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.


Texto

Ajaya will father a second Nandivardhana, whose son will be Mahanandi. O best of the Kurus, these ten kings of the Sisunaga dynasty will rule the earth for a total of 360 years during the age of Kali. My dear Parikshit, King Mahanandi will father a very powerful son in the womb of a sudra 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 kshatriyas, and from that time onward virtually all kings will be irreligious sudras.

Significado

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.