Text 60] The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction
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mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāms titikṣasva bhārata
“O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.” (Bg. 2.14) The self-realized soul is never disturbed by so-called distress or happiness, and this is especially true of an exalted devotee like Vasudeva, who showed this by his practical example. Vasudeva was not at all disturbed when delivering his first child to Kaṁsa to be killed.
TEXT 60
प्रतियातु कुमारोऽयं न ह्यसादस्ति मे भयम् । अष्टमाद् युवयोर्गर्भान्मृत्युमें विहितः किल ॥६०॥
pratiyātu kumāro 'yaṁ na hy asmād asti me bhayam aṣṭamād yuvayor garbhān mṛtyur me vihitaḥ kila
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.