Text 30] The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva
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TRANSLATION
Nanda Mahārāja said: Alas, King Kaṁsa killed so many of your children, born of Devaki. And your one daughter, the youngest child of all, entered the heavenly planets.
PURPORT
When Vasudeva understood from Nanda Mahārāja that the mystery of Kṛṣṇa's birth and His having been exchanged with Yaśodā's daughter was yet undisclosed, he was happy that things were going on nicely. By saying that Vasudeva's daughter, his youngest child, had gone to the heavenly planets, Nanda Mahārāja indicated that he did not know that this daughter was born of Yaśodā and that Vasudeva had exchanged her with Kṛṣṇa. Thus the doubts of Vasudeva were dispelled.
TEXT 30
नूनं ह्यदृष्टनिष्ठोऽयमदृष्टपरमो जनः । अदृष्टमात्मनस्तत्त्वं यो वेद न स मुद्यति ॥३०॥
nūnaṁ hy adṛṣṭa-niṣṭho 'yam adṛṣṭa-paramo janaḥ adṛṣṭam ātmanas tattvaṁ yo veda na sa muhyati
nūnam—certainly; hi—indeed; adṛṣṭa—unseen; niṣṭhaḥ ayam—something ends there; adṛṣṭa—the unseen destiny; paramaḥ—ultimate; janaḥ—every living entity within this material world; adṛṣṭam—that destiny; ātmanaḥ—of oneself; tattvam—ultimate truth; yaḥ—anyone who; veda—knows; na—not; saḥ—he; muhyati—becomes bewildered.
TRANSLATION
Every man is certainly controlled by destiny, which determines the results of one's fruitive activities. In other words, one has a son or daughter because of unseen destiny, and when the son or