SB 12.1.27 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.1.27

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

saptābhīrā āvabhṛtyā

[saptaabheeraa aavabhrityaa]

daśa gardabhino nṛpāḥ

[dasha gardabhino nripaah]

kaṅkāḥ ṣoḍaśa bhū-pālā

[kankaah shodasha bhoo-paalaa]

bhaviṣyanty ati-lolupāḥ

[bhavishyanty ati-lolupaah]

Word-for-word

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.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

saptābhīrā āvabhṛtyā

sapta

seven

ābhīrāḥ

Ābhīras

āvabhṛtyāḥ

of the city of Avabhṛti

daśa gardabhino nṛpāḥ

daśa

ten

gardabhinaḥ

Gardabhīs

nṛpāḥ

kings

kaṅkāḥ ṣoḍaśa bhū-pālā

kaṅkāḥ

Kaṅkas

ṣoḍaśa

sixteen

bhū-pālāḥ

rulers of the earth

bhaviṣyanty ati-lolupāḥ

bhaviṣyanti

will be

ati-lolupāḥ

very greedy.

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.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

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.

Personal Guidance

Greedy kings will rule openly in Kali-yuga — greed becomes the public, accepted norm. The reader's protection is to recognize the spell of consumerism for what it is and to practice contentment as a deliberate counter-discipline.

Reflection Questions

Where has greed quietly become normal in my own life?
What does practicing contentment actually look like for me today?

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