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  "name":"SB 9.12.16",
  "h1":"SB 9.12.16",
  "label":"Text 16",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.12.16",
  "description":"The last king in the dynasty of Ikṣvāku will be Sumitra; after Sumitra there will be no more sons in the dynasty of the sun-god, and thus the dynasty will end."

} —

SB 9.12.16

Text

ikṣvākūṇām ayaṁ vaṁśaḥ
sumitrānto bhaviṣyati
yatas taṁ prāpya rājānaṁ
saṁsthāṁ prāpsyati vai kalau

Synonyms

ikṣvākūṇām—of the dynasty of King Ikṣvāku; ayam—this (what has been described); vaṁśaḥ—descendants; sumitra-antaḥ—Sumitra being the last king of this dynasty; bhaviṣyati—will appear in the future, while the Kali-yuga still continues; yataḥ—because; tam—him, Mahārāja Sumitra; prāpya—getting; rājānam—as a king in that dynasty; saṁsthām—culmination; prāpsyati—gets; vai—indeed; kalau—at the end of Kali-yuga.

Translation

The last king in the dynasty of Ikṣvāku will be Sumitra; after Sumitra there will be no more sons in the dynasty of the sun-god, and thus the dynasty will end.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Twelfth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Dynasty of Kuśa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra.”