Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 44: The Killing of Kaḿsa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.44.51

devakī vasudevaś ca

vijñāya jagad-īśvarau

kṛta-saḿvandanau putrau

sasvajāte na śańkitau

SYNONYMS

devakīDevakī; vasudevaḥVasudeva; ca — and; vijñāya — recognizing; jagat — of the universe; īśvarauas the two Lords; kṛta — paying; saḿvandanau — full respects (by standing with joined palms); putrau — their two sons; sasvajāte na — they did not embrace; śańkitau — apprehensive.

TRANSLATION

Devakī and Vasudeva, now knowing Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to be the Lords of the universe, simply stood with joined palms. Being apprehensive, they did not embrace their sons.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Forty-fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The Killing of Kaḿsa."

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