Devanagari
आकर्ण्य भर्तुर्गदितं तमूचुर्देवशत्रव: ।
देवान् प्रति कृतामर्षा दैतेया नातिकोविदा: ॥ ३० ॥
Verse text
ākarṇya bhartur gaditaṁ
tam ūcur deva-śatravaḥ
devān prati kṛtāmarṣā
daiteyā nāti-kovidāḥ
Synonyms
ākarṇya
—
after hearing
;
bhartuḥ
—
of their master
;
gaditam
—
the words or statement
;
tam ūcuḥ
—
replied to him
;
deva
—
śatravaḥ — all the asuras, who were enemies of the demigods
;
devān
—
the demigods
;
prati
—
toward
;
kṛta
—
amarṣāḥ — who were envious
;
daiteyāḥ
—
the asuras
;
na
—
not
;
ati
—
kovidāḥ — who were very expert in executing transactions .
Translation
After hearing their master’s statement, the envious asuras, who were enemies of the demigods and were not very expert in their dealings, advised Kaṁsa as follows.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
After hearing their master's statement, the envious asuras, who were enemies of the demigods and were not very expert in their dealings, advised Kaṁsa as follows.
KB 10.4.30
All the counselors of Kaṁsa were demons and eternal enemies of the demigods, so they became depressed upon hearing their master speak of the night’s events. And although they were not very much experienced or learned, they began to give instructions to Kaṁsa as follows:
Purport
There are two different types of men — the asuras and the suras.
dvau bhūta-sargau loke ’smin
daiva āsura eva ca
viṣṇu-bhaktaḥ smṛto daiva
āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ
(
Padma Purāṇa
)
Those who are devotees of Lord Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa, are
suras,
or
devas,
whereas those who are opposed to the devotees are called
asuras.
Devotees are expert in all transactions (
yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiṣcanā sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ
). Therefore they are called
kovida,
which means “expert.”
Asuras,
however, although superficially showing expertise in passionate activities, are actually all fools. They are neither sober nor expert. Whatever they do is imperfect.
Moghāśā mogha-karmāṇaḥ.
According to this description of the
asuras
given in
Bhagavad-gītā
(9.12)
, whatever they do will ultimately be baffled. It was such persons who advised Kaṁsa because they were his chief friends and ministers.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Nati kovidah means ignorant. Ati refers to qualification. The demons, without any qualification for knowledge, hearing Kamsa’s words, and with anger towards the devatas, then began to speak.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
By their nature they were inimical to the devatās. Moreover they were angry with the devatās (kṛtāmarṣāḥ).