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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.1.18

శుఙ్గం హత్వా దేవభూతిం కాణ్వోఽమాత్యస్తు కామినమ్ । స్వయం కరిష్యతే రాజ్యం వసుదేవో మహామతి: ॥ ౧౮ ॥
śuṅgaṁ hatvā devabhūtiṁ
[shungam hatvaa devabhootim]
kāṇvo ’mātyas tu kāminam
[kaanvo ’maatyas tu kaaminam]
svayaṁ kariṣyate rājyaṁ
[svayam karishyate raajyam]
vasudevo mahā-matiḥ
[vasudevo mahaa-matih]
śuṅgam — the Śuṅga king hatvā — killing devabhūtim — Devabhūti kāṇvaḥ — the member of the Kāṇva family amātyaḥ — his minister tu — but kāminam — lusty svayam — himself kariṣyate — will execute rājyam — the rulership vasudevaḥ — named Vasudeva mahā-matiḥ — very intelligent.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śuṅgaṁ hatvā devabhūtiṁ
śuṅgam
the Śuṅga king
hatvā
killing
devabhūtim
Devabhūti
kāṇvo ’mātyas tu kāminam
kāṇvaḥ
the member of the Kāṇva family
amātyaḥ
his minister
tu
but
svayaṁ kariṣyate rājyaṁ
kāminam
lusty
svayam
himself
kariṣyate
will execute
rājyam
the rulership
vasudevo mahā-matiḥ
vasudevaḥ
named Vasudeva
mahā-matiḥ
very intelligent.
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.

Apparently, because King Devabhūti was lusty after the wives of other men, his minister killed him, assuming leadership and thus beginning the Kāṇva dynasty.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Vasudeva, an intelligent minister coming from the Kāṇva family, will kill the lusty Śuṅga king Devabhūti, and assume the throne. How will the Kānva dynasty appear? The minister of the Kānva family killed Devabhūti, who desired other men’s women.
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