CHAPTER SIXTEEN
How Pariksit Received the Age of Kali
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siita uvaca
tatah pariksid dvija-varya-siksaya
mahim maha-bhagavatah sasasa ha
yatha hi sutyam abhijata-kovidah
samadisan vipra mahad-gunas tatha
sitah uvaca—Siita Gosvami said; tatah—thereafter; pariksit— Maharaja
Pariksit; dvija-varya—the great twice-born brahmanas; siksaya—by their
instructions; mahim—the earth; mahd-bhagavatah—the great devotee;
Sasdsa—ruled; ha—in the past; yatha—as they told it; hi—certainly; sutyam
—at the time of his birth; abhijata-k ovidah—expert astrologers at the time
of birth; samadisan—gave their opinions; vipra—O brahmanas; mahat-gunah
—great qualities; tatha—true to that.
TRANSLATION
Sita Gosvami said: O learned brahmanas, Maharaja Pariksit then began
to rule over the world as a great devotee of the Lord under the instructions
of the best of the twice-born brahmanas. He ruled by those great qualities
which were foretold by expert astrologers at the time of his birth.
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