Gopalacampu 1.5.28

1.5.28

[24] dūta uvāca-"tataś ca madīya-śrīmad-īśvarī putra-ghātiny api tasmin sāralya-doṣād eva roṣān nivivṛte | śrīman-mad-īśitā tu vicāritavān, æpūrvaṃ śuṣka-peṣaṃ piṣṭavān, samprati tu sarpiḥ-peṣaṃ pinaṣṭi so' yam asmān' iti | tad evaṃ tat-kauṭilya-koṭiṃ parikalpyāpi saujaunya-prābalyād iha sāralyam evāvalambitavān | tena pitari-śūreṇa durmatinānumataḥ śūra-nandanaḥ saha-dharmiṇyā saha sva-gṛham āgatavāṃś ca, na punar viśvāsam āśvāsaṃ ca labdhavān | yataḥ,
jāty-anya-janitaḥ kaṃsaḥ sadā dunvan samāśritān |
mātaraṃ ca dunoty uccaiḥ śilā-putraḥ śilām iva" || [anuṣṭubh]

The messenger said: "And then my glorious mistress, solely due to the fault of her own simplicity, turned away from anger toward him even though he had murdered her sons. My glorious master, however, reflected: 'Previously he ground dry grain, but now he is grinding us with ghee.' Thus, although he perceived the extremes of his crookedness, on account of the strength of his own noble character he maintained only simplicity in this matter. Permitted by that evil-minded one, a hero only against his own father, the son of Śūra returned to his home with his lawful wife, yet he found neither trust nor comfort. For:
Kaṃsa, begotten of another caste, constantly torments those who take refuge in him; / and he greatly torments his mother, as a stone pestle torments the stone slab."