Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 32
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
Den Kilakilās werden ihre dreizehn Söhne, die Bāhlikas, folgen, und nach ihnen werden König Puṣpamitra, sein Sohn Durmitra, sieben Andhras, sieben Kauśalas sowie Könige der Provinzen Vidūra und Niṣadha getrennt in verschiedenen Teilen der Welt herrschen.
FAQs
In Canto 12, Chapter 1, Śukadeva lists future royal lines and rulers who will appear in Kali-yuga, indicating political change and declining standards of righteous governance.
He is describing the future course of Kali-yuga—how dynasties will rise and fall—so Parīkṣit can understand the age’s degeneration and focus on the supreme remedy: hearing and chanting about Bhagavān.
They encourage detachment from political hope as a source of ultimate security and inspire one to take shelter of bhakti—steady spiritual practice amid social instability.