अष्टा विंशतिवर्षाणि पृथिवीं पालयिष्यति। सर्वक्षत्रहृतोद्धृत्य भाविनोऽर्थस्य वै बलात् ।। ३७.
He will rule the earth for twenty-eight years, having forcefully uprooted all the Kṣatriyas for the sake of future wealth.
सहस्रास्तत्सुता ह्यष्टौ समा द्वादश ते नृपाः ३७.
His sons will be eight in number, and together they will reign for twelve years as kings.
उद्धरिष्यति तान् सर्वान् कौटिल्यो वै द्विरष्टभिः। भुक्त्वा महीं वर्षशतं नन्देन्दुः स भविष्यति ।। ३७.
Kauṭilya will overthrow all of them with sixteen men; after enjoying the earth for a hundred years, the Nanda line will come to an end.
चन्द्रगुप्तं नृपं राज्ये कौटिल्यः स्थापयिष्यति। चतुर्विंशत्समा राजा चन्द्रगुप्तो भविष्यति ।। ३७.
Kauṭilya will install Candragupta as king; Candragupta will rule as king for twenty-four years.
भविता भद्र सारस्तु पञ्चविंशत्समा नृपः। षड्विंशत्तु समा राजा ह्यशोको भविता नृषु ।। ३७.
Then Bhadrasāra will be king for twenty-five years; after him, Aśoka will rule among men for twenty-six years.
तस्य पुत्रः कुनालस्तु वर्षाण्यष्टौ भविष्यति। कुनाल सूनुरष्टौ च भोक्ता वै बन्धुपालितः ।। ३७.
His son Kunāla will reign for eight years; Kunāla’s son, Bandhupālita, will also rule for eight years.
बन्धुपालितदायादो दशमानीन्द्रपालितः। भविता सप्तवर्षाणि देववर्म्मा नराधिपः ।। ३७.
Bandhupālita’s heir, Indrapālita, will rule for ten years; Devavarman will be king for seven years.
राजा शतधरश्चाष्टौ तस्य पुत्रो भविष्यति। बृहदश्वश्च वर्षाणि सप्त वै भविता नृपः ।। ३७.
King Śatadhara will rule for eight years, and his son Bṛhadaśva will be king for seven years.
इत्येते नव भूपा ये भोक्ष्यन्ति च वसुन्धराम्। सप्तत्रिंशच्छतं पूर्णं तेभ्यस्तु गौर्भविष्यति ।। ३७.
Thus, these nine kings will enjoy the earth; after their complete reign of three hundred and thirty-seven years, the line will end.
पुष्पमित्रस्तु सेनानीरुद्धृत्य वै बृहद्रथम्। कारयिष्यति वै राज्यं समाः षष्टिं सदैव तु ।। ३७.
Puṣyamitra, the commander, after overthrowing Bṛhadratha, will establish his own rule for sixty years.
पुष्पमित्रसुताश्चाष्टौ भविष्यन्ति समा नृपाः। भविता चापि तज्ज्येष्ठः सप्तवर्षाणि वै ततः ।। ३७.
Puṣyamitra’s sons will be eight, and they will be kings in turn; the eldest among them will rule for seven years.
वसुमित्रः सुतो भाव्यो दशवर्षाणि पार्थिवः। ततो ध्रुकः समा द्वे तु भविष्यति सुतश्च वै ।। ३७.
His son Vasumitra will be king for ten years; then Dhruka, his son, will rule for two years.
भविष्यन्ति समास्तस्मात्तिस्र एव पुलिन्दकाः। राजा घोषसुतश्चापि वर्षाणि भविता त्रयः ।। ३७.
After him, three Pulindaka kings will reign for three years; Ghoṣa’s son will be king for three years.
ततो वै विक्रमित्रस्तु समा राजा ततः पुनः। द्वात्रिंशद्भविता चापि समा भागवतो नृपः ।। ३७.
Then Vikramitra will be king, and after him, Bhāgavata will reign for thirty-two years.
भविष्यति सुतस्तस्य क्षेमभूमिः समा दश। दशैते तुङ्गराजानो भोक्ष्यन्तीमां वसुन्धरम् ।। ३७.
His son Kṣemabhūmi will rule for ten years; these ten Tuṅga kings will enjoy the earth.
शतं पूर्णं दश द्वे च तेभ्यः किं वा गमिष्यति। अपार्थिवसुदेवन्तु बाल्याद्व्यसनिनं नृपम् ।। ३७.
A full one hundred and twelve years will pass; after them, a king named Aparthivasudeva, addicted to childish vices, will come.
देवभूमिस्ततोऽन्यश्च श्रृङ्गेषु भविता नृपः। भविष्यति समा राजा नव कण्ठायनस्तु सः ।। ३७.
After the land of the gods, another king will arise in the Śṛṅga region; he will rule for nine years, and his name will be Kaṇṭhāyana.
भूतिमित्रः सुतस्तस्य चतुर्व्विंशद्भविष्यति। भविता द्वादश समास्तस्मान्नारायणो नृपः ।। ३७.
His son will be Bhūtimitra, who will reign for twenty-four years; after him, Nārāyaṇa will be king for twelve years.
सुशर्म्मा तत्सुतश्चापि भविष्यति समा दश। चतुरस्तुङ्गकृत्यास्ते नृपाः कण्ठायना द्विजाः ।। ३७.
Suśarman, his son, will rule for ten years; four Kaṇṭhāyana kings, all brāhmaṇas, will accomplish great deeds.
भाव्याः प्रणतसामन्ताश्चत्वारिंशच्च पञ्च च। तेषां पर्य्यायकाले तु तरन्धा तु भविष्यति ।। ३७.
Forty-five vassals devoted to them will arise; at the end of their time, Tarandhā will become king.
कण्ठायनमथोद्धृत्य सुशर्म्माणं प्रसह्य तम्। श्रृङ्गाणां चापि यच्छिष्टं क्षययित्वा बलं तदा। सिन्धुको ह्यन्ध्रजातीयः प्राप्स्यतीमां वसुन्धराम् ।। ३७.
After overthrowing Kaṇṭhāyana and forcibly defeating Suśarman, and destroying the remaining power of the Śṛṅga kings, Sindhuka, of the Andhra lineage, will obtain this earth.
त्रयोविंशत्समा राजा सिन्धुको भविता त्वथ। अष्टौ भातश्च वर्षाणि तस्माद्दश भविष्यति ।। ३७.
Sindhuka will be king for twenty-three years; after him, Bhāta will rule for eight years, and then another will reign for ten years.
श्रीसातकर्णिर्भविता तस्य पुत्रस्तु वै महान्। पञ्चाशतं समाः षट् च सातकर्णिर्भविष्यति ।। ३७.
Śrī Sātakarṇi, his son, will be a great king; Sātakarṇi will rule for fifty-six years.
आपादबद्धो दश वै तस्य पुत्रो भविष्यति। चतुर्व्विंशत्तु वर्षाणि षट् समा वै भविष्यति ।। ३७.
Āpādabaddha, his son, will rule for ten years; he will reign for twenty-four years and six years more.
भविता नेमिकृष्णस्तु वर्षाणां पञ्चविंशतिम्। ततः संवत्सरं पूर्णं हालो राजा भविष्यति ।। ३७.
Nemi Kṛṣṇa will rule for twenty-five years; after that, Hāla will be king for a full year.
पञ्च सप्तक राजानो भविष्यन्ति महाबलाः। भाव्यः पुत्रिकषेणस्तु समाः सोऽप्येकविंशतिम् ।। ३७.
Five and seven powerful kings will arise; Putrikaṣeṇa will rule for twenty-one years.
सातकर्णिर्वर्षमेकं भविष्यति नराधिपः। अष्टाविंशत्तु वर्षाणि शिवस्वामी भविष्यति ।। ३७.
Sātakarṇi will be king for one year; Śivasvāmin will rule for twenty-eight years.
राजा च गौतमीपुत्र एकविंशत्समा नृषु। एकोनविंशतिं राजा यज्ञश्रीः सातकर्ण्यथ ।। ३७.
The king Gautamīputra will rule among men for twenty-one years; Yajñaśrī Sātakarṇi will rule for nineteen years.
षडेव भविता तस्माद्विजयस्तु समा नृपः। दण्डश्रीः सातकर्णी च तस्य पुत्रः समास्त्रयः ।। ३७.
Vijaya will rule for six years; Daṇḍaśrī Sātakarṇi, his son, will rule for three years.
पुलोवापि समाः सप्त अन्येषाञ्च भविष्यति । इत्येते वै नृपास्त्रिंशदन्ध्रा भोक्ष्यन्ति ये महीम् ।। ३७.
Puloma will rule for seven years, and so will others; thus, thirty Andhra kings will enjoy the earth.