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The first stage of Kansa's master plan is now brought into effect.
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One day, however, a sage discloses to Kansa the true identity of his enemy.
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Finally although Kansa himself has been killed, his demon allies are still at large.
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The tyrant Kansa was only the worst and most powerful member of the demon hosts.
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Devaki, with Kansa's approval, is now married to Vasudeva.
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He is named Kansa and the court rejoices.
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As Kansa and Kesi have been righteously slain by me, let this child revive today by that truth!
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Concerning the Kansa Indians, Rev.
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Krishna, he believes, will know at once that he is not Kansa's envoy and will receive him with kindness.
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The resemblance between Kansa's order to kill all male infants and Herod's slaughter of the innocents has often been remarked.
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In the picture, the tyrant ruler Kansa is sleeping on a bed as a courtier prepares to break the fateful news of Krishna's birth.
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Her words are, in fact, only too necessary, for Kansa, the tyrant king, is still in quest of the child who is to kill him.
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The lotus-eyed and mighty-armed Vasudeva, while yet a child (in human form) achieved the great feat of slaying Kansa for the relief of his kinsmen.
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Kansa receives him and on his way back Vasudeva meets him at the river.
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Kansa is wresting the baby from her in order to dash its head against a boulder.
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Kansa is greatly alarmed and is about to slay Devaki when Vasudeva agrees to yield him all their sons.