kamsah -- Kamsa; parivritah -- surrounded; amatyaih -- by his ministers; raja-mance -- on the King's platform; upavisati -- sat; mandala-isvara -- of secondary rulers of various regions; madhya -- in the midst; sthah -- situated; hridayena -- with his heart; viduyata -- trembling.

Surrounded by his ministers, Kamsa took his seat on the imperial dais. But even as he sat amidst his various provincial rulers, his heart trembled.