Kaṁsa
17 verses across the Bhagavad-gītā.
- SB 10.44.32 [Kaṁsa said:] Drive the two wicked sons of Vasudeva out of the city! Confiscate the cowherds’ property and arrest that fool Nanda!
- SB 10.44.33 Kill that most evil fool Vasudeva! And also kill my father, Ugrasena, along with his followers, who have all sided with our enemies!
- SB 10.44.34 As Kaṁsa thus raved so audaciously, the infallible Lord Kṛṣṇa, intensely angry, quickly and easily jumped up onto the high royal dais.
- SB 10.44.35 Seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa approaching like death personified, the quick-witted Kaṁsa instantly rose from his seat and took up his sword and shield.
- SB 10.44.36 Sword in hand, Kaṁsa moved quickly from side to side like a hawk in the sky. But Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose fearsome strength is irresistible,…
- SB 10.44.37 Grabbing Kaṁsa by the hair and knocking off his crown, the lotus-naveled Lord threw him off the elevated dais onto the wrestling mat. Then…
- SB 10.44.38 As a lion drags a dead elephant, the Lord then dragged Kaṁsa’s dead body along the ground in full view of everyone present. O King, all…
- SB 10.44.39 Kaṁsa had always been disturbed by the thought that the Supreme Lord was to kill him. Therefore when drinking, eating, moving about,…
- SB 10.44.40 Kaṁsa’s eight younger brothers, led by Kaṅka and Nyagrodhaka, then attacked the Lords in a rage, seeking to avenge their brother’s death.
- SB 10.44.41 As they ran swiftly toward the two Lords, ready to strike, the son of Rohiṇī slew them with His club just as a lion easily kills other…
- SB 10.44.42 Kettledrums resounded in the sky as Brahmā, Śiva and other demigods, the Lord’s expansions, rained down flowers upon Him with pleasure.…
- SB 10.44.43 My dear King, the wives of Kaṁsa and his brothers, aggrieved by the death of their well-wishing husbands, came forward with tearful eyes,…
- SB 10.44.44 Embracing their husbands, who lay on a hero’s final bed, the sorrowful women loudly lamented while shedding constant tears.
- SB 10.44.45 [The women cried out:] Alas, O master, O dear one, O knower of religious principles! O kind and compassionate protector of the…
- SB 10.44.46 O great hero among men, bereft of you, its master, this city has lost its beauty, just as we have, and all festivity and good fortune…
- SB 10.44.47 O dear one, you have been brought to this state because of the terrible violence you committed against innocent creatures. How can one who…
- SB 10.44.48 Lord Kṛṣṇa causes the appearance and disappearance of all beings in this world, and He is their maintainer as well. One who disrespects…