Kansa addresses his friends, announces their danger and orders male children to be put to death - Verse 55
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 4 · Verse 4.55
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Sanskrit Original
भरतो ऽपि गन्धर्वविषयसाधनायोग्रगन्धर्वकोटीस तिस्रो जघान। शत्रुघ्नेनाप्य अतिबलपराक्रमो मधुपुत्रो लवणो नाम राक्षसेश्वरो निहतो मधुरा च निवेशिता।।
bharato 'pi gandharvaviṣayasādhanāyogragandharvakoṭīs tisro jaghāna| śatrughnenāpy atibalaparākramo madhuputro lavaṇo nāma rākṣaseśvaro nihato madhurā ca niveśitā||
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Bharata also killed three powerful Gandharvas, desiring the realm of the Gandharvas. Shatrughna, too, defeated the mighty rakshasa named Lavana, who was settled in Madhura.