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SB 10.1.60

Devanāgarī

प्रतियातु कुमारोऽयं न ह्यस्मादस्ति मे भयम् । अष्टमाद् युवयोर्गर्भान्मृत्युर्मे विहित: किल ॥ ६० ॥

Text

pratiyātu kumāro ’yaṁ na hy asmād asti me bhayam aṣṭamād yuvayor garbhān mṛtyur me vihitaḥ kila

Synonyms

pratiyātu—my dear Vasudeva, take back your child and go home;kumāraḥ—newborn child;ayam—this;na—not;hi—indeed;asmāt—from him;asti—there is;me—my;bhayam—fear;aṣṭamāt—from the eighth;yuvayoḥ—of both you and your wife;garbhāt—from the pregnancy;mṛtyuḥ—death;me—my;vihitaḥ—has been ordained;kila—indeed.

Translation

O Vasudeva, you may take back your child and go home. I have no fear of your first child. It is the eighth child of you and Devakī I am concerned with because that is the child by whom I am destined to be killed.

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