Text 32] The Atrocities of King Karnsa 305

Those who are devotees of Lord Visnu, Krsna, are suras, or devas,
whereas those who are opposed to the devotees are called asuras. Devo-
tees are expert in all transactions (yasydsti bhaktir bhagavaty akificana
sarvair gunais tatra samdsate surah). Therefore they are called kovida,
which means “expert.” Asuras, however, although superficially showing
expertise in passionate activities, are actually all fools. They are neither
sober nor expert. Whatever they do is imperfect. Moghdsa mogha-
karmanah. According to this description of the asuras given in
Bhagavad-gita (9.12), whatever they do will ultimately be baffled. It was
such persons who advised Karnsa because they were his chief friends and
ministers.

TEXT 31

Safe aa geTaaiey |
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evam cet tarhi bhojendra
pura-gréma-vrajddisu
anirdasan nirdasars ¢ ca

evam—thus; cet—if it is so; tarhi—then; bhoja-indra—O King of
Bhoja; pura-graéma-vraja-ddisu —in all the towns, villages and pasturing
grounds; anirdasan—those who are less than ten days old; nirdasan
ca—and those who are just over ten days old; hanisyamah—we shall
kill; adya—beginning from today; vai—indeed; Sisin—all such
children.

TRANSLATION

If this is so, O King of the Bhoja dynasty, beginning today we
shall kill all the children born in all the villages, towns and pastur-
ing grounds within the past ten days or slightly more.

TEXT 32

fegaa: afeafta Za: aati
frerafeaaaat crite —
