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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 4]
tām —the child;  gṛhītvā —taking by force;  caraṇayoḥ —by the two legs;  jāta-mātrām —the newborn child;  svasuḥ —of his sister;  sutām —the daughter;  apothayat —smashed;  śilā-pṛṣṭhe —on the surface of a stone;  sva-artha-unmūlita —uprooted because of intense selfishness;  sauhṛdaḥ —all friendship or family relationships.
TRANSLATION
Having uprooted all relationships with his sister because of intense selfishness, Kaṁsa, who was sitting on his knees, grasped the newborn child by the legs and tried to dash her against the surface of a stone.
TEXT 9
सा तद्धस्तात् समुत्पत्य सद्यो देव्यम्बरं गता ।
अदृश्यतानुजा विष्णोः सायुधाष्टमहाभुजा ॥ ९ ॥
sā tad-dhastāt samutpatya sadyo devy ambaraṁ gatā adṛśyatānujā viṣṇoḥ sāyudhāṣṭa-mahābhujā
sā —that female child;  tat-hastāt —from the hand of Kaṁsa;  samutpatya —slipped upward;  sadyaḥ —immediately;  devī —the form of a demigoddess;  ambaraṁ —into the sky;  gatā —went;  adṛśyata —was seen;  anujā —the younger sister;  viṣṇoḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  sa-āyudhā —with weapons;  aṣṭa —eight;  mahā-bhujā —with mighty arms.
TRANSLATION
The child, Yogamāyā-devī, the younger sister of Lord Viṣṇu, slipped upward from Kaṁsa's hands and appeared in the sky as Devī, the goddess Durgā, with eight arms, completely equipped with weapons.
PURPORT
Kaṁsa tried to dash the child downward against a piece of stone, but since she was Yogamāyā, the younger sister of Lord Viṣṇu, she slipped upward and assumed the form of the goddess Durgā. The word  anujā ,