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Text 14

mauryā hy ete daśa nṛpāḥ
sapta-triṁśac-chatottaram
samā bhokṣyanti pṛthivīṁ
kalau kuru-kulodvaha

mauryāḥ — the Mauryas; hi — indeed; ete — these; daśa — ten; nṛpāḥ — kings; sapta-triṁśat — thirty-seven; śata — one hundred; uttaram — more than; samāḥ — years; bhokṣyanti — they will rule; pṛthivīm — the earth; kalau — in Kali-yuga; kuru-kula — of the Kuru dynasty; udvaha — O most eminent hero.

O best of the Kurus, these ten Maurya kings will rule the earth for 137 years of the Kali-yuga.

Although nine kings are mentioned by name, Daśaratha appeared after Sujyeṣṭha, before the rule of Saṅgata, and thus there are ten Maurya kings.

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