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First written on January 23, 2005 Revised and Updated on June 16, 2007 Srimad Bhagavatham - Chapter 3 - Kamsa starts persecutions After things became normal on Vasudeva's return to jail, the guards awoke on hearing a baby's cries. They rushed to inform their King Kamsa. He immediately rushed to the jail to kill the baby. His sister Devaki pleaded with him to spare the female child as it was the prophecy that her eighth male child will only kill him. Kamsa being demoniac in nature was not willing to listen. He tried to take the baby in his hands and dash her to the wall as he had done to earlier babies. However, the baby flew out and appeared as Goddess Durga with all her paraphernalia of eight arms and weapons in her hand. She said to Kamsa, "You fool, how can you kill me ? The person who is to kill you has been already born elsewhere. Stop being cruel to your sister and her husband". After saying this, she disappeared in the sky. She is worshipped all over India and grants all material boons and gains. In Vedic literature she is also the sister of Lord Krishna. Kamsa felt a sense of remorse for all his cruel actions. He personally repented to his sister and her husband. He personally unshackled their chains and released them. He also asked for their forgiveness. The next day when he was in his council, he narrated all the incidents to his advisers, who were also demons. They were disappointed and started to misguide him. They said it was the conspiracy of the gods and that he should kill all male babies born within 10 days of the incident all over the kingdom. They also advised him to kill all the Cows and Brahmins so that no prayers would be rendered to gods. In Vedic beliefs, the Cow is a sacred animal, as it gives milk which in turn gives clarified butter used in Vedic rituals. Brahmins are priests. It is forbidden to kill either a Cow or a Brahmin. By killing both, they advised him that all activities that pleases the gods would have stopped. Kamsa accepted their advice and ordered that all babies, cows and Brahmins be killed. He did not know that he was adding on his sins and accelerating his death. In Vedas, we say, Vinasha Kale, Vipareetha Buddhi. This means that when you are heading for extinction, your mind works dangerously. End of Chapter 3 Written by Madhavan T Gopalachary The views, opinions and interpretations are personal. Sponsorship does not mean that the sponsors endorse them. Editorial Policy © Copyright, Jun-07 . www.madgopes.com . Without prejudice. All rights reserved www.mmgindia.com is the official website of Madras Management Group, Chennai, India. www.madgopes.com and www.mmg.name are personal websites and all editorials are published under their banner to retain editorial independence. We would highly appreciate feedback from readers and it may be sent to feedback@mmg.name