Text 47] The Advent of Lord Krṣṇa: Introduction
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else;  bodhyamānaḥ api —even being pacified;  dāruṇaḥ —he was the most fiercely cruel;  na nyavartata —could not be stopped (from the grievous act);  kauravya —O Mahārāja Parikṣit;  puruṣa-adān —the Rākṣasas, man-eaters;  anuvrataḥ —following in their footsteps.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:  O best of the Kuru dynasty, Kaṁsa was fiercely cruel and was actually a follower of the Rākṣasas. Therefore he could be neither pacified nor terrified by the good instructions given by Vasudeva. He did not care about the results of sinful activities, either in this life or in the next.
TEXT 47
निर्बन्धं तस्य तं ज्ञात्वा विचिन्त्यानकदुन्दुभिः ।
ग्राप्तं कालं प्रतिव्योद्धुमिदं तत्रान्वपद्यत ॥४७॥
nirbandham tasya tam jñātvā vicintyānakadundubhiḥ prāptam kālam prativyoḍhum idam tatrānvapadyata
nirbandham —determination to do something;  tasya —of him (Kaṁsa);  tam —that (determination);  jñātvā —understanding;  vicintya —thinking deeply;  ānakadundubhiḥ —Vasudeva;  prāptam —had arrived;  kālam —imminent danger of death;  prativyoḍhum —to stop him from such activities;  idam —this;  tatra —thereupon;  anvapadyata —thought of other ways.
TRANSLATION
When Vasudeva saw that Kaṁsa was determined to kill his sister Devakī, he thought to himself very deeply. Considering the imminent danger of death, he thought of another plan to stop Kaṁsa.
PURPORT
Although Vasudeva saw the imminent danger that his wife Devakī would be killed, he was convinced of his welfare because at his birth the