Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 1 Verses 15-17

Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 1: The Degraded Dynasties of Kali-yuga

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.1.15-17

agnimitras tatas tasmāt

sujyeṣṭho bhavitā tataḥ

vasumitro bhadrakaś ca

pulindo bhavitā sutaḥ

tato ghoṣaḥ sutas tasmād

vajramitro bhaviṣyati

tato bhāgavatas tasmād

devabhūtiḥ kurūdvaha

śuńgā daśaite bhokṣyanti

bhūmiḿ varṣa-śatādhikam

tataḥ kāṇvān iyaḿ bhūmir

yāsyaty alpa-guṇān nṛpa

SYNONYMS

agnimitraḥ — Agnimitra; tataḥ — from Puṣpamitra, the general who will murder Bṛhadratha; tasmāt — from him (Agnimitra); sujyeṣṭhaḥ — Sujyeṣṭha; bhavitā — will be; tataḥ — from him; vasumitraḥ — Vasumitra; bhadrakaḥ — Bhadraka; ca — and; pulindaḥ — Pulinda; bhavitā — will be; sutaḥ — the son; tataḥ — from him (Pulinda); ghoṣaḥ — Ghoṣa; sutaḥ — the son; tasmāt — from him; vajramitraḥ — Vajramitra; bhaviṣyati — will be; tataḥ — from him; bhāgavataḥ — Bhāgavata; tasmāt — from him; devabhūti — Devabhūti; kuru-udvaha — O most eminent of the Kurus; śuńgāḥ — the Śuńgas; daśa — ten; ete — these; bhokṣyanti — will enjoy; bhūmim — the earth; varṣa — years; śata — one hundred; adhikam — more than; tataḥ — then; kāṇvān — the Kāṇva dynasty; iyam — this; bhūmiḥ — the earth; yāsyati — will come under the domain; alpa-guṇān — of few good qualities; nṛpa — O King Parīkṣit.

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 Śuńga 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.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the Śuńga dynasty began when General Puṣpamitra killed his king, Bṛhadratha, and assumed power. After Puṣpamitra came Agnimitra and the rest of the Śuńga dynasty, which lasted for 112 years.

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