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Prayers by the Demigods
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means that Nārada and the demigods were accompanied by other saintly persons, like Sanaka and Sanātana, all of whom came to congratulate or welcome the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even though Kaṁsa was planning to kill Devakī, he too awaited the arrival of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( pratīkṣaṁs taj-janma ).
TEXT 26
सत्यव्रतं सत्यपरं त्रिसत्यं 
  सत्यस्य योनिं निहितं च सत्ये । 
  सत्यस्य सत्यमृतसत्यनेत्रं 
  सत्यात्मकं त्वां शरणं प्रपन्नाः ॥२६॥
satya-vratam satya-param tri-satyam  
 satyasya yonim nihitam ca satye  
 satyasya satyam ṛta-satya-netram  
 satyātmakam tvām śaraṇam prapannāḥ
satya-vratam —the Personality of Godhead, who never deviates from His vow;*  satya-param —who is the Absolute Truth (as stated in the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,  satyam param dhīmahi );  tri-satyam —He is always present as the Absolute Truth, before the creation of this cosmic manifestation, during its maintenance, and even after its annihilation;  satyasya —of all relative truths, which are emanations from the Absolute Truth,  Kṛṣṇa ;  yonim —the cause;  nihitam —entered;†  ca —and;  satye —in the factors that create this material world (namely, the five elements—earth, water, fire, air and ether);  satyasya —of all that is accepted as the truth;  satyam —the Lord is the original truth;  ṛta-satya-netram —He is the origin of whatever truth is pleasing ( sunetram );  satya-ātmakam —everything pertaining to the Lord is truth ( sac-cid-ānanda : His body is truth, His knowledge is truth,
*The Lord vows:  yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata/ abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānam sṛjāmy aham  (Bg. 4.7). To honor this vow, the Lord appeared.
†The Lord enters everything, even the atom:  aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham  ( Brahma-saṁhitā  5.44). Therefore He is called  antaryāmī , the inner force.