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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.1.27

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

The Kaṅka Kings Are Known for Greed

“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.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.1.27, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Seven kings of the Ābhīra race will come from the city of Avabhṛti.
  • Ten Gardabhī kings will follow them.
  • Sixteen Kaṅka kings will then rule. They will be known for their excessive greed.

Try this today

Notice one unnecessary thing you want today and choose not to pursue it.

Ask yourself

Where might a desire for more be becoming excessive in my own life?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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