Shloka 40
The Killing of Ariṣṭāsura and Kaṁsa’s Plot to Summon Kṛṣṇa
श्रीशुक उवाच एवमादिश्य चाक्रूरं मन्त्रिणश्च विसृज्य स: । प्रविवेश गृहं कंसस्तथाक्रूर: स्वमालयम् ॥ ४० ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca evam ādiśya cākrūraṁ mantriṇaś ca viṣṛjya saḥ praviveśa gṛhaṁ kaṁsas tathākrūraḥ svam ālayam
Śukadeva Gosvāmī sprach: Nachdem Kaṁsa so Akrūra angewiesen und seine Minister entlassen hatte, begab er sich in seine Gemächer; Akrūra kehrte in sein Haus zurück.
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Thirty-sixth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Slaying of Ariṣṭā, the Bull Demon.”
FAQs
This verse shows Kaṁsa finalizing his order to Akrūra and then withdrawing to his residence—marking the decisive step in Kaṁsa’s plan to bring Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to Mathurā.
After issuing the key command, Kaṁsa ends the council and returns home, indicating the plan is set in motion and no further deliberation is needed at that moment.
Even in political maneuvering and worldly urgency, events move under divine arrangement; devotees can remember that Kṛṣṇa’s līlā unfolds inevitably, and remain steady in faith amid external schemes.