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of Hiraṇyakaśipu. Kaṁsa had taken birth as Kālanemi, and now he was obliged to kill his own sons. This was a mystery. As soon as the sons of Devakī were killed, they would return to their original place. The devotees wanted to see this also. Generally speaking, no one kills his own nephews, but Kaṁsa was so cruel that he did so without hesitation. Ananta, Saṅkarṣaṇa, belongs to the second  catur-vyūha , or quadruple expansion. This is the opinion of experienced commentators.
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भगवानपि विश्वात्मा विदित्वा कंसजं भयम् । यदूनां निजनाथानां योगमायां समादिशत् ॥ ६ ॥
bhagavān api viśvātmā   viditvā kaṁsajaṁ bhayam   yadūnāṁ nija-nāthānāṁ   yogamāyāṁ samādiśat
bhagavān —Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  api —also;  viśvātmā —who is the Supersoul of everyone;  viditvā —understanding the position of the Yadus and His other devotees;  kaṁsa-jam —because of Kaṁsa;  bhayam —fear;  yadūnāṁ —of the Yadus;  nija-nāthānāṁ —who had accepted Him, the Supreme Lord, as their supreme shelter;  yogamāyāṁ —unto Yogamāyā, the spiritual potency of Kṛṣṇa;  samādiśat —ordered as follows.
TRANSLATION
To protect the Yadus, His personal devotees, from Kaṁsa's attack, the Personality of Godhead, Viśvātmā, the Supreme Soul of everyone, ordered Yogamāyā as follows.
PURPORT
The words  bhagavān api viśvātmā viditvā kaṁsajaṁ bhayam  are commented upon by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī.  Bhagavān svayam  is Kṛṣṇa ( kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam ). He is Viśvātmā, the original Supersoul of everyone, because his plenary portion expands as the Supersoul. This is