Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.44.32
Ūti· What drives us to actKaṁsa Orders Expulsion and Arrest
“[Kaṁsa said:] Drive the two wicked sons of Vasudeva out of the city! Confiscate the cowherds’ property and arrest that fool Nanda!”
What the purport teaches
- Kaṁsa ordered the two sons of Vasudeva driven out of the city, calling Them wicked. This accusation is Kaṁsa’s speech, not the text’s judgment of the Lords.
- He commanded that the cowherds’ property be confiscated.
- He also ordered Nanda’s arrest and insulted him as a fool. His commands targeted both the two Lords and the cowherds.
Try this today
Reread Kaṁsa’s speech and identify its insults as his accusations, rather than accepting them as true.
Ask yourself
How can I distinguish Kaṁsa’s hostile accusations from the text’s presentation of the Lords?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.