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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.1.36

saurāṣṭrāvanty-ābhīrāś ca

śūrā arbuda-mālavāḥ

vrātyā dvijā bhaviṣyanti

śūdra-prāyā janādhipāḥ

SYNONYMS

śaurāṣṭra — residing in Śaurāṣṭra; avantīin Avantī; ābhīrāḥ — and in Ābhīra; ca — and; śūrāḥ — residing in the Śūra province; arbuda-mālavāḥ — residing in Arbuda and Mālava; vrātyāḥ — deviated from all purificatory rituals; dvijāḥ — the brāhmaṇas; bhaviṣyanti — will become; śūdra-prāyāḥno better than śūdras; jana-adhipāḥ — the kings.

TRANSLATION

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.

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