304 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 4

prophesied to Brahma, He went to Vrndavana to give pleasure to mother
Yagoda and Nanda Maharaja and other intimate friends and devotees for
eleven years. Then He would return to kill Karnsa. Because Karnsa did
not know this, he believed Yogamaya’s statement that Krsna was born
elsewhere, not of Devaki.

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akarnya bhartur gaditam
tam icur deva-satravah
devan prati krtamarsa

daiteya nati-kovidah

Gkarnya—after hearing; bhartuh—of their master; gaditam—the
words or statement; tam aicuh—replied to him; deva-satravah—all the
asuras, who were enemies of the demigods; devan—the demigods;
prati—toward; krta-amarsih—who were envious; daiteyah—the
asuras; na—not; ati-kovidah—who were very expert in executing
transactions.

TRANSLATION

After hearing their master’s statement, the envious asuras, who
were enemies of the demigods and were not very expert in their
dealings, advised Karnsa as follows.

PURPORT

There are two different types of men—the asuras and the suras.

dvau bhiita-sargau loke ’smin
daiva dsura eva ca
visnu-bhakta smrto daiva
dsuras tad-viparyayah
(Padma Purana)
