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कस्य चित् तु अथ कालस्यkasya cit tu atha kālasyaafter some time had passed
कंसः निर्मथ्य बान्धवान्kaṃsaḥ nirmathya bāndhavānKamsa, having trampled upon his kinsmen,
बार्हद्रथ-सुते देव्यौbārhadratha-sute devyauthe two daughters of Barhadratha [Jarasandha], princesses,
उपागच्छत् वृथा-मतिःupāgacchat vṛthā-matiḥtook as wives, the dull-witted one;
अस्तिः प्राप्तिः च नाम्ना तेastiḥ prāptiḥ ca nāmnā tenamed Asti and Prapti, those,
सहदेव-अनुजे अबलेsahadeva-anuje abalethe younger sisters of Sahadeva, gentle ones;
बलेन तेन सः ज्ञातीन्balena tena saḥ jñātīnby that strength he, his kinsmen,
अभिभूय वृथा-मतिःabhibhūya vṛthā-matiḥhaving trampled, the dull-witted one,
श्रैष्ठ्यम् प्राप्तः सः तस्य आसीत्śraiṣṭhyam prāptaḥ saḥ tasya āsītattained supremacy; that was for him
अतीव अपनयः महान्atīva apanayaḥ mahāna very great lawlessness;
भोज-राजन्य-वृद्धैः तुbhoja-rājanya-vṛddhaiḥ tuby the elders of the kshatriya-Bhojas,
पीड्यमानैः दुरात्मनाpīḍyamānaiḥ durātmanāoppressed by the wicked one,
त्व्tvoriginal form "tv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कंसोkaṃsooriginal form "kaṃso", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बार्हद्रथसुतेbārhadrathasuteoriginal form "bārhadrathasute", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देव्याव्devyāvoriginal form "devyāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उपागच्छद्upāgacchadoriginal form "upāgacchad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृथामतिःvṛthāmatiḥoriginal form "vṛthāmatiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्राप्तिश्prāptiśoriginal form "prāptiś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सहदेवानुजेsahadevānujeoriginal form "sahadevānuje", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽबले'baleoriginal form "'bale", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृथामतिःvṛthāmatiḥoriginal form "vṛthāmatiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्रैष्ठ्यंśraiṣṭhyaṃoriginal form "śraiṣṭhyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्यासीद्tasyāsīdoriginal form "tasyāsīd", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अतीवापनयोatīvāpanayooriginal form "atīvāpanayo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भोजराजन्यवृद्धैस्bhojarājanyavṛddhaisoriginal form "bhojarājanyavṛddhais", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पीड्यमानैर्pīḍyamānairoriginal form "pīḍyamānair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here Kamsa, having allied himself by marriage with the tyrant, turns this strength against his own people. It is telling that alliance with the unrighteous strengthens the wicked against their kin: kinship with evil does not reconcile but arms one against the good. Scripture thus shows the ruin that comes from alliance with untruth; and next comes the plea of the oppressed for help.