Narada Muni advises Kamsa from Garga Samhita

[Paramananda das]

Narada Muni advises Kamsa from Garga Samhita
It is interesting that Kamsa seated Narada Muni on a thrown and had him worshipped and fanned ,,the painting is not accurate because Kamsa had a little Vedic culture to at least honor Narada Muni so this detail is given Garga Samhita
Canto Four, Volume Two
Chapter Twenty-five
Kamsa-mantra
Advice to Kamsa
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
vasudeva-sutam devam
kamsa-canura-mardanam
devaki-paramanandam
krishnam vande jagad-gurum
Sri Narada said: I offer my respectful obiesances to Sri Krishna, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the universes, the crusher of Kamsa and Canura, the son of Vasudeva, and the bliss of Devaki.
Text 2
sri-bahulasva uvaca
mathurayam kim caritram
kritavan bhagavan mune
katham jaghana kamsakhyam
etan me bruhi tattvatah
Sri Bahulasva said: O sage, what pastimes did the Supreme Personality of Godhead enjoy in Mathura? How did He kill Kamsa? Please tell me this in truth.
Text 3
sri-narada uvaca
athaikadaham mathuram purim param
vilokitum cagatavan nripesvara
kartum param daitya-vadhodyamam hareh
parasya sakshan manasa pranoditah
Sri Narada said: O king of kings, one day, inspired by Lord Krishna in my heart, I went to Mathura City both to see it and to arrange for Lord Krishna's pastime of killing many demons.
Text 4
simhasane ca prahrite purandarat
sitatapatre cala-caru-camare
sthitam nripam kamsam uranga-duhsaham
pravocam evam srinu tat-prapujitah
After he had worshiped me, and as, fanned with beautiful camaras, he sat on a white-parasol throne stolen from Indra, I spoke to Kamsa, who was poisonous like a snake. Please hear what I said.
Text 5
yasodayah suta jata
ya tvad-dhastad divam gata
devakyam krishna utpanno
rohini-nandano balah
The girl who fled to heaven from your hand was actually the daughter of Yasoda. Devaki actually had a son: Krishna, and Rohini also had a son: Balarama.
Text 6
sva-mitre nanda-raje ca
nyastau putrau bhavad-bhayat
tavari rama-krishnau dvau
vasudevena daitya-rat
O king of the demons, afraid of what you might do to them, Vasudeva placed his sons, Krishna and Balarama, who are your enemies, under the care of his friend Nanda Maharaja.
Text 7
putanadya hy arishtanta
daitya ye tvad-balotkatah
yabhyam hata vanoddese
te mrityu tau smritau kila
In the forest these two boys killed the host of very powerful demons, beginning with Putana and ending with Arishta, that you sent there. Those two boys are like death personified.
Text 8
evam ukto bhoja-patih
krodhac calita-vigrahah
jagraha nisitam khadgam
saurim hantum sabha-tale
When he heard these words, Kamsa trembled with anger. He grabbed a sharp sword to kill Vasudeva in the royal assembly.
Text 9
maya nivaritah so 'pi
vistritair nigadair dridhaih
baddhva tam bharyaya sardham
karagare rurodha ha
When I forbade him to do that, with great chains he tightly bound Vasudeva and his wife, and locked them in a prison cell.
Text 10
ity uktva tam mayi gate
kesinam daitya-pungavam
rama-krishna-vadharthaya
preshayam asa daitya-rat
I spoke to Kamsa and then I left. When I was gone Kamsa sent the great demon Kesi to kill Krishna and Balarama.
Text 11
canuradin samahuya
maha-matram dvipasya ca
karya-bhara-karal lokan
prahedam bhoja-rad bali
Calling together his many servants, headed by Canura and his elephant-trainer, Kamsa spoke to them the following words.
Text 12
kamsa uvaca
he kuta he tosalaka
he canura maha-bala
rama-krishnau ca me mrityu
darsitau naradena tu
Kamsa said: O Kuta, O Tosala, O powerful Canura, Narada Muni has reveled to me that Krishna and Balarama are destined to kill me.
Text 13
bhavadbhir iha sampraptau
hanyetam malla-lilaya
malla-bhumim ca samyuktam
kurutasu subhavaham
When They come here you should kill Them in the wrestling games. In this way you will bring auspiciousness to our wrestling arena.
Text 14
dvipam kuvalayapidam
ranga-dvari madotkatam
prasthapya tena hantavyau
maha-matra mahahitau
O elephant-trainer, placed the enraged elephant Kuvalayapida at the gateway and it will kill my two enemies.
Text 15
caturdasyam tu kartavyo
dhanur-yagah prasantaye
amavasya-dine loka
malla-yuddham bhaved iha
O people, to ensure that there is peace in our land, on the fourteenth day of the moon we will celebrate a Dhanur-yajna ritual. Then, on the new-moon day we will celebrate a festival of wrestling matches.
Text 16
sri-narada uvaca
ity uktva sva-janan kamso
'kruram ahuya sa-tvaram
rahasi praha rajendra
mantram mantri-jana-priyam
Sri Narada said: O king of kings, after speaking these words to his people, Kamsa called for Akrura and in private gave the following counsel, a counsel that pleased Akrura, the wisest of counselors.
Text 17
kamsa uvaca
bho bho dana-pate mantrin
chrinu me paramam vacah
gaccha nanda-vrajam pratah
kuru karyam maha-mate
Kamsa said: O counselor, O best of the generous, please hear my noble words. In the morning you should go to Nanda's Vraja. O noble-hearted one, then you should execute the mission I give to you.
Text 18
asate tatra me satru
vasudeva-sutau kila
darsitau naradenapi
deva-devarshina bhrisam
My two enemies, the sons of Vasudeva, have gone there. Devarshi Narada revealed that to me.
Text 19
sopayanair gopa-ganair
nanda-rajadibhih saha
mathura-darsana-mishad
rathenanaya mam ciram
One pretext of bringing Them to see Mathura City bring, accompanied by King Nanda and the gopas bearing gifts, the two of Them to me at once.
Text 20
dvipena va maha-mallair
ghatayishyami tau sisu
tat-pascan nanda-rajam ca
vasudeva-sahayakam
I will have the two boys killed, either by the elephant Kuvalayapida, or by the great wrestlers, and then I will kill Vasudeva's friend Nanda Maharaja.
Text 21
vrishabhanu-varam pascan
nava-nandopanandakan
pascac chaurim hanishyami
devakam tat-sahayakam
Then I will kill King Vrishabhanu, and then the nine Nandas and Upanandas, and then Vasudeva, and then Vasudeva's friend Devaka.
Text 22
ugrasenam ca pitaram
vriddham rajya-samutsukam
tat-pascad yadavan sarvan
hanishyami na samsayah
Then I will kill my old father, who still yearns to rule his kingdom, and then I will kill all the Yadavas. Of this there is no doubt.
Text 23
ete deva-ganah sarve
jata mantrin mahi-tale
sakunir me maha-mitro
bali candravati-patih
O counselor, all the demigods are now born on the earth. Still, Sakuni, the powerful king of Canravati, is my great friend.
Text 24
bhuta-santapano hrishto
vrikah sambara eva ca
kalanabho mahanabho
harismasrus tathaiva ca
Bhutasantapana, Hrishta, Vrika, Sambara, Kalanabha, Mahanabha, and Harismasru are also my friends.
Text 25
ete mitrani me santi
mad-artham pranada balat
svasuro 'pi jarasandho
dvivido me sakha smritah
They are all my friends. They would give up their lives for my sake. Jarasandha is my father-in-law. Dvivida is also my friend.
Text 26
banasuras ca narako
mayy eva krita-sauhridah
ete sarvam mahim jitva
baddhva devan sa-vasavan
Banasura and Narakasura are also my friends. My friends will counquer all the worlds. They will put Indra and the demigods in chains.
Text 27
kshiptva meru-guha-durge
kuveram dravya-nayakam
trailokya-rajyam tu sada
karishyanti na samsayah
They will imprison the heavenly treasurer Kuvera in a cave on Mount Meru. They will rule the three worlds. Of this there is no doubt.
Text 28
kavinam tvam kavir iva
giram gishpati-vad bhuvi
etat karyam ca kartavyam
tvaya dana-pate tvaram
You are the wisest of wise men. In this world you are eloquent like Brihaspati. O generous one, please execute this mission at once.
Text 29
sri-akrura uvaca
tvaya krito yadu-pate
manoratha-maharnavah
daivecchayayam bhavati
goshpadam tad vinarnavah
Sri Akrura said: O king of the Yadavas, you have a great ocean of desires. If destiny wishes, you will cross that ocean as one crosses a the puddle in a cow's hoofprint. If destiny does not wish, your desires will remain an impassable ocean.
Text 30
kamsa uvaca
visrijya daivam kurute balishtho
daivam samasritya hi nirbalas ca
kalatmanor nitya-gayo prabhavan
nirakulas tishthatu karma-yogi
Kamsa said: A strong man rejects destiny. He makes his own destiny. Only the weak lean on destiny. Protected by the power of his own work, a strong man is never troubled by eternal time and the eternal Supersoul.
Text 31
sri-narada uvaca
evam uktva mantri-varam
samutthaya sabha-sthalat
kincit prakupitah kamsah
sanair antah-puram yayau
Sri Narada said: After speaking these words to his counselor, agitated Kamsa stood up, left the room, and slowly walked to the inner rooms of the palace.

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this is very interesting because Narada Muni revealed the pastimes Krsna would perform later,, similarly in Valmiki Ramayana we see how Sri Valmiki Muni knew all the pastimes of Lord Ramachandra even before they took place
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Narada Munis prayers to Krsna from Srimad Bhagavatam 10 , chapter 37 Texts 10-11: [Nārada Muni said:] O Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, unlimited Lord, source of all mystic power, Lord of the universe! O Vāsudeva, shelter of all beings and best of the Yadus! O master, You are the Supreme Soul of all created beings, sitting unseen within the cave of the heart like the fire dormant within kindling wood. You are the witness within everyone, the Supreme Personality and the ultimate controlling Deity.
Text 12: You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.
Text 13: You, that very same creator, have now descended to the earth to annihilate the Daitya, Pramatha and Rākṣasa demons who are posing as kings, and also to protect the godly.
Text 14: The horse demon was so terrifying that his neighing frightened the demigods into leaving their heavenly kingdom. But by our good fortune You have enjoyed the sport of killing him.
Texts 15-20: In just two days, O almighty Lord, I will see the deaths of Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika and other wrestlers, along with those of the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa and King Kaṁsa — all by Your hand. Then I will see You kill Kālayavana, Mura, Naraka and the conch demon, and I will also see You steal the pārijāta flower and defeat Indra. I will then see You marry many daughters of heroic kings after paying for them with Your valor. Then, O Lord of the universe, in Dvārakā You will deliver King Nṛga from a curse and take for Yourself the Syamantaka jewel, together with another wife. You will bring back a brāhmaṇa’s dead son from the abode of Your servant Yamarāja, and thereafter You will kill Pauṇḍraka, burn down the city of Kāśī and slay Dantavakra, and You will also put an end to the King of Cedi during the great Rājasūya sacrifice. I shall see all these heroic pastimes, along with many others You will perform during Your residence in Dvārakā. These pastimes are glorified on this earth in the songs of transcendental poets.
Text 21: Subsequently I will see You appear as time personified, serving as Arjuna’s chariot driver and destroying entire armies of soldiers to rid the earth of her burden.
Text 22: Let us approach You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for shelter. You are full of perfectly pure spiritual awareness and are always situated in Your original identity. Since Your will is never thwarted, You have already achieved all possible desirable things, and by the power of Your spiritual energy You remain eternally aloof from the flow of the qualities of illusion.
Text 23: I bow down to You, the supreme controller, who are dependent only on Yourself. By Your potency You have constructed the unlimited particular arrangements of this universe. Now you have appeared as the greatest hero among the Yadus, Vṛṣṇis and Sātvatas and have chosen to participate in human warfare.
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in the previous chapter we read how Narada Muni told Kamsa the truth about Krsna ,,but Garga Samhita gives some details not found in Srimad Bhagavatam . Text 17: [Nārada told Kaṁsa:] Yaśodā’s child was actually a daughter, and Kṛṣṇa is the son of Devakī. Also, Rāma is the son of Rohiṇī. Out of fear, Vasudeva entrusted Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to his friend Nanda Mahārāja, and it is these two boys who have killed your men.
Text 18: Upon hearing this, the master of the Bhojas became furious and lost control of his senses. He picked up a sharp sword to kill Vasudeva.
Text 19: But Nārada restrained Kaṁsa by reminding him that it was the two sons of Vasudeva who would cause his death. Kaṁsa then had Vasudeva and his wife shackled in iron chains.
Text 20: After Nārada left, King Kaṁsa summoned Keśī and ordered him, “Go kill Rāma and Kṛṣṇa.”
Text 21: The King of the Bhojas next called for his ministers, headed by Muṣṭika, Cāṇūra, Śala and Tośala, and also for his elephant-keepers. The King addressed them as follows.
Texts 22-23: My dear heroic Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika, please hear this. Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, the sons of Ānakadundubhi [Vasudeva], are living in Nanda’s cowherd village. It has been predicted that these two boys will be the cause of my death. When They are brought here, kill Them on the pretext of engaging Them in a wrestling match.
Text 24: Erect a wrestling ring with many surrounding viewing stands, and bring all the residents of the city and the outlying districts to see the open competition.