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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
As soon as Kaṁsa got this information from Nārada Muni, he took out his sharpened sword and prepared to kill Vasudeva for his duplicity. But Nārada pacified him. “You are not to be killed by Vasudeva,” he said. “Why are you so anxious to kill him? Better try to kill Krṣṇa and Balarāma.” But in order to satisfy his wrath, Kaṁsa arrested Vasudeva and his wife and shackled them in iron chains. Acting on the new information, Kaṁsa immediately called for the Keśī demon and asked him to go to Vṛndāvana immediately to fetch Balarāma and Krṣṇa. In actuality, Kaṁsa asked Keśī to go to Vṛndāvana to be killed by Krṣṇa and Balarāma and thus get salvation. Then Kaṁsa called for the expert elephant trainers, Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika, Śala, Tośala, etc., and he told them, “My dear friends, try to hear me attentively. At Nanda Mahārāja’s place in Vṛndāvana there are two brothers, Krṣṇa and Balarāma. They are actually two sons of Vasudeva. As you know, I have been destined to be killed by Krṣṇa; there is a prophecy to this effect. Now I am requesting you to arrange for a wrestling match. People from different parts of the country will come to see the festival. I will arrange to get those two boys here, and you will try to kill Them in the wrestling arena.”
Wrestling matches are still enjoyed by the indigenous people in the northern part of India, and it appears from the statements of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  that 5,000 years ago wrestling was popular. Kaṁsa planned to arrange such a wrestling competition and to invite people to visit. He also told the trainers of the elephants, “Be sure to bring the elephant named Kuvalayāpīḍa and keep him at the gate of the wrestling camp. Try to capture Krṣṇa and Balarāma on Their arrival and kill Them.”
‘ Kaṁsa also advised his friends to arrange to worship Lord Śiva by offering animal sacrifices and performing the sacrifice called  Dhanur-yajña  and the sacrifice performed on the fourteenth day of the moon known as  Caturdasī . This date falls three days after  Ekādasī , and it is set aside for the worship of Lord Śiva. One of the plenary portions of Lord Śiva is called Kālabhairava. This form of Lord Śiva is worshiped by the demons who offer skinned animals before him. The process is still current in India in a place called Vaidyanātha-dhāma where the demons offer animal sacrifices to the deity of Kālabhairava. Kaṁsa belonged to this demonic group. He was also an expert diplomat, and so he quickly arranged for his demon friends to kill Krṣṇa and Balarāma.
He then called for Akrūra, one of the descendants in the family of Yadu in which Krṣṇa was born as the son of Vasudeva. When Akrūra came to see Kaṁsa, Kaṁsa very politely shook hands with him and said, “My dear Akrūra, actually I’ve no better friend than you in the Bhoja and Yadu