Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.2.26
आरभ्य भवतो जन्म यावन्नन्दाभिषेचनम् ।
एतद् वर्षसहस्रं तु शतं पञ्चदशोत्तरम् ॥ २६ ॥
ārabhya bhavato janma
[aarabhya bhavato janma]
yāvan nandābhiṣecanam
[yaavan nandaabhishechanam]
etad varṣa-sahasraṁ tu
[etad varsha-sahasram tu]
śataṁ pañcadaśottaram
[shatam panchadashottaram]
Word-for-word
ārabhya
—
beginning from
bhavataḥ
—
of your good self (Parīkṣit)
janma
—
the birth
yāvat
—
up until
nanda
—
of King Nanda, the son of Mahānandi
abhiṣecanam
—
the coronation
etat
—
this
varṣa
—
years
sahasram
—
one thousand
tu
—
and
śatam
—
one hundred
pañca-daśa-uttaram
—
plus fifty.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ārabhya bhavato janma
ārabhya
beginning from
bhavataḥ
of your good self (Parīkṣit)
janma
the birth
yāvan nandābhiṣecanam
yāvat
up until
nanda
of King Nanda, the son of Mahānandi
abhiṣecanam
the coronation
etad varṣa-sahasraṁ tu
etat
this
varṣa
years
sahasram
one thousand
tu
and
śataṁ pañcadaśottaram
śatam
one hundred
pañca-daśa-uttaram
plus fifty.
From your birth up to the coronation of King Nanda, 1,150 years will pass.
Purport
Although Śukadeva Gosvāmī previously described approximately fifteen hundred years of royal dynasties, it is understood that some overlapping occurred between kings. Therefore the present chronological calculation should be taken as authoritative.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
From your birth up to the coronation of King Nanda, 1,150 years will pass.
The years should be enumerated from Parīkṣit onwards. From kings like Mārjārī (grandson of Jarāsandha) a contemporary of Parīkṣit up to Nanda [Note: SB 12.1.9] will be a little less than one thousand five hundred years, a sequence not including period when the kingdom was splintered.
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Personal Guidance
Even sacred chronology is given precisely: 1,150 years from Parīkṣit to Nanda. Bhāgavatam is grounded history, not vague mythology. We can read it with confidence that its spiritual map is as exact as its temporal one.
Reflection Questions
- Where do I dismiss scripture's claims because they don't match modern timelines?
- How might I read more trustfully today?
My note
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