Kansa addresses his friends, announces their danger and orders male children to be put to death - Verse 4
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 4 · Verse 4.4
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Sanskrit Original
तथेति च ऋषिणाभिहिते ऽल्पैर एवाहोभिः केशिनी पुत्रम एकम असमञ्जसं नाम वंशधरम असूत। विनतातनयायास तु सुमत्याः षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राण्य अभवन।।
tatheti ca ṛṣiṇābhihite 'lpair evāhobhiḥ keśinī putram ekam asamañjasaṃ nāma vaṃśadharam asūta| vinatātanayāyās tu sumatyāḥ ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇy abhavan||
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Thus, as stated by the sages, the Keshini gave birth to a single son named Asamañjasa, who would be the bearer of the lineage. From Vinata's son, however, there were sixty thousand sons born.