Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 1: The Degraded Dynasties of Kali-yuga

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.1.35

prajāś cābrahma-bhūyiṣṭhāḥ

sthāpayiṣyati durmatiḥ

vīryavān kṣatram utsādya

padmavatyāḿ sa vai puri

anu-gańgam ā-prayāgaḿ

guptāḿ bhokṣyati medinīm

SYNONYMS

prajāḥ — the citizens; ca — and; abrahma — unbrahminical; bhūyiṣṭhāḥ — predominantly; sthāpayiṣyatihe will make; durmatiḥ — the unintelligent (Viśvasphūrji); vīrya-van — powerful; kṣatram — the kṣatriya class; utsādya — destroying; padmavatyāmin Padmavatī; saḥhe; vai — indeed; puriin the city; anu-gańgam — from Gańgādvārā (Hardwar); ā-prayāgamto Prayāga; guptām — protected; bhokṣyatihe will rule; medinīm — the earth.

TRANSLATION

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 Gańgā to Prayāga.

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