Sep 05, 2015 — CANADA (SUN) — An excerpted presentation of Sri Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840.
VISHŃU PURÁŃA - BOOK IV
CHAPTER XXIII - Part One
Future kings of Magadhá. Five princes of the line of Pradyota. Ten Śaiśunágas. Nine Nandas. Ten Mauryas. Ten Śungas. Four Kańwas. Thirty Ándhrabhrityas. Kings of various tribes and castes, and periods of their rule. Ascendancy of barbarians. Different races in different regions. Period of universal iniquity and decay. Coming of Vishńu as Kalki. Destruction of the wicked, and restoration of the practices of the Vedas. End of the Kali, and return of the Krita, age. Duration of the Kali. Verses chanted by Earth, and communicated by Asita to Janaka. End of the fourth book.
THE last of the Vríhadratha dynasty, Ripunjaya, will have a minister named Sunika, who having killed his sovereign, will place his son Pradyota upon the throne : his son will be Pálaka; his son will be Viśákhayúpa; his son will be Janaka; and his son will be Nandivarddhana. These five kings of the house of Pradyota will reign over the earth for a hundred and thirty-eight years.
The next prince will be Śiśunaga; his son will be Kákavarńa; his son will be Kshemadharman; his son will be Kshatraujas; his son will be Vidmisára; his son will be Ájátaśatru; his son will be Dharbaka; his son will be Udayáśwa; his son will also be Nandivarddhana; and his son will be Mahánandi. These ten Śaiśunágas will be kings of the earth for three hundred and sixty-two years.
The son of Mahánanda will be born of a woman of the Śúdra or servile class; his name will be Nanda, called Mahápadma, for he will be exceedingly avaricious. Like another Paraśuráma, he will be the annihilator of the Kshatriya race; for after him the kings of the earth will be Śúdras. He will bring the whole earth under one umbrella: he will have eight sons, Sumálya and others, who will reign after Mahápadma; and he and his sons will govern for a hundred years. The Brahman Kaut́ilya will root out the nine Nandas
Upon the cessation of the race of Nanda, the Mauryas will possess the earth, for Kant́ilya will place Chandragupta on the throne: his son will be Vindusára; his son will be Aśokavarddhana; his son will be Suyaśas; his son will be Daśaratha; his son will be Sangata; his son will be Śáliśúka; his son will be Somaśarmman; his son will be Saśadharman; and his successor will be Vrihadratha. These are the ten Mauryas, who will reign over the earth for a hundred and thirty-seven years.
The dynasty of the Śungas will next become possessed of the sovereignty; for Pushpamitra, the general of the last Maurya prince, will put his master to death, and ascend the throne : his son will be Agnimitra; his son will be Sujyesht́ha; his son will be Vasumitra; his son will be Árdraka; his son will be Pulindaka; his son will be Ghoshavasu; his son will be Vajramitra; his son will be Bhágavata; his son will be Devabhúti. These are the ten Śungas, who will govern the kingdom for a hundred and twelve years.
Devabhúti, the last Śunga prince, being addicted to, immoral indulgences, his minister, the Kańwa named Vasudeva will murder him, and usurp the kingdom: his son will be Bhúmimitra; his son will be Náráyańa; his son will be Suśarman. These four Káńwas will be kings of the earth for forty-five years.
Suśarman the Káńwa will be killed by a powerful servant named Śipraka, of the Ándhra tribe, who will become king, and found the Ándhrabhritya dynasty : he will be succeeded by his brother Krishńa; his son will be Śrí Śátakarńi; his son will be Púrnotsanga; his son will be Śátakarńi (nd); his son will be Lambodara; his son will be Ivílaka; his son will be Meghaswáti; his son will be Patumat; his son will be Arisht́akarman; his son will be Hála; his son will be Tálaka; his son will be Pravilasena; his son will be Sundara, named Śátakarńi; his son will be Chakora Śátakarńi; his son will be Śivaswáti; his son will be Gomatiputra; his son will be Pulimat; his son will be Śivaśrí Śátakarńi; his son will be Śivaskandha; his son will be Yajnaśrí; his son will be Vijaya; his son will be Chandraśrí; his son will be Pulomárchish. These thirty Andhrabhritya kings will reign four hundred and fifty-six years.
After these, various races will reign, as seven Ábhíras, ten Garddhabas, sixteen Śakas, eight Yavanas, fourteen Tusháras, thirteen Muńd́as, eleven Maunas, altogether seventy-nine princes, who will be sovereigns of the earth for one thousand three hundred and ninety years; and then eleven Pauras will be kings for three hundred years. When they are destroyed, the Kailakila Yavanas will be kings; the chief of whom will be Vindhyaśakti; his son will be Puranjaya; his son will be Rámachandra; his son will be Adharma, from whom will be Varánga, Kritanandana, Śudhinandi, Nandiyaśas, Śiśuka, and Pravíra; these will rule for a hundred and six years. From them will proceed thirteen sons; then three Báhlíkas, and Pushpamitra, and Pat́umitra, and others, to the number of thirteen, will rule over Mekala. There will be nine kings in the seven Koalas, and there will be as many Naishadha princes.
In Magadhá a sovereign named Viśwasphat́ika will establish other tribes; he will extirpate the Kshatriya or martial race, and elevate fishermen, barbarians, and Brahmans, and other castes, to power. The nine Nágas will reign in Padmávati, Kántipuri, and Mathurá; and the Guptas of Magadhá along the Ganges to Prayága. A prince named Devarakshita will reign, in a city on the sea shore, over the Kośalas, Od́ras, Puńd́ras, and Támraliptas. The Guhas will possess Kálinga, Máhihaka, and the mountains of Mahendra. The race of Mańidhanu will occupy the countries of the Nishádas, Naimishikas, and Kálatoyas.
