Shloka 46
Parīkṣit’s Questions and the Prelude to Kṛṣṇa’s Advent
Earth’s Burden, Viṣṇu’s Order, and Kaṁsa’s Fear
श्रीशुक उवाच एवं स सामभिर्भेदैर्बोध्यमानोऽपि दारुण: । न न्यवर्तत कौरव्य पुरुषादाननुव्रत: ॥ ४६ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca evaṁ sa sāmabhir bhedair bodhyamāno ’pi dāruṇaḥ na nyavartata kauravya puruṣādān anuvrataḥ
ស្រីសុកទេវៈបាននិយាយថា៖ ឱ អ្នកប្រសើរនៃវង្សកុរុ! ទោះបីត្រូវបានណែនាំដោយវិធីសាម និងភេទក៏ដោយ កំសៈដ៏សាហាវនោះមិនបានបោះបង់ទេ ព្រោះគាត់ជាអ្នកតាមធម្មជាតិរាក្សស។ គាត់មិនខ្វល់អំពីផលបាប ទាំងក្នុងជីវិតនេះ និងជីវិតក្រោយឡើយ។
FAQs
This verse states that Kaṁsa remained cruel and did not desist even after conciliatory counsel and sound reasoning, because he was committed to a harmful course of persecuting others.
Śukadeva addresses Parīkṣit as ‘Kauravya’ to indicate his lineage as a descendant of the Kuru dynasty while narrating how Kaṁsa persisted in adharma.
It teaches discernment: some people will not reform through gentle counsel alone when they are fixed in harmful intent—one should seek protection, set boundaries, and align with dharma rather than enabling cruelty.