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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 12.1.19

Who is speaking and story frame

तस्य पुत्रस्तु भूमित्रस्तस्य नारायण: सुत: ।

काण्वायना इमे भूमिं चत्वारिंशच्च पञ्च च ।

शतानि त्रीणि भोक्ष्यन्ति वर्षाणां च कलौ युगे ॥ १९ ॥

tasya putras tu bhūmitras

tasya nārāyaṇaḥ sutaḥ

kāṇvāyanā ime bhūmiṁ

catvāriṁśac ca pañca ca

śatāni trīṇi bhokṣyanti

varṣāṇāṁ ca kalau yuge

Translation

The son of Vasudeva will be Bhūmitra, and his son will be Nārāyaṇa. These kings of the Kāṇva dynasty will rule the earth for 345 more years of the Kali-yuga.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Kāṇva Kings Continue Their Rule

  1. 1

    Vasudeva’s son will be Bhūmitra.

  2. 2

    Bhūmitra’s son will be Nārāyaṇa, continuing the Kāṇva succession.

  3. 3

    These Kāṇva kings will rule the earth for 345 more years of Kali-yuga.

How it feels

Civilizational dread → Dispassion. Social and cosmic impermanence expose the limits of worldly plans.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 12: The deterioration of Kali and universal dissolution. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 1: The Degraded Dynasties of Kali-yuga

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The First Chapter of this canto briefly describes the future kings of the dynasty of Magadha and how they become degraded because of the influence of the Age of Kali. There were twenty kings who ruled in the family of Pūru, in the dynasty of the sun-god, counting from Uparicara Vasu to Purañjaya.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 12.1
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tasyaof him (Vasudeva)
  2. putraḥthe son
  3. tuand
  4. bhūmitraḥBhūmitra
  5. tasyahis
  6. nārāyaṇaḥNārāyaṇa
  7. sutaḥthe son
  8. kāṇva-ayanāḥkings of the Kāṇva dynasty
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 12.1

    In this verse: “kings”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What helps me follow the family relationships in this succession?

Practice

Write the sequence Vasudeva, Bhūmitra, Nārāyaṇa, marking each father-to-son relationship.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Kāṇva Kings Continue Their RuleThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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