The Master of the Senses
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Kaṁsa, who believed Vasudeva's word that he would bring all the sons so that if Kaṁsa wanted he could kill them. Vasudeva thought, "Let me save the present situation. After all, if Kaṁsa later gets a nephew, he may forget this envy." But Kaṁsa never forgot. Instead, he kept Devakī and Vasudeva in prison for a long time ( aticiram ) and killed all their sons. Finally, Kṛṣṇa appeared and saved Vasudeva and Devakī.
Therefore, we must depend on Kṛṣṇa, like Devakī and Kuntī. After Kuntī became a widow, the envious Dhṛtarāṣṭra was always planning ways to kill her sons, the five Pāṇḍavas. "Because by chance I was born blind," he thought, "I could not inherit the throne of the kingdom, and instead it went to my younger brother. Now he is dead, so at least my sons should get the throne." This is the materialistic propensity. One thinks, "I shall be happy. My sons will be happy. My community will be happy. My nation will be happy." This is extended selfishness. No one is thinking of Kṛṣṇa and how Kṛṣṇa will be happy. Rather, everyone is thinking in terms of his own happiness: "How shall I be happy? How will my children, my community, my society, and my nation be happy?" Everywhere we shall find this. Everyone is struggling for existence, not thinking of how Kṛṣṇa will be happy. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is very sublime. We should try to understand it from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and  Bhagavad-gītā  and try to engage our senses for the service of the master of the senses ( hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam ). Then we shall actually be happy.