mauryÄ hy ete daÅ›a ná¹›pÄḥ
sapta-trimśac-chatottaram
samÄ bhoká¹£yanti pá¹›thivÄ«á¹
kalau kuru-kulodvaha
mauryÄḥ - the Mauryas; hi - indeed; ete - these; daÅ›a - ten; ná¹›pÄḥ - kings; sapta-trimÅ›at - thirty-seven; Å›ata - one hundred; uttaram - more than; samÄḥ - years; bhoká¹£yanti - they will rule; pá¹›thivÄ«m - the earth; kalau - in Kali-yuga; kuru-kula - of the Kuru dynasty; udvaha - O most eminent hero.
O best of the Kurus, these ten Maurya kings will rule the earth for 137 years of the Kali-yuga.
Although nine kings are mentioned by name, DaÅ›aratha appeared after Sujyeá¹£á¹ha, before the rule of Saá¹…gata, and thus there are ten Maurya kings.
