Text 50] The Advent of Lord Krṣṇa: Introduction
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trying his best to do. He therefore considered another way to approach Kaṁsa so that Devakī would be saved.
TEXTS 49-50
प्रदाय मृत्यवे पुत्रान् मोचये कृपणामिमाम् । 
    सुता मे यदि जायेरन् मृत्युवां न प्रियेत चेत् ॥४९॥ 
    विपर्ययो वा किं न स्याद् गतिर्धातुर्दुरत्यया । 
    उपस्थितो निवर्तेत निवृत्तः पुनरापतेत् ॥५०॥
pradāya mṛtyave putrān 
    mocaye kṛpaṇām imām 
    sutā me yadi jāyeran 
    mṛtyur vā na mriyeta cet
viparyayo vā kiṁ na syād 
    gatir dhātur duratyayā 
    upasthito nivarteta 
    nivṛttaḥ punar āpatet
pradāya —promising to deliver;  mṛtyave —unto Kaṁsa, who is death personified for Devakī;  putrān —my sons;  mocaye —I am releasing her from imminent danger;  kṛpaṇām —innocent;  imām —Devakī;  sutāḥ —sons;  me —my;  yadi —whether;  jāyeran —should take birth;  mṛtyuḥ —Kaṁsa;  vā —or;  na —not;  mriyeta —should die;  cet —if;  viparyayaḥ —just the opposite;  vā —or;  kiṁ —whether;  na —not;  syāt —it may happen;  gatiḥ —the movement;  dhātuḥ —of providence;  duratyayā —very difficult to understand;  upasthitaḥ —that which is presently obtained;  nivarteta —may stop;  nivṛttaḥ —Devakī's death being stopped;  punaḥ āpatet —in the future it may happen again (but what can I do).
TRANSLATION
Vasudeva considered:  By delivering all my sons to Kaṁsa, who is death personified, I shall save the life of Devakī. Perhaps Kaṁsa will die before my sons take birth, or, since he is already destined