Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.1.18

śuńgaḿ hatvā devabhūtiḿ

kāṇvo 'mātyas tu kāminam

svayaḿ kariṣyate rājyaḿ

vasudevo mahā-matiḥ

SYNONYMS

śuńgam — the Śuńga king; hatvā — killing; devabhūtim — Devabhūti; kāṇvaḥ — the member of the Kāṇva family; amātyaḥ — his minister; tu — but; kāminam — lusty; svayam — himself; kariṣyate — will execute; rājyam — the rulership; vasudevaḥ — named Vasudeva; mahā-matiḥ — very intelligent.

TRANSLATION

Vasudeva, an intelligent minister coming from the Kāṇva family, will kill the last of the Śuńga kings, a lusty debauchee named Devabhūti, and assume rulership himself.

PURPORT

Apparently, because King Devabhūti was lusty after the wives of other men, his minister killed him, assuming leadership and thus beginning the Kāṇva dynasty.

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