nandivardhana ājeyo
mahānandiḥ sutas tataḥ
śiśunāgā daśaivaite
saṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam
samā bhokṣyanti pṛthivīḿ
kuru-śreṣṭha kalau nṛpāḥ
mahānandi-suto rājan
śūdrā-garbhodbhavo balī
mahāpadma-patiḥ kaścin
nandaḥ kṣatra-vināśa-kṛt
tato nṛpā bhaviṣyanti
śūdra-prāyās tv adhārmikāḥ
nandivardhanah -- Nandivardhana; ajeyah -- the son of Ajaya; maha-nandih -- Mahanandi; sutah -- the son; tatah -- then (following Nandivardhana); sisunagah -- the Sisunagas; dasa -- ten; eva -- indeed; ete -- these; sashti -- sixty; uttara -- increased by; sata-trayam -- three hundred; samah -- years; bhokshyanti -- they will rule; prithivim -- the earth; kurusreshtha -- O best of the Kurus; kalau -- in this age of Kali; nripah -- the kings; mahanandi-sutah -- the son of Mahanandi; rajan -- O King Parikshit; sudra-garbha -- in the womb of a sudra woman; udbhavah -- taking birth; bali -- powerful; maha-padma -- of an army, or wealth, measured in the millions; patih -- the master; kascit -- a certain; nandah -- Nanda; kshatra -- of the royal class; vinasa-krit -- the destroyer; tatah -- then; nripah -- the kings; bhavishyanti -- will become; sudra-prayah -- no better than sudras; tu -- and; adharmikah -- irreligious.
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.