अध्याय ८४
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे पञ्चमे ऽंशे तृतीयो ऽध्यायः ]] कंसस् ततौद्विग्नमनाः प्राह सर्वान् महासुरान् प्रलम्बकेशिप्रमुखान् आहूयासुरपुंगवान्
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] kaṃsas tataudvignamanāḥ prāha sarvān mahāsurān pralambakeśipramukhān āhūyāsurapuṃgavān
हिन्दी अर्थ
धारण करके अपने तीन पगोंसे त्रिलोकौीको नाप लिया था, वे वामनभगवान् तेरी सर्वदा रक्षा करें
English
í arasara said : — Kansa, greatly disturbed in mind, called together all the leading Asuras, Pralamba, Kesin and others and said to them — "O ye, leading Asuras, Pralamba, Dhenuka, Putana, Arishta and all others, hear my words. heroes, the wicked celestials, troubled by my power, have been trying to destroy me — but I do not much care for them. Save murdering the Asuras by fraud, what can the weak Indra and the ascetic Hara or Hari do ? Wliat have we to fear from the Adityas, the Vasus, the Agnis or any other of the immor- tala who have all been defeated by my resistless arms? Have you not seen the king of the celestials, when he had come out into the conflict, quickly fly from the field receiving my arrows upon his back, not bravely upon his breast ? When Indra withheld rains from my kingdom, were not the clouds compelled by my arrows to pour water as much as was Kquired? Are not all the kings of the earth afraid of my pfowess and subject to my orders, save my father Jarasandbaf ye leading and heroic Daityas, I have already got batred