Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 22: The Descendants of Ajamīḍha |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.22.44-45
daṇḍapāṇir nimis tasya
kṣemako bhavitā yataḥ
brahma-kṣatrasya vai yonir
vaḿśo devarṣi-satkṛtaḥ
kṣemakaḿ prāpya rājānaḿ
saḿsthāḿ prāpsyati vai kalau
atha māgadha-rājāno
bhāvino ye vadāmi te
SYNONYMS
daṇḍapāṇiḥ — Daṇḍapāṇi; nimiḥ — Nimi; tasya — from him (Mahīnara); kṣemakaḥ — a son named Kṣemaka; bhavitā — will take birth; yataḥ — from whom (Nimi); brahma-kṣatrasya — of brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas; vai — indeed; yoniḥ — the source; vaḿśaḥ — the dynasty; deva-ṛṣi-satkṛtaḥ — respected by great saintly persons and demigods; kṣemakam — King Kṣemaka; prāpya — up to this point; rājānam — the monarch; saḿsthām — an end to them; prāpsyati — there will be; vai — indeed; kalau — in this Kali-yuga; atha — thereafter; māgadha-rājānaḥ — the kings in the Māgadha dynasty; bhāvinaḥ — the future; ye — all those who; vadāmi — I shall explain; te — unto you.
TRANSLATION
The son of Mahīnara will be Daṇḍapāṇi, and his son will be Nimi, from whom King Kṣemaka will be born. I have now described to you the moon-god's dynasty, which is the source of brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas and is worshiped by demigods and great saints. In this Kali-yuga, Kṣemaka will be the last monarch. Now I shall describe to you the future of the Māgadha dynasty. Please listen.
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