Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 1: The Advent of Lord Krishna: Introduction

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.60

pratiyātu kumāro 'yam

na hy asmād asti me bhayam

ashtamād yuvayor garbhān

mrityur me vihitah kila

SYNONYMS

pratiyātu — my dear Vasudeva, take back your child and go home; kumārah — newborn child; ayam — this; na — not; hi — indeed; asmāt — from him; asti — there is; me — my; bhayam — fear; ashtamāt — from the eighth; yuvayoh — of both you and your wife; garbhāt — from the pregnancy; mrityuh — death; me — my; vihitah — has been ordained; kila — indeed.

TRANSLATION

O Vasudeva, you may take back your child and go home. I have no fear of your first child. It is the eighth child of you and Devakī I am concerned with because that is the child by whom I am destined to be killed.

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