Shloka 3
कंसाय नारदः प्राह यथावृत्तम् अनुक्रमात् यशोदादेवकीगर्भपरिवर्ताद्य् अशेषतः
kaṃsāya nāradaḥ prāha yathāvṛttam anukramāt yaśodādevakīgarbhaparivartādy aśeṣataḥ
নারদ তখন কংসকে যশোদা ও দেবকীর গর্ভ পরিবর্তনের ঘটনা থেকে শুরু করে সমস্ত বৃত্তান্ত ক্রমানুসারে এবং যথাযথভাবে বললেন।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya); within the narrative, Nārada addresses Kaṁsa
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Kaṃsa came to know the truth of Kṛṣṇa’s birth and why he intensified hostility.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: revealing
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: To bring about the fall of Kaṃsa and relieve the earth of oppressive adharma by revealing His true identity and history.
Leela: Loka-rakshana
Dharma Restored: Rightful protection of the Yādava line and the safeguarding of divine birth against adharma-driven infanticide.
Concept: Truth, when disclosed by a divine seer, becomes the instrument by which hidden adharma is forced into the open and made to meet its consequence.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Cultivate satya and discernment; accept that truthful counsel may disturb power but ultimately aligns events toward dharma.
Vishishtadvaita: Bhagavān’s līlā unfolds through empowered devotees (like Nārada) as real instruments within the world, not illusory appearances.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
FAQs
It functions as the catalytic disclosure that turns Kaṁsa’s latent fear into immediate hostility, showing how divine providence can use even a sage’s revelation to advance the avatāra’s ordained course.
He frames it as a sequential report (“anukramāt”) delivered by Nārada to Kaṁsa, emphasizing an ordered unfolding of events rather than random chance—suggesting a higher governance behind the narrative.
Though not named in this verse, the episode presupposes Vishnu’s avatāra as Krishna and highlights the supremacy of the divine will: the Lord’s descent is protected and disclosed in ways that ultimately fulfill dharma despite tyrannical opposition.