Canto 9: LiberationChapter 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; nimiḥNimi; tasya — from him (Mahīnara); kṣemakaḥa 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; saḿsthāman end to them; prāpsyati — there will be; vai — indeed; kalauin this Kali-yuga; atha — thereafter; māgadha-rājānaḥ — the kings in the Māgadha dynasty; bhāvinaḥ — the future; ye — all those who; vadāmiI 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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