SB 10.1.68
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 68
- ātmānam iha sañjātaṁ
- jānan prāg viṣṇunā hatam
- mahāsuraṁ kālanemiṁ
- yadubhiḥ sa vyarudhyata
SYNONYMS
ātmānam — personally; iha — in this world; sañjātam — born again; jānan — understanding well; prāk — previously, before this birth; viṣṇunā — by Lord Viṣṇu; hatam — was killed; mahā-asuram — a great demon; kālanemim — by the name Kālanemi; yadubhiḥ — with the members of the Yadu dynasty; saḥ — he (Kaṁsa); vyarudhyata — acted inimically.
TRANSLATION
In his previous birth, Kaṁsa had been a great demon named Kālanemi and been killed by Viṣṇu. Upon learning this information from Nārada, Kaṁsa became envious of everyone connected with the Yadu dynasty.
PURPORT
Persons who are demons, enemies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are called asuras. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, the asuras, because of their enmity toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead, take birth after birth in asura families and therefore glide down to the darkest hellish regions.