SB 12.1.15-17
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXTS 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
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; śuṅgāḥ—the Śuṅgas; 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 and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
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.
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.