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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
<< Canto 12, The Age of Deterioration >> << 1 - The Degraded Dynasties of Kali-yuga >>
<< VERSE 18 >>
śuṅgaṁ hatvā devabhūtiṁ kāṇvo ’mātyas tu kāminam svayaṁ kariṣyate rājyaṁ vasudevo mahā-matiḥ
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
| Vasudeva, an intelligent minister coming from the Kāṇva family, will kill the last of the Śuṅga kings, a lusty debauchee named Devabhūti, and assume rulership himself.
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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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