sungam hatva devabhutim

 kanvo ’matyas tu kaminam

svayam karisyate rajyam

 vasudevo maha-matih

 

Translation: 

 

Vasudeva, an intelligent minister coming from the Kanva family, will kill the last of the Sunga kings, a lusty debauchee named Devabhuti, and assume rulership himself.

 

Purport: 

 

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