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
Ang mga Kilakilā ay susundan ng kanilang labintatlong anak na lalaki, ang mga Bāhlika, at pagkatapos nila ay si Haring Puṣpamitra, ang kanyang anak na si Durmitra, pitong Andhra, pitong Kauśala at gayundin ang mga hari ng mga lalawigan ng Vidūra at Niṣadha ay mamumuno nang hiwalay.
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.