāścaiva dvātriṃśadaśmakāḥ pañcaviṃśatiḥ.
kuruvaścāpi ṣaṭviṃśadaṣṭāviṃśastu maithilāḥ .. 272.15

Then there will be 32 Kaliṅga kings, 25 Aśmaka, 36 Kurava, 28 Maithile, 23 Surasenas, and 20 Vîtihotra kings All these kings will endure the same time and will be contemporaries

272.17

śūrasenāstrayoviṃśadvītihotrāśca viśatiḥ.
ete sarve bhaviṣyanti ekakālaṃ mahīkṣitaḥ .. 272.16

272.18

mahānandisutaścāpi śūdrāyāṃ kalikāṃśajaḥ.
utpatsyate mahāpadmaḥ sarvakṣatrāntako nṛpaḥ .. 272.17

Then, as an incarnation of Kali will be born Mahâpadma a son of Mahânandi from a Sûdra woman, and he will be the exterminator of the Kṣatriya kings — 16-18

272.19

tataḥ prabhṛti rājāno bhaviṣyāḥ śūdrayonayaḥ.
ekarāṭ sa mahāpadmo ekacchatro bhaviṣyati .. 272.18

Afterwards all the kings will be of the Sûdra origin [That Mahâpadma will be the sole monarch and a universal Emperor He will reign for 88 years on this earth He will exterminate all Kṣatriyas through his ambition His eight sons, beginning with Sukalpa, will be kings for 12 years They will be kings in succession to Mahâpadma one after another Kauṭilya will uproot all these sons, during the course of 12 years Then the empire will pass on to the Mauryas, after being enjoyed by [Kauṭilya ?] for a hundred years [or then Kauṭilya, after enjoying the earth for one hundred years, will go to heaven] — 19-22

272.20

aṣṭāśīti tu varṣāṇi pṛthivyāñca bhaviṣyati.
sarvakṣatramathotsādya bhāvinārthena coditaḥ .. 272.19

272.21

sukalpādi sutāhyaṣṭau samādvādaśate nṛpāḥ.
mahāpadmasya paryyāye bhaviṣyanti nṛpāḥ kramāt .. 272.20

272.22

uddhariṣyati kauṭilyaḥ samairdvādaśabhiḥ sutān.
bhuktvā mahīṃ varṣaśataṃ tato mauryyān gamiṣyati .. 272.21

272.23

bhavitā śatadhanvā ca tasya putrastu ṣaṭsamāḥ.
bṛhadrathastu varṣāṇi tasya putraśca saptatiḥ .. 272.22

His son Satadhanva, will be king for 6 years His son Brihadratha will reign for 70 years — 23

272.24

ṣaṭtriṃśattu samārājā bhavitā śaka eva ca.
saptānāṃ daśavarṣāṇi tasya naptā bhaviṣyati .. 272.23

For 36 years Aśoka will be the king His grandson will then be the king for 70 years — 24

272.25

rājā daśaratho'ṣṭau tu tasya putro bhaviṣyati.
bhavitā navavarṣāṇi tasya putraśca saptatiḥ .. 272.24

His son Dasaratha will be the king for 8 years His son Saptati will reign for 9 years (or his son will be for 79 years) — 25

272.26

ityete daśamauryyāstu ye bhokṣyanti vasundharām.
saptatriṃśacchataṃ pūrṇaṃ tebhyaḥ śuṅgan gamiṣyati .. 272.25

These are the ten Mauryas who will enjoy the earth for full 137 years, from whom she (the Earth) will pass to the Sungas

272.27

puṣyamitrastu senānīruddhṛtya sa bṛhadrathān.
kārayiṣyati vai rājyaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśati samānṛpaḥ .. 272.26

Puṣyamitra the commander-in-chief will uproot Bṛhadratha and will rule the kingdom as king 36 years—27

272.28

bhavitāpi vasujyeṣṭhaḥ saptavarṣāṇi vai nṛpaḥ.
vasumitrastathā bhāvyo daśavarṣāṇi vai tataḥ .. 272.27

After him Vasujyeṣṭha will be the king for seven years After him Vasumitra will be for ten years—28

272.29

tato'ntakaḥ samiddhetu tasya putro bhaviṣyati.
bhaviṣyati samastasmāttrīṇyevaṃ sa pulindakaḥ .. 272.28

Then his son Antaka will be (reign) for 2 years. Then Pulindaka will (reign) for 3 years—29

272.30

bhavitā vajramitrastu samārājā punarbhavaḥ.
dvātriṃśattu samābhāgaḥ samābhāgāttato nṛpaḥ .. 272.29

Then Vajramitra will be the king for 9 years, then Samābhāga will reign for 32 years, then after him his son Devabhūmi will reign for 10 years These ten petty kings will enjoy this earth for full 112 years, and then the earth will go to the Kaṇvas.—30-32

272.31

bhaviṣyati sutastasya devabhūmiḥ samādaśa.
daśaite kṣudrarājāno bhokṣyantīmāṃ vasundharām .. 272.30

272.32

śataṃ pūrṇaṃ śate dveca tataḥ śuṅgān gamiṣyati.
amātyo vasudevastu prasahya hyavanīṃ nṛpaḥ .. 272.31

The minister Vasudeva forcibly overthrowing the dissolute king Debhabûmi will become king among the Sungas He the Kanvâyana, will be the king for 9 years — 33

272.33

devabhūmimathotsādya śauṅgastu bhavitā nṛpaḥ.
bhaviṣyati samārājā navakāṇvāyano nṛpaḥ . 272.32

272.34

bhūmimitraḥ sutastasya caturdaśa bhaviṣyati.
nārāyaṇaḥ sutastasya bhavitā dvādaśaiva tu .. 272.33

His son Bhûmitra will reign 14 years His son Nârâyaṇa will be for 12 years — 34

272.35

suśarmā tatsutaścāpi bhaviṣyati daśaiva tu.
ityete śuṅgabhṛtyāstu smṛtā kāṇvāyanānṛpāḥ .. 272.34

Suśarma, his son, will be for 10 years only These are recorded as Sungabhrityas, or Kanvâyana kings — 35

272.36

catvāriṃśaddvijā hyete kāṇvā bokṣyanti vai mahīm.
catvāriṃśatpañca caiva bhokṣyantīmāṃ vasundharām .. 272.35

These 40 (four Kanvas are Brahmanas and they will enjoy the earth for 45 years — 36

272.37

ete praṇatasāmantā bhaviṣyā dhārmikāśca ye.
yeṣāṃ paryyāyakāle tu bhūmirāndhrān gamiṣyati .. 272.36

They will have the neighbouring kings respect them and will be virtuous. At the time of their period of reign coming to an end the earth will go to the Andhras — 37