Text 22] The Birth of Lord Krsna 231

sa te "vataram purusaih samarpitarh

Srutvddhunaivabhisaraty udéyudhah

ayam—this (rascal); tu—but; asabhyah—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; srutvd—
after hearing; agrajan te—all the brothers born before You;
nyavadhit—killed; sura-isvara—O Lord of the suras, the civilized per-
sons; sah—he (that uncivilized Karnsa); te—Your; avatéram —ap-
pearance; purusaih—by his lieutenants; samarpitam—being informed
of; srutva—after hearing; adhunad—now; eva—indeed; abhisarati—
will come immediately; ud@yudhah—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 un-
civilized Karinsa killed so many of Your elder brothers. As soon as
he hears from his lieutenants that You have appeared, he will im-
mediately come with weapons to kill You.

PURPORT

Karnsa 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 un-
civilized man, Karnsa, 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 bréhmanas, he can kill old men; he has no mercy for anyone.
According to the Vedic civilization, cows, women, children, old men and
brahmanas 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 con-
demned civilization are uncivilized asuras.

Such uncivilized men are not in favor of the Krsna consciousness
movement. As public officers, they declare without hesitation that the
