शुङ्गं हत्वा देवभूतिं काण्वोऽमात्यस्तु कामिनम् । स्वयं करिष्यते राज्यं वसुदेवो महामति: ॥ १८ ॥
śuṅgaṁ hatvā devabhūtiṁ kāṇvo ’mātyas tu kāminam svayaṁ kariṣyate rājyaṁ vasudevo mahā-matiḥ
- 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
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.