SB 12.1.15-17 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.1.15-17

अग्निमित्रस्ततस्तस्मात् सुज्येष्ठो भविता तत: । वसुमित्रो भद्रकश्च पुलिन्दो भविता सुत: ॥ १५ ॥ ततो घोष: सुतस्तस्माद् वज्रमित्रो भविष्यति । ततो भागवतस्तस्माद् देवभूति: कुरूद्वह ॥ १६ ॥ शुङ्गा दशैते भोक्ष्यन्ति भूमिं वर्षशताधिकम् । तत: काण्वानियं भूमिर्यास्यत्यल्पगुणान्नृप ॥ १७ ॥

agnimitras tatas tasmāt

[agnimitras tatas tasmaat]

sujyeṣṭho bhavitā tataḥ

[sujyeshtho bhavitaa tatah]

vasumitro bhadrakaś ca

[vasumitro bhadrakash cha]

pulindo bhavitā sutaḥ

[pulindo bhavitaa sutah]

tato ghoṣaḥ sutas tasmād

[tato ghoshah sutas tasmaad]

vajramitro bhaviṣyati

[vajramitro bhavishyati]

tato bhāgavatas tasmād

[tato bhaagavatas tasmaad]

devabhūtiḥ kurūdvaha

[devabhootih kuroodvaha]

śuṅgā daśaite bhokṣyanti

[shungaa dashaite bhokshyanti]

bhūmiṁ varṣa-śatādhikam

[bhoomim varsha-shataadhikam]

tataḥ kāṇvān iyaṁ bhūmir

[tatah kaanvaan iyam bhoomir]

yāsyaty alpa-guṇān nṛpa

[yaasyaty alpa-gunaan nripa]

Word-for-word

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 devabhūtiḥ — 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.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

agnimitras tatas tasmāt

agnimitraḥ

Agnimitra

tataḥ

from Puṣpamitra, the general who will murder Bṛhadratha

tasmāt

from him (Agnimitra)

sujyeṣṭho bhavitā tataḥ

sujyeṣṭhaḥ

Sujyeṣṭha

bhavitā

will be

tataḥ

from him

vasumitro bhadrakaś ca

vasumitraḥ

Vasumitra

bhadrakaḥ

Bhadraka

and

pulindo bhavitā sutaḥ

pulindaḥ

Pulinda

bhavitā

will be

sutaḥ

the son

tato ghoṣaḥ sutas tasmād

tataḥ

from him (Pulinda)

ghoṣaḥ

Ghoṣa

sutaḥ

the son

tasmāt

from him

vajramitro bhaviṣyati

vajramitraḥ

Vajramitra

bhaviṣyati

will be

tato bhāgavatas tasmād

tataḥ

from him

bhāgavataḥ

Bhāgavata

tasmāt

from him

devabhūtiḥ kurūdvaha

devabhūtiḥ

Devabhūti

kuru-udvaha

O most eminent of the Kurus

śuṅgā daśaite bhokṣyanti

śuṅgāḥ

the Śuṅgas

daśa

ten

ete

these

bhokṣyanti

will enjoy

bhūmiṁ varṣa-śatādhikam

bhūmim

the earth

varṣa

years

śata

one hundred

adhikam

more than

tataḥ kāṇvān iyaṁ bhūmir

tataḥ

then

kāṇvān

the Kāṇva dynasty

iyam

this

bhūmiḥ

the earth

yāsyaty alpa-guṇān nṛpa

yāsyati

will come under the domain

alpa-guṇān

of few good qualities

nṛpa

O King Parīkṣit.

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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

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 best 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 control of the kings of the Kāṇva dynasty, who will have few good qualities. The commander of Bṛhadratha’s army will kill Bhṛhadratha and make himself king. His name will be Puṣpamitra, the first king of the Śuṅga dynasty. He will be followed by nine others starting with Agnimitra. The ten kings will last for a hundred and twelve years.

Personal Guidance

Dynasties rise by murdering the previous king and fall by being murdered in turn. The pattern teaches that worldly succession by violence is the rhythm of Kali — and that we need an inner kingdom no usurper can take.

Reflection Questions

Where do I see this same pattern of replacement and rivalry in my own world?
What inner 'kingdom' am I building that no one else can touch?

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