Text 22]
The Birth of Lord Krṣṇa
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sa te 'vatāraṁ puruṣaiḥ samarpitaṁ śrutvādhunaivābhisaraty udāyudhaḥ
ayam —this (rascal);  tu —but;  asabhyaḥ —who is not civilized at all ( asura  means “uncivilized,” and  sura  means “civilized”);  tava —of Your Lordship;  janma —the birth;  nau —our;  grhe —into the home;  śrutvā —after hearing;  agrajān te —all the brothers born before You;  nyavadhīt —killed;  sura-īśvara —O Lord of the  suras , the civilized persons;  saḥ —he (that uncivilized Kaṁsa);  te —Your;  avatāram —appearance;  puruṣaiḥ —by his lieutenants;  samarpitam —being informed of;  śrutvā —after hearing;  adhunā —now;  eva —indeed;  abhisarati —will come immediately;  udāyudhaḥ —with raised weapons.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, Lord of the demigods, after hearing the prophecy that You would take birth in our home and kill him, this uncivilized Kaṁsa killed so many of Your elder brothers. As soon as he hears from his lieutenants that You have appeared, he will immediately come with weapons to kill You.
PURPORT
Kaṁsa has here been described as  asabhya , meaning “uncivilized” or “most heinous,” because he killed the many children of his sister. When he heard the prophecy that he would be killed by her eighth son, this uncivilized man, Kaṁsa, was immediately ready to kill his innocent sister on the occasion of her marriage. An uncivilized man can do anything for the satisfaction of his senses. He can kill children, he can kill cows, he can kill  brāhmaṇas , he can kill old men; he has no mercy for anyone. According to the Vedic civilization, cows, women, children, old men and  brāhmaṇas  should be excused if they are at fault. But  asuras , uncivilized men, do not care about that. At the present moment, the killing of cows and the killing of children is going on unrestrictedly, and therefore this civilization is not at all human, and those who are conducting this condemned civilization are uncivilized  asuras .
Such uncivilized men are not in favor of the Krṣṇa consciousness movement. As public officers, they declare without hesitation that the