Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 37
Kali-yuga Dynasties and the Degradation of Kingship
सिन्धोस्तटं चन्द्रभागां कौन्तीं काश्मीरमण्डलम् । भोक्ष्यन्ति शूद्रा व्रात्याद्या म्लेच्छाश्चाब्रह्मवर्चस: ॥ ३७ ॥
sindhos taṭaṁ candrabhāgāṁ kauntīṁ kāśmīra-maṇḍalam bhokṣyanti śūdrā vrātyādyā mlecchāś cābrahma-varcasaḥ
ដែនដីតាមបណ្តោយទន្លេសិន្ធុ ព្រមទាំងស្រុកចន្ទ្រភាគា កោន្តី និងកាស្មៀរ នឹងត្រូវគ្រប់គ្រងដោយពួកសូទ្រ ព្រាហ្មណ៍ដែលធ្លាក់ចុះ និងពួកម្លេច្ឆៈ។ ដោយបានបោះបង់ចោលផ្លូវនៃអរិយធម៌វេទ ពួកគេនឹងបាត់បង់កម្លាំងខាងវិញ្ញាណទាំងអស់។
FAQs
This verse states that in Kali-yuga, various regions will be governed by śūdra-like, vrātya and mleccha rulers—leaders lacking brahminical qualities such as purity, self-control, and spiritual culture.
Śukadeva speaks to Parīkṣit to reveal the coming decline of dharma and social order in Kali-yuga, strengthening the king’s urgency to seek the highest shelter—exclusive devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa—before death.
Rather than depending on worldly leadership for dharmic guidance, one should cultivate brahminical virtues—truthfulness, cleanliness, self-control—and take steady shelter of bhakti through hearing and chanting the Lord’s names.