Text 52] The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction
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when a living being accepts one kind of body and leaves aside another, there is no other reason than unseen destiny.
PURPORT
When there is a fire in a village, the fire sometimes jumps over one house and burns another. Similarly, when there is a forest fire, the fire sometimes jumps over one tree and catches another. Why this happens, no one can say. One may set forth some imaginary reason why the nearest tree or house did not catch fire whereas a tree or house in a distant place did, but actually the reason is destiny. This reason also applies to the transmigration of the soul, by which a prime minister in one life may become a dog in the next. The work of unseen destiny cannot be ascertained by practical experimental knowledge, and therefore one must be satisfied by reasoning that everything is done by supreme providence.
TEXT 52
एवं विमृश्य तं पापं यावदात्मनिदर्शनम् । पूजयामास वै शौरिर्बहुमानपुरःसरम् ॥५२॥
evam vimṛśya tam pāpam yāvad-ātmani-darśanam pūjayām āsa vai śaurir bahu-māna-puraḥsaram
evam —in this way;  vimṛśya —after contemplating;  tam —unto Kaṁsa;  pāpam —the most sinful;  yāvat —as far as possible;  ātmani-darśanam —with all the intelligence possible within himself;  pūjayām āsa —praised;  vai —indeed;  śauriḥ —Vasudeva;  bahu-māna —offering all respect;  puraḥsaram —before him.
TRANSLATION
After thus considering the matter as far as his knowledge would allow, Vasudeva submitted his proposal to the sinful Kaṁsa with great respect.