आत्मानमिह सञ्जातं जानन्प्राग् विष्णुना हतम् । महासुरं कालनेमिं यदुभि: स व्यरुध्यत ॥ ६८ ॥
ātmānam iha sañjātaṁ jānan prāg viṣṇunā hatam mahāsuraṁ kālanemiṁ yadubhiḥ sa vyarudhyata
- ātmānam
- personally
- iha
- in this world
- sañjātam
- born again
- jānan
- understanding well
- prāk
- previously, before this birth
- viṣṇunā
- by Lord Viṣṇu
- hatam
- was killed
- mahā-asuram
- a great demon
- kālanemim
- by the name Kālanemi
- yadubhiḥ
- with the members of the Yadu dynasty
- saḥ
- he (Kaṁsa)
- vyarudhyata
- acted inimically
In his previous birth, Kaṁsa had been a great demon named Kālanemi and been killed by Viṣṇu. Upon learning this information from Nārada, Kaṁsa became envious of everyone connected with the Yadu dynasty.