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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
<< Canto 12, The Age of Deterioration >> << 1 - The Degraded Dynasties of Kali-yuga >>
<< VERSE 15-17 >>
agnimitras tatas tasmāt sujyeṣṭho bhavitā tataḥ vasumitro bhadrakaś ca pulindo bhavitā sutaḥ tato ghoṣaḥ sutas tasmād vajramitro bhaviṣyati tato bhāgavatas tasmād devabhūtiḥ kurūdvaha śuṅgā daśaite bhokṣyanti bhūmiṁ varṣa-śatādhikam tataḥ kāṇvān iyaṁ bhūmir yāsyaty alpa-guṇān nṛpa
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
| My dear King Parīkṣit, Agnimitra will follow as king, and then Sujyeṣṭha. Sujyeṣṭha will be followed by Vasumitra, Bhadraka, and the son of Bhadraka, Pulinda. Then the son of Pulinda, named Ghoṣa, will rule, followed by Vajramitra, Bhāgavata and Devabhūti. In this way, O most eminent of the Kuru heroes, ten Śuṅga kings will rule over the earth for more than one hundred years. Then the earth will come under the subjugation of the kings of the Kāṇva dynasty, who will manifest very few good qualities.
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PURPORT
| According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the Śuṅga dynasty began when General Puṣpamitra killed his king, Bṛhadratha, and assumed power. After Puṣpamitra came Agnimitra and the rest of the Śuṅga dynasty, which lasted for 112 years.
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