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TEXT 68
atmanam iha sanjatam
janan prag visnuna hatam
mahasuram kalanemim
yadubhih sa vyarudhyata
SYNONYMS
atmanampersonally; ihain this world; sanjatamborn again; jananunderstanding well; prakpreviously, before this birth; visnunaby Lord Visnu; hatamwas killed; maha-asurama great demon; kalanemimby the name Kalanemi; yadubhihwith the members of the Yadu dynasty; sahhe (Kamsa); vyarudhyataacted inimically.
TRANSLATION
In his previous birth, Kamsa had been a great demon named Kalanemi and been killed by Visnu. Upon learning this information from Narada, Kamsa 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-gita, 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.
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