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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.36.34

उग्रसेनं च पितरं स्थविरं राज्यकामुकं । तद्भ्रातरं देवकं च ये चान्ये विद्विषो मम ॥ ३४ ॥
ugrasenaṁ ca pitaraṁ
[ugrasenam cha pitaram]
sthaviraṁ rājya-kāmukaṁ
[sthaviram raajya-kaamukam]
tad-bhrātaraṁ devakaṁ ca
[tad-bhraataram devakam cha]
ye cānye vidviṣo mama
[ye chaanye vidvisho mama]
Word-for-word
ugrasenam — King Ugrasena ca — and pitaram — my father sthaviram — old rājya — for the kingdom kāmukam — greedy tat - bhrātaram — his brother devakam — Devaka ca — also ye — who ca — and anye — others vidviṣaḥ — enemies mama — my .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ugrasenaṁ ca pitaraṁ
ugrasenam
King Ugrasena
ca
and
pitaram
my father
sthaviraṁ rājya-kāmukaṁ
sthaviram
old
rājya
for the kingdom
kāmukam
greedy
tad-bhrātaraṁ devakaṁ ca
tat - bhrātaram
his brother
devakam
Devaka
ca
also
ye cānye vidviṣo mama
ye
who
ca
and
anye
others
vidviṣaḥ
enemies
mama
my .
Important Words
  • ugrasenam — Ugrasena (his father)
    Ugra (fierce) + sena (army) — 'fierce-army.' Yet the man is mild. Kaṁsa had already imprisoned him and seized the throne (SB 10.1.69); now he proposes to finish him. Gauḍīyas note: Kṛṣṇa will free Ugrasena and restore him as Mathurā's king in SB 10.45.
  • pitaram — (my) father
    Pitṛ — father. Kaṁsa names him as 'father' even while planning to kill him — the Bhāgavatam preserves the word to mark the depth of the offense, by Vedic standards the gravest of crimes.
  • kāmukam — greedy, lustful (for the kingdom)
    From √kam — to desire. Kaṁsa projects his own greed onto Ugrasena. The Bhāgavatam often catches asuras in this exact projection: the very vice they live by is named in others as the pretext for harm.
  • vidviṣaḥ — (my) enemies
    Vi + √dviṣ — to hate. The same root as dveṣa, one of the kleśas. Kaṁsa lives inside the kleśa of dveṣa and names the world from inside it; everyone becomes vidviṣa.
I will also kill my old father, Ugrasena, who is greedy for my kingdom, and I will kill his brother Devaka and all my other enemies as well.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I will also kill my old father, Ugrasena, who is greedy for my kingdom, and I will kill his brother Devaka and all my other enemies as well.
Commentary

I will also kill all my other enemies.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

I will also kill all others who side with them.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

I will also kill my old father, greedy for the kingdom, and all others who side with them.

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Personal Guidance
Kaṁsa adds his own old father Ugrasena (greedy for the kingdom in his eyes), Devaka, and all other enemies to the list. Tyranny is paranoid; it always finds new enemies, including family.
Reflection Questions
  • Whom does your paranoia keep adding to your list of 'enemies' in private thought?
  • What honest gratitude could shrink that list?
Analogy

He turns finally on his own father. The arc of Kaṁsa's plan, traced verse by verse, terminates at parricide. The Bhāgavatam quietly shows how demonic ambition exhausts its outward targets and finally consumes its own kin — a reverse-Vraja, where family is destroyed instead of treasured.

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