SB 12.1.27 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

सप्ताभीरा आवभृत्या दश गर्दभिनो नृपा: । कङ्का: षोडश भूपाला भविष्यन्त्यतिलोलुपा: ॥ २७ ॥

Verse text

saptābhīrā āvabhṛtyā daśa gardabhino nṛpāḥ kaṅkāḥ ṣoḍaśa bhū-pālā bhaviṣyanty ati-lolupāḥ

Synonyms

sapta — seven ; ābhīrāḥ — Ābhīras ; āvabhṛtyāḥ — of the city of Avabhṛti ; daśa — ten ; gardabhinaḥ — Gardabhīs ; nṛpāḥ — kings ; kaṅkāḥ — Kaṅkas ; ṣoḍaśa — sixteen ; bhū — pālāḥ — rulers of the earth ; bhaviṣyanti — will be ; ati — lolupāḥ — very greedy .

Translation

Then will follow seven kings of the Ābhīra race from the city of Avabhṛti, and then ten Gardabhīs. After them, sixteen kings of the Kaṅkas will rule and will be known for their excessive greed.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Then will follow seven kings of the Ābhīra race from the city of Avabhṛti, and then ten Gardabhīs. After them, sixteen greedy kings of the Kaṅkas will rule. Āvabhrtyā means from the city of Avabhṛti.