Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 3: The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.3.52

devakyāḥ śayane nyasya

vasudevo 'tha dārikām

pratimucya pador loham

āste pūrvavad āvṛtaḥ

SYNONYMS

devakyāḥ — of Devakī; śayane — on the bed; nyasya — placing; vasudevaḥVasudeva; atha — thus; dārikām — the female child; pratimucya — binding himself again; padoḥ loham — iron shackles on the two legs; āste — remained; pūrva-vat — like before; āvṛtaḥ — bound.

TRANSLATION

Vasudeva placed the female child on the bed of Devakī, bound his legs with the iron shackles, and thus remained there as before.

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