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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 12 · Chapter 2: The Symptoms of Kali-yuga

12.2.24 12.2.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 12.2.25

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 12.2.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

येऽतीता वर्तमाना ये भविष्यन्ति च पार्थिवा: ।

ते त उद्देशत: प्रोक्ता वंशीया: सोमसूर्ययो: ॥ २५ ॥

ye ’tītā vartamānā ye

bhaviṣyanti ca pārthivāḥ

te ta uddeśataḥ proktā

vaṁśīyāḥ soma-sūryayoḥ

Translation

Thus I have described all the kings — past, present and future — who belong to the dynasties of the sun and the moon.

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Royal Dynasties Across Time

1
The account describes kings belonging to the dynasties of the sun and the moon.
2
It includes kings of the past and the present.
3
It also describes kings who will appear in the future.

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

Chapter 2: The Symptoms of Kali-yuga

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The chapter ends with a brief description of the future dynasties of the sun and moon coming from Vaivasvata Manu in the next Satya-yuga. Even now two saintly kṣatriyas are living who at the end of this Kali-yuga will reinitiate the pious dynasties of the sun-god, Vivasvān, and the moon-god, Candra.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 12.2

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

yethose who
atītāḥpast
vartamānāḥpresent
yewho
bhaviṣyantiwill be in the future
caand
pārthivāḥkings of the earth
te teall of them

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 12.2
In this verse: “kings”

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this summary broaden your view beyond the present moment?

Practice

Write a one-sentence summary naming the two dynasties and the three periods covered.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRoyal Dynasties Across TimeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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