• svasuḥ — of his own sister
  Genitive of svasṛ — sister. Devakī, Kaṁsa's own sister. Gauḍīyas note the relational vocabulary: Nanda does not say "of the queen"; he says "his own sister," sharpening the violation of svadharma.
• tokān — the babies
  Accusative plural of toka — child, infant. The smallest, most vulnerable register of human life. Bhāgavata uses toka deliberately when innocence-killing is in view. Gauḍīyas regard this as the worst possible category of adharma.
• krośantyāḥ — of her (Devakī) who was crying out
  Genitive of present participle of √kruś — to cry, to wail. Devakī's wails as her babies were killed in front of her. The participle holds the scene in eternal present — the mother is still crying, in the syntax.
• asu - tṛp — self-indulgent
  Compound: asu (vital breath, self) + tṛp (sated). One satisfied with mere self-life — the demonic disposition par excellence. Gauḍīyas read asu-tṛpta as the inverse of bhakta — sated by self, not by Bhagavān.
• khalaḥ — cruel
  Wicked, cruel-minded. Bhāgavata vocabulary for the asura-type. Gauḍīyas distinguish khala from mere kṛūra (cruel): khala connotes the persistent disposition toward harm, not occasional brutality.
• prajānām — of the subjects
  Genitive plural of prajā — subjects, offspring. The same word denotes "children" and "citizens" in Sanskrit; a king's duty is to be praja-pati, the lord-as-father. Gauḍīyas use this verse to teach the inverted logic: a king who eats his children cannot protect his subjects.

• What evil have you been refusing to name because naming feels impolitic?
• Where could clearer speech protect the vulnerable in your circle?

A man who would murder his own sister's infants in her presence is not constrained by ordinary calculation. Nanda's logic is grim and straightforward: if Kaṁsa will kill nephews, he will kill anyone. The verse pulls the reader's attention to Devakī's lost sons — the seven who never grew up.