Kansa addresses his friends, announces their danger and orders male children to be put to death - Verse 18
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 4 · Verse 4.18
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Sanskrit Original
स तु सगरतनयखातमार्गेण कपिलम उपगम्य भक्तिनम्रस तथा तुष्टाव यथैनं भगवान आह गच्छैनं पितामहायाश्वं प्रापय वरं वृणीष्व च पुत्रपौत्रश च ते स्वर्गाद गङ्गां आनयिष्यतीति।।
sa tu sagaratanayakhātamārgeṇa kapilam upagamya bhaktinamras tathā tuṣṭāva yathainaṃ bhagavān āha gacchainaṃ pitāmahāyāśvaṃ prāpaya varaṃ vṛṇīṣva ca putrapautraś ca te svargād gaṅgāṃ ānayiṣyatīti||
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He, following the path of Sagara's sons, approached Kapila with devotion and humility, and prayed to him, saying, 'O Lord, please grant us the boon to bring the Ganges from heaven.'