Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.2.26
Visarga· Brahmā's creationUnderstanding the Royal Chronology
“From your birth up to the coronation of King Nanda, 1,150 years will pass.”
What the purport teaches
- The translation gives 1,150 years from the listener’s birth to King Nanda’s coronation.
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī previously described approximately fifteen hundred years of royal dynasties, but some kings’ reigns overlapped.
- The purport therefore directs us to accept the present chronological calculation as authoritative.
Try this today
Note the figure 1,150 years and add a reminder that some royal reigns overlapped.
Ask yourself
How does the explanation of overlapping reigns help you read the chronology carefully?
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.