Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 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; sthāpayiṣyati — he will make; durmatiḥ — the unintelligent (Viśvasphūrji); vīrya-van — powerful; kṣatram — the kṣatriya class; utsādya — destroying; padmavatyām — in Padmavatī; saḥ — he; vai — indeed; puri — in the city; anu-gańgam — from Gańgādvārā (Hardwar); ā-prayāgam — to Prayāga; guptām — protected; bhokṣyati — he 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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