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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.2.26
ārabhya bhavato janma
yāvan nandābhiṣecanam
etad varṣa-sahasraḿ tu
śataḿ pañcadaśottaram
SYNONYMS
ārabhya — beginning from; bhavataḥ — of your good self (Parīkṣit); janma — the birth; yāvat — up until; nanda — of King Nanda, the son of Mahānandi; abhiṣecanam — the coronation; etat — this; varṣa — years; sahasram — one thousand; tu — and; śatam — one hundred; pañca-daśa-uttaram — plus fifty.
TRANSLATION
From your birth up to the coronation of King Nanda, 1,150 years will pass.
PURPORT
Although Śukadeva Gosvāmī previously described approximately fifteen hundred years of royal dynasties, it is understood that some overlapping occurred between kings. Therefore the present chronological calculation should be taken as authoritative.
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