🪷 ŚB 12.1.27
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
सप्ताभीरा आवभृत्या दश गर्दभिनो नृपा: ।
कङ्का: षोडश भूपाला भविष्यन्त्यतिलोलुपा: ॥ २७ ॥
Transliteration
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.
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ŚB 12.1.27requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 12.1parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 12parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā reading pathway inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation
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