vraje vasan kim akaron
madhupuryÄá¹ ca keÅ›avaḥ
bhrÄtaraá¹ cÄvadhÄ«t kaá¹saá¹
mÄtur addhÄtad-arhaṇam
vraje - at Vá¹›ndÄvana; vasan - while residing; kim akarot - what did He do; madhupuryÄm - in MathurÄ; ca - and; keÅ›avaḥ - Kṛṣṇa, the killer of Keśī; bhrÄtaram - the brother; ca - and; avadhÄ«t - killed; kaá¹sam - Kaá¹sa; mÄtuḥ - of His mother; addhÄ - directly; a-tat-arhaṇam - which was not at all sanctioned by the Å›Ästras.
Lord Kṛṣṇa lived both in Vá¹›ndÄvana and in MathurÄ. What did He do there? Why did He kill Kaá¹sa, His mother’s brother? Such killing is not at all sanctioned in the Å›Ästras.
One’s maternal uncle, the brother of one’s mother, is on the level of one’s father. When a maternal uncle has no son, his nephew legally inherits his property. Therefore, why did Kṛṣṇa directly kill Kaá¹sa, the brother of His mother? MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it was very much inquisitive about the facts in this regard.
