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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 1]
to die at the hands of my son, one of my sons may kill him. For the time being, let me promise to hand over my sons so that Kamsa will give up this immediate threat, and if in due course of time Kamsa dies, I shall have nothing to fear.
PURPORT
Vasudeva wanted to save the life of Devakī by promising to deliver his sons to Kamsa. "In the future," he thought, "Kamsa may die, or I may not beget any sons. Even if a son is born and I deliver him to Kamsa, Kamsa may die at his hands, for by providence anything could happen. It is very difficult to understand how things are managed by providence." Thus Vasudeva decided that he would promise to deliver his sons to the hands of Kamsa in order to save Devakī from the imminent danger of death.
TEXT 51
अग्नेयथा दारुवियोगयोगयो- रदृष्टतोऽन्यन्न निमित्तमस्ति । एवं हि जन्तोरपि दुर्विभाव्यः शरीरसंयोगवियोगहेतुः ॥५१॥
agner yathā dāru-viyoga-yogayor adrṣṭato 'nyan na nimittam asti evam hi jantor api durvibhāvyah śarīra-samyoga-viyoga-hetuḥ
agneḥ—of a fire in the forest; yathā—as; dāru—of wood; viyoga-yogayoḥ—of both the escaping and the capturing; adrṣṭataḥ—than unseen providence; anyat—some other reason or accident; na—not; nimittam—a cause; asti—there is; evam—in this way; hi—certainly; jantoḥ—of the living being; api—indeed; durvibhāvyaḥ—cannot be found out; śarīra—of the body; samyoga—of the accepting; viyoga—or of the giving up; hetuḥ—the cause.
TRANSLATION
When a fire, for some unseen reason, leaps over one piece of wood and sets fire to the next, the reason is destiny. Similarly,