sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam-in this way; sah-he (Kamsa); samabhih-by attempts to pacify him (Kamsa); bhedaih-by moral instructions that one should not be cruel to anyone else; bodhyamanah api-even being pacified; darunah-he who was the most fiercely cruel; na nyavartata-could not be stopped (from the grievous act); kauravya-O Maharaja Pariksit; purusa-adan-the Raksasas, man-eaters; anuvratah-following in their footsteps.