nandivardhana Äjeyo
mahÄnandiḥ sutas tataḥ
Å›iÅ›unÄgÄ daÅ›aivaite
saṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam
samÄ bhoká¹£yanti pá¹›thivÄ«á¹
kuru-Å›reṣṭha kalau ná¹›pÄḥ
mahÄnandi-suto rÄjan
śūdrÄ-garbhodbhavo balÄ«
mahÄpadma-patiḥ kaÅ›cin
nandaḥ ká¹£atra-vinÄÅ›a-ká¹›t
tato ná¹›pÄ bhaviá¹£yanti
śūdra-prÄyÄs tv adhÄrmikÄḥ

 nandivardhanaḥ - Nandivardhana; Äjeyaḥ - the son of Ajaya; mahÄ-nandiḥ - MahÄnandi; sutaḥ - the son; tataḥ - then (following Nandivardhana); Å›iÅ›unÄgÄḥ - the ÅšiÅ›unÄgas; daÅ›a - ten; eva - indeed; ete - these; saṣṭi - sixty; uttara - increased by; Å›ata-trayam - three hundred; samÄḥ - years; bhoká¹£yanti - they will rule; pá¹›thivÄ«m - the earth; kuruÅ›reṣṭha - O best of the Kurus; kalau - in this age of Kali; ná¹›pÄḥ - the kings; mahÄnandi-sutaḥ - the son of MahÄnandi; rÄjan - O King ParÄ«ká¹£it; Å›Å«drÄ-garbha - in the womb of a śūdra woman; udbhavaḥ - taking birth; balÄ« - powerful; mahÄ-padma - of an army, or wealth, measured in the millions; patiḥ - the master; kaÅ›cit - a certain; nandaḥ - Nanda; ká¹£atra - of the royal class; vinÄÅ›a-ká¹›t - the destroyer; tataḥ - then; ná¹›pÄḥ - the kings; bhaviá¹£yanti - will become; Å›Å«dra-prÄyÄḥ - no better than śūdras; tu - and; adhÄrmikÄḥ - irreligious.


Text

Ajaya will father a second Nandivardhana, whose son will be MahÄnandi. O best of the Kurus, these ten kings of the ÅšiÅ›unÄga dynasty will rule the earth for a total of 360 years during the Age of Kali. My dear ParÄ«ká¹£it, King MahÄnandi will father a very powerful son in the womb of a śūdra woman. He will be known as Nanda and will be the master of millions of soldiers and fabulous wealth. He will wreak havoc among the ká¹£atriyas, and from that time onward virtually all kings will be irreligious śūdras.

Purport

Here is a description of how authentic political authority degenerated and disintegrated throughout the world. There is a Supreme Godhead, and there are saintly, powerful men who have taken the role of government leaders and represented that Godhead on earth. With the advent of the Age of Kali, however, this transcendental system of government collapsed, and unauthorized, uncivilized men gradually took the reins of power.