eke tam anurundhÄnÄ
jñÄtayaḥ paryupÄsate
hateá¹£u á¹£aá¹su bÄleá¹£u
devakyÄ augraseninÄ
saptamo vaiṣṇavaá¹ dhÄma
yam anantaá¹ pracaká¹£ate
garbho babhÅ«va devakyÄ
harṣa-śoka-vivardhanaḥ
eke - some of them; tam - unto Kaá¹sa; anurundhÄnÄḥ - exactly following his policy; jñÄtayaḥ - relatives; paryupÄsate - began to agree with him; hateá¹£u - having been killed; á¹£aá¹su - six; bÄleá¹£u - children; devakyÄḥ - born of DevakÄ«; augraseninÄ - by the son of Ugrasena (Kaá¹sa); saptamaḥ - the seventh; vaiṣṇavam - of Lord Viṣṇu; dhÄma - a plenary expansion; yam - unto whom; anantam - by the name Ananta; pracaká¹£ate - is celebrated; garbhaḥ - embryo; babhÅ«va - there was; devakyÄḥ - of DevakÄ«; hará¹£a-Å›oka-vivardhanaḥ - simultaneously arousing pleasure and lamentation.
Some of their relatives, however, began to follow Kaá¹sa’s principles and act in his service. After Kaá¹sa, the son of Ugrasena, killed the six sons of DevakÄ«, a plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa entered her womb as her seventh child, arousing her pleasure and her lamentation. That plenary portion is celebrated by great sages as Ananta, who belongs to Kṛṣṇa’s second quadruple expansion.
Some of the chief devotees, such as AkrÅ«ra, stayed with Kaá¹sa to satisfy him. This they did for various purposes. They all expected the Supreme Personality of Godhead to appear as the eighth child as soon as Devakī’s other children were killed by Kaá¹sa, and they were eagerly awaiting His appearance. By remaining in Kaá¹sa’s association, they would be able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead take birth and display His childhood pastimes, and AkrÅ«ra would later go to Vá¹›ndÄvana to bring Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma to MathurÄ. The word paryupÄsate is significant because it indicates that some devotees wanted to stay near Kaá¹sa in order to see all these pastimes of the Lord. The six children killed by Kaá¹sa had formerly been sons of MarÄ«ci, but because of having been cursed by a brÄhmaṇa, they were obliged to take birth as grandsons of HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu. Kaá¹sa had taken birth as KÄlanemi, and now he was obliged to kill his own sons. This was a mystery. As soon as the sons of DevakÄ« were killed, they would return to their original place. The devotees wanted to see this also. Generally speaking, no one kills his own nephews, but Kaá¹sa was so cruel that he did so without hesitation. Ananta, Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, belongs to the second catur-vyÅ«ha, or quadruple expansion. This is the opinion of experienced commentators.
