Description of the Kings of Kali-Yuga in Bhagwad Puran
The exact translation of
some verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that describe the kings of Kali-Yuga is
presented here. It should make an interesting reading for all.
Prelude
The Twelfth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begins
with Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī predicting the kings of the earth who will appear
in the future during the Age of Kali. Then he gives a description of the
numerous faults of the age
The First Chapter of this
canto briefly describes the future kings of the dynasty of Magadha and how they
become degraded because of the influence of the Age of Kali. The
power in the countries of Magadha and so forth will fall to kings who are no
better than śūdras and mlecchas and are
totally absorbed in irreligion.
The Verses
SB 12.1.7-8— King Mahānandi will
father a very powerful son in the womb of a śūdra woman. He will be known as
Nanda and will be the master of millions of soldiers and fabulous wealth. He
will wreak havoc among the kṣatriyas, and from that time
onward virtually all kings will be irreligious śūdras.
SB 12.1.9— That lord of Mahāpadma,
King Nanda, will rule over the entire earth just like a second Paraśurāma, and
no one will challenge his authority.
SB 12.1.10— He will have eight
sons, headed by Sumālya, who will control the earth as powerful kings for one
hundred years.
SB 12.1.11— A certain brāhmaṇa [Cāṇakya] will betray the trust
of King Nanda and his eight sons and will destroy their dynasty. In their
absence the Mauryas will rule the world as the Age of Kali continues.
SB 12.1.14— O best of the Kurus,
these ten Maurya kings will rule the earth for 137 years of the Kali-yuga.
………….
SB 12.1.34— There will then appear
a king of the Māgadhas named Viśvasphūrji, who will be like another Purañjaya.
He will turn all the civilized classes into low-class, uncivilized men in the
same category as the Pulindas, Yadus and Madrakas.
SB 12.1.35— Foolish King
Viśvasphūrji will maintain all the citizens in ungodliness and will use his
power to completely disrupt the kṣatriya order. From his
capital of Padmavatī he will
rule that part of the earth extending from the source of the Gaṅgā to Prayāga.
SB 12.1.36— At that time the brāhmaṇas of such provinces as Śaurāṣṭra, Avantī, Ābhīra, Śūra, Arbuda and
Mālava will forget all their regulative principles, and the members of the
royal order in these places will become no better than śūdras.
SB 12.1.37— The land along the
Sindhu River, as well as the districts of Candrabhāgā, Kauntī and Kāśmīra, will
be ruled by śūdras, fallen brāhmaṇas and meat-eaters. Having
given up the path of Vedic civilization, they will have lost all spiritual
strength.
SB 12.1.38— There will be many such
uncivilized kings ruling at the same time, O King Parīkṣit, and they will all be uncharitable, possessed of fierce tempers,
and great devotees of irreligion and falsity.
SB 12.1.39-40— These barbarians in
the guise of kings will devour the citizenry, murdering innocent women,
children, cows and brāhmaṇas and coveting the wives
and property of other men. They will be erratic in their moods, have little
strength of character and be very short-lived. Indeed, not purified by any
Vedic rituals and lacking in the practice of regulative principles, they will
be completely covered by the modes of passion and ignorance.
SB 12.1.41— The citizens governed by these low-class kings will imitate the character, behavior and speech of their rulers. Harassed by their leaders and by each other, they will all have b
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