Ärabhya bhavato janma
yÄvan nandÄbhiá¹£ecanam
etad vará¹£a-sahasraá¹ tu
śataṠpañcadaśottaram
Ärabhya - beginning from; bhavataḥ - of your good self (ParÄ«ká¹£it); janma - the birth; yÄvat - up until; nanda - of King Nanda, the son of MahÄnandi; abhiá¹£ecanam - the coronation; etat - this; vará¹£a - years; sahasram - one thousand; tu - and; Å›atam - one hundred; pañca-daÅ›a-uttaram - plus fifty.
Although Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« previously described approximately fifteen hundred years of royal dynasties, it is understood that some overlapping occurred between kings. Therefore the present chronological calculation should be taken as authoritative.