Text 43] The Atrocities of King Karnsa 315
PURPORT
The demigods and the Vaisnavas especially are part and parcel of the
Supreme Lord, Visnu, because they are always obedient to His orders
(orm tad visnoh paramarh padam sada pasyanti sirayah). The demoniac
followers of Karnsa thought that if the Vaisnavas, saintly persons and
sages were persecuted, the original body of Visnu would naturally be
destroyed. Thus they decided to suppress Vaisnavism. The asuras per-
petually struggle to persecute the Vaisnavas because they do not want
Vaisnavism to spread. Vaisnavas preach only devotional service, not en-
couraging karmis, jfidnis and yogis, because if one must liberate oneself
from material, conditional life, one must ultimately become a Vaisnava.
Our Krsna consciousness movement is directed with this understanding,
and therefore the asuras always try to suppress it.
TEXT 43
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Sri-Suka uvaca
evam durmantribhih kamsah
saha sammantrya durmatih
brahma-hirsamn hitam mene
kdla-pasavrto ’surah
Sri-Sukah uvéca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam—in this way;
durmantribhih—his bad ministers; karnsah—King Karnsa; saha—along
with; sammantrya—after considering very elaborately; durmatih—
without good intelligence; brahma-hirhsam—persecution of the
bradhmanas; hitam—as the best way; mene—accepted; kdla-pdsa-
Gvrtah—being bound by the rules and regulations of Yamaraja;
asurah—because he was a demon.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Thus, having considered the in-
structions of his bad ministers, Karnsa, who was bound by the laws
