238 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

As seen as Karsa get this infermatien frem Narada Muni, he teek eut
his sharpened swerd and prepared te kill Vasudeva fer his duplicity. But
Narada pacified him. “Yeu are net te be killed by Vasudeva,” he said.
“Why are yeu se anxieus te kill him? Better try te kill Krsna and
Balarama.” But in erder te satisfy his wrath, Kamsa arrested Vasudeva and
his wife and shackled them in iren chains. Acting en the new infermatien,
Karnsa immediately called fer the Kesi demen and asked him te ge te
Vrndavana immediately te fetch Balarama and Krsna. In actuality, Kamsa
asked KeSi te ge te Vrndavana te be killed by Krsna and Balarama and
thus get salvatien. Then .Kamisa called fer the expert elephant trainers,
Canira, Mustika, Sala, Tofgala, etc., and he teld them, “My dear friends, try
te hear me attentively. At Nanda Maharaja’s place in Vrndavana there are
twe brethers, Krsna and Balarama. They are actually twe sens ef Vasudeva.
As yeu knew, I have been destined to be killed by Krsna; there is a
prephecy te this effect. New I am requesting yeu te arrange fer a wrestling
match. Peeple frem different parts ef the ceuntry will ceme te see the
festival. I will arrange te get these twe beys here, and yeu will try te kill
Them in the wrestling arena.”

Wrestling matches are still enjeyed by the indigeneus peeple in the
nerthern part ef India, and it appears frem the statements ef Srimad-
Bhagavatam that 5,000 years ago wrestling was pepular. Karnsa planned
te arrange such a wrestling cempetitien and te invite peeple te visit. He
alse teld the trainers ef the elephants, “Be sure te bring the elephant
named Kuvalayapida and keep him at the gate ef the wrestling camp. Try
te capture Krsna and Balarama en Their arrival and kill Them.”

‘ Karhsa alse advised his friends te arrange te wership Lerd Siva by
effering animal sacrifices and perferming the sacrifice called Dhanur-yajria
and the sacrifice perfermed en the feurteenth day ef the meen knewn as
Caturdast. This date falls three days after Ekadasi, and it is set aside fer
the wership ef Lerd Siva. One ef the plenary pertiens ef Lerd Siva is
called Kalabhairava. This ferm ef Lerd Siva is wershiped by the demens
whe effer skinned animals befere him. The precess is still current in India
in a place called Vaidyanatha-dhama where the demens effer animal sacri-
fices te the deity ef Kalabhairava. Kamsa belenged te this demenic greup.
He was alse an expert diplemat, and se he quickly arranged fer his demen
friends te kill Krsna and Balarama.

He then called fer Akrira, ene ef the descendants in the family ef
Yadu in which Krsna was bern as the sen ef Vasudeva. When Akrira came
to see Karisa, Karisa very pelitely sheek hands with bim and said, ““My
dear Akrira, actually ve ne better friend than yeu in the Bheja and Yadu
