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transcendental body of Lord Viṣṇu are the brāhmaṇas, the cows, Vedic knowledge, austerity, truthfulness, sense and mind control, faithfulness, charity, tolerance and performance of sacrifices. Lord Viṣṇu is situated in everyone’s heart and is the leader of all demigods, including Lord Śiva and Therefore we think that to persecute the great sages and brāhmaṇas is to kill Lord Viṣṇu.”

After Vasudeva adjusted things as they had been before he carried Kṛṣṇa to Gokula, and all the doors

While Kaṁsa was speaking to his brother-in-law and sister, tears flowed from his eyes, and he fell down Believing the words of Durgādevī, whom he had tried to kill, Kaṁsa immediately released his brother-in-law and He personally unlocked the iron shackles and very sympathetically showed his friendship for his family

He forcibly grabbed the newborn child to rebuke his sister and attempted to dash her on a stone mercilessly But the child immediately slipped out of his hands, went up into the sky and appeared with eight arms She was decorated with nice garments and flower garlands and ornaments; in her eight hands she held a bow, lance, arrows, sword, conch shell, disc, club and shield.

ministers, Kaṁsa, who was from the very beginning the greatest rascal, decided to persecute the brāhmaṇas and He ordered the demons to harass all kinds of saintly persons, and then he entered his house. of Kaṁsa were all influenced by the mode of passion as well as illusioned by the mode of ignorance, and The demons accelerated the process and invited their deaths as soon as possible. principles, and thus his promotion to higher planets is checked.

But the next day Kaṁsa called all his counselors together and narrated to them all the incidents that And although they were not very much experienced or learned, they began to give instructions to Kaṁsa you by loosening their turbans and the tufts of hair on their heads. And Lord Brahmā is always engaged in different types of austerities and meditation. And what to speak of Indra – he is a straw in comparison to your strength.

Vasudeva took the opportunity of Kaṁsa’s benevolence and informed him that his atheistic activities were When Vasudeva talked with Kaṁsa in such an illuminating way, Kaṁsa became very pleased, and his guilt With the permission of his sister Devakī and brother-in-law Vasudeva, he returned to his home with a

Out of pity, he immediately released Vasudeva and Devakī from the bondage of their shackles and very – your children – and thereby I have given up all consideration of our intimate relationship. My dear Vasudeva and Devakī, you are both very great souls. We are bound to be separated from our friends and relatives in due course of time. For example, there are many pots made of earthly clay, and they are prepared and also broken.

“My dear sister Devakī, you are so gentle and kind. People misunderstand that with the end of the body the self dies, or they think that one can kill another firmly convinced of the eternality of the soul, one is subjected to the tribulation of being killer and My dear sister Devakī and brother-in-law Vasudeva, kindly excuse the atrocities I have committed against I am very poor-hearted, and you are so great-hearted, so take compassion upon me and excuse me.”

When Devakī saw her brother so repentant, she also became pacified and forgot all his atrocious activities Vasudeva told Kaṁsa, “My dear fortunate brother-in-law, what you are saying about the material body and This conception of life is due to ignorance, and on the basis of this ignorance we create enmity or friendship Lamentation, jubilation, fearfulness, envy, greed, illusion and madness are different features of our

demigods from different planets like Siddhaloka, Cāraṇa-loka, Gandharva-loka, Apsarā-loka, Kinnara-loka and Uraga-loka presented her with various articles and began to offer their respective prayers.

The demons continued to say, “If there is some disease in the body which is neglected, it worsens and Similarly, when one is not careful about restraining the senses and lets them loose, it is then very The Vedic injunctions, the brāhmaṇas, the cows, austerities, sacrifices, performances of charity and

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the fourth chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “Kaṁsa Begins His Persecutions.”

Devakī, on seeing her brother approaching, prayed in a very meek attitude to Kaṁsa: “My dear brother, please do not …