Shloka 23
देवकी-विवाहः, आकाशवाणी, भूरभारावतरण-याचना, क्षीराब्धि-स्तुति, केशावतार-नियोजनम्
कालनेमिर् हतो यो ऽसौ विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना उग्रसेनसुतः कंसः संभूतः स महासुरः
kālanemir hato yo 'sau viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā ugrasenasutaḥ kaṃsaḥ saṃbhūtaḥ sa mahāsuraḥ
Jener, der einst Kālanemi war—von Viṣṇu, dem allüberwaltenden Herrn, erschlagen—wurde erneut geboren als Kaṁsa, Sohn des Ugrasena, jener mächtige Asura.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It shows the continuity of asuric resistance across time: an old enemy of Viṣṇu reappears in a new form, setting the stage for the Lord’s avatāra work of restoring dharma.
Parāśara identifies Kaṁsa not merely as a political tyrant but as a “mahāsura,” a recurring asuric force—Kālanemi returned—whose destiny is already framed by Viṣṇu’s prior victory.
Viṣṇu is presented as the supreme, all-powerful ruler of cosmic order: even when adharma re-emerges through rebirth, it remains within the Lord’s sovereignty and is ultimately overcome.