Srimad Bhagavatam — Chaturtha Skandha, Shloka 2
King Vena’s Tyranny, the Sages’ Counsel, and the Birth of Niṣāda
वीरमातरमाहूय सुनीथां ब्रह्मवादिन: । प्रकृत्यसम्मतं वेनमभ्यषिञ्चन् पतिं भुव: ॥ २ ॥
vīra-mātaram āhūya sunīthāṁ brahma-vādinaḥ prakṛty-asammataṁ venam abhyaṣiñcan patiṁ bhuvaḥ
The great sages then called for the Queen Mother, Sunīthā, and with her permission they installed Vena on the throne as master of the world. All the ministers, however, disagreed with this.
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The sages, following accepted social custom and political necessity, summoned his mother Sunīthā and performed Vena’s coronation as the ruler of the earth.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates this event while describing the rise of King Vena in Canto 4, Chapter 14.
Leadership may be established by social convention, but true legitimacy ultimately depends on dharmic conduct—otherwise the same society must later correct or restrain unrighteous rule.