Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.39.6

aho asmad abhūd bhūri

pitror vṛjinam āryayoḥ

yad-dhetoḥ putra-maraṇaḿ

yad-dhetor bandhanaḿ tayoḥ

SYNONYMS

aho — ah; asmat — because of Me; abhūt — there was; bhūri — great; pitroḥ — for My parents; vṛjinam — suffering; āryayoḥ — for the offenseless ones; yat-hetoḥ — because of whom; putra — of their sons; maraṇam — the death; yat-hetoḥ — because of whom; bandhanam — bondage; tayoḥ — their.

TRANSLATION

Just see how much suffering I have caused My offenseless parents ! Because of Me their sons were killed and they themselves imprisoned.

PURPORT

Because Kaḿsa had heard a prophecy that the eighth son of Devakī would kill him, he tried to kill all her children. For the same reason, he imprisoned her and her husband, Vasudeva.

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