SB 12.1.14

SB 12.1.14

Devanagari

मौर्या ह्येते दश नृपा: सप्तत्रिंशच्छतोत्तरम् । समा भोक्ष्यन्ति पृथिवीं कलौ कुरुकुलोद्वह ॥ १४ ॥

Verse text

mauryā hy ete daśa nṛpāḥ sapta-triṁśac-chatottaram samā bhokṣyanti pṛthivīṁ kalau kuru-kulodvaha

Synonyms

mauryāḥ the Mauryas ; hi indeed ; ete these ; daśa ten ; nṛpāḥ kings ; sapta triṁśat — thirty-seven ; śata one hundred ; uttaram more than ; samāḥ years ; bhokṣyanti they will rule ; pṛthivīm the earth ; kalau in Kali-yuga ; kuru kula — of the Kuru dynasty ; udvaha O most eminent hero .

Translation

O best of the Kurus, these ten Maurya kings will rule the earth for 137 years of the Kali-yuga.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O best of the Kurus! The ten Maurya kings will rule the earth for 137 years of the Kali-yuga. They will rule 137 years.

Purport

Although nine kings are mentioned by name, Daśaratha appeared after Sujyeṣṭha, before the rule of Saṅgata, and thus there are ten Maurya kings.