Faith in Krishna Factor in this age of Kali

2020-07-11
Srimad Bhagavatam 12.01.15-17 - Faith in Krishna Factor in this age of Kali (download mp3)
by Narasimha Tirtha Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 12.01.15-17
agnimitras tatas tasmāt
sujyeṣṭho bhavitā tataḥ
vasumitro bhadrakaś ca
pulindo bhavitā sutaḥ
tato ghoṣaḥ sutas tasmād
vajramitro bhaviṣyati
tato bhāgavatas tasmād
devabhūtiḥ kurūdvaha
śuṅgā daśaite bhokṣyanti
bhūmiṁ varṣa-śatādhikam
tataḥ kāṇvān iyaṁ bhūmir
yāsyaty alpa-guṇān nṛpa

Translation:
My dear King Parīkṣit, Agnimitra will follow as king, and then Sujyeṣṭha. Sujyeṣṭha will be followed by Vasumitra, Bhadraka, and the son of Bhadraka, Pulinda. Then the son of Pulinda, named Ghoṣa, will rule, followed by Vajramitra, Bhāgavata and Devabhūti. In this way, O most eminent of the Kuru heroes, ten Śuṅga kings will rule over the earth for more than one hundred years. Then the earth will come under the subjugation of the kings of the Kāṇva dynasty, who will manifest very few good qualities.

Purport:
According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the Śuṅga dynasty began when General Puṣpamitra killed his king, Bṛhadratha, and assumed power. After Puṣpamitra came Agnimitra and the rest of the Śuṅga dynasty, which lasted for 112 years.

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