Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 36: The Slaying of Arista, the Bull Demon

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.36.20

pratiyāte tu devarṣau

kaḿsa ābhāṣya keśinam

preṣayām āsa hanyetāḿ

bhavatā rāma-keśavau

SYNONYMS

pratiyāte — having left; tu — then; deva-ṛṣau — the sage among the demigods; kaḿsaḥ — King Kaḿsa; ābhāṣya — addressing; keśinam — the demon Keśī; preṣayām āsahe sent him; hanyetām — the two should be killed; bhavatā — by you; rāma-keśavauBalarāma and Kṛṣṇa.

TRANSLATION

After Nārada left, King Kaḿsa summoned Keśī and ordered him, "Go kill Rāma and Kṛṣṇa."

PURPORT

Before having Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma brought to Mathurā, Kaḿsa tried sending one more demon to Vṛndāvana.

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