Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 4: The Atrocities of King Kamsa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.24

mocayām āsa nigadād

viśrabdhah kanyakā-girā

devakīm vasudevam ca

darśayann ātma-sauhridam

SYNONYMS

mocayām āsaKamsa released them; nigadāt — from their iron shackles; viśrabdhah — with full confidence; kanyakā-girāin the words of the goddess Durgā; devakīm — toward his sister Devakī; vasudevam ca — and his brother-in-law Vasudeva; darśayan — fully exhibiting; ātma-sauhridam — his family relationship.

TRANSLATION

Fully believing in the words of the goddess Durgā, Kamsa exhibited his familial affection for Devakī and Vasudeva by immediately releasing them from their iron shackles.

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