Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 33
Kali-yuga Dynasties and the Degradation of Kingship
तेषां त्रयोदश सुता भवितारश्च बाह्लिका: । पुष्पमित्रोऽथ राजन्यो दुर्मित्रोऽस्य तथैव च ॥ ३२ ॥ एककाला इमे भूपा: सप्तान्ध्रा: सप्त कौशला: । विदूरपतयो भाव्या निषधास्तत एव हि ॥ ३३ ॥
teṣāṁ trayodaśa sutā bhavitāraś ca bāhlikāḥ puṣpamitro ’tha rājanyo durmitro ’sya tathaiva ca
কিলাকিলাসকলৰ পাছত তেওঁলোকৰ তেৰজন পুত্ৰ বাহ্লিকসকল, আৰু তেওঁলোকৰ পাছত ৰজা পুষ্পমিত্ৰ, তেওঁৰ পুত্ৰ দুৰ্মিত্ৰ, সাতজন অন্ধ্ৰ, সাতজন কৌশল আৰু বিদূৰ তথা নিষধ প্ৰদেশৰ ৰজাসকলে পৃথকে পৃথকে শাসন কৰিব।
FAQs
In Canto 12, Chapter 1, Śukadeva lists future rulers and lines of kings as a prophecy of Kali-yuga’s political succession and decline.
He is answering Parīkṣit’s inquiry about the course of Kali-yuga by outlining the coming dynasties and their rulers as part of the Purāṇic forecast.
Worldly power and regimes change rapidly; the Bhāgavatam encourages taking shelter of bhakti rather than relying on political stability for security.