Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī's Sons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.85.57

taḿ dṛṣṭvā devakī devī

mṛtāgamana-nirgamam

mene su-vismitā māyāḿ

kṛṣṇasya racitāḿ nṛpa

SYNONYMS

tam — this; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; devakīDevakī; devī — divine; mṛta — of the dead (sons); āgamana — the return; nirgamam — and departure; mene — she thought; su — very much; vismitā — amazed; māyām — magic; kṛṣṇasya — by Kṛṣṇa; racitām — produced; nṛpaO King (Parīkṣit).

TRANSLATION

Seeing her sons return from death and then depart again, saintly Devakī was struck with wonder, O King. She concluded that this was all simply an illusion created by Kṛṣṇa.

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