Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.44.35
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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mṛtyum
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death personified
Accusative of mṛtyu. Kaṁsa correctly identifies what is approaching — the Bhāgavatam credits him with one moment of accurate vision. Cf. BG 10.34 (mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham). The vision is right; the response is too late.
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manasvī
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quick-witted
From manas — possessing presence-of-mind. The Bhāgavatam will not deny Kaṁsa his cleverness; demons in this Purāṇa are often acute. What they lack is not intellect but surrender.
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asi - carmaṇī
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sword and shield
Compound dual: asi (sword) + carman (shield, hide). The kṣatriya's pair. Kaṁsa dies armed. The Bhāgavatam shows him taking up the right equipment for the wrong purpose.
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ālokya
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seeing
Gerund of ā + √lok. The act of seeing — the very faculty Kaṁsa has cultivated through fear (cf. verse 39). His whole life has been ālokana of the future-Kṛṣṇa; in this moment, the seen becomes the present.
Seeing Kṛṣṇa quickly enter the royal pavilion, seeing him as his own death, out of great fear, fearful Kaṁsa (manasvī -having a bad mind) rose from his seat and, not having a weapon, grabbed his sword and shield. bhūma-nindā-praśaṁsāsu nitya-yoge’tiśāyane | saṁsarge’sti vivakṣāyāṁ bhavanti matub-ādayaḥ || iti | Words ending in mat or other suffixes express abundance, criticism, praise, constant connection, excess, or combination. Thus manasvin can mean “having abundance” of mental anguish or fear.
Kaṁsa sees the Lord approaching like Death itself (mṛtyu) and instantly rises — sword and shield in hand. The Bhāgavatam grants him the last competence of a kṣatriya: he dies with weapons drawn, not hiding. Even the demon's death has a kind of dignity that bhakti respects.
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Source: vedabase.io