Text 50] The Advent of Lord Krsna: Introduction 81

trying his best to do. He therefore considered another way to approach
Karnsa so that Devaki would be saved.

TEXTS 49-50
TEM TAI FATT ATA HITT |
aa 8 ae sary aeaal a BAT AT UVa

Freee at ft are ahratageent |
safer frada fea: gata Ikoll

pradaéya mrtyave putran
mocaye krpanam imam

suta me yadi jayeran
mrtyur vd na mriyeta cet

viparyayo va kim na sydd
gatir dhatur duratyaya

upasthito nivarteta
nivrttah punar Gpatet

pradaéya—promising to deliver; mrtyave—unto Karnsa, who is death
personified for Devaki; putrén—my sons; mocaye—I am releasing her
from imminent danger; krpandm—innocent; imam—Devaki; sutah—
sons; me—my; yadi—whether; jéyeran—should take birth; mrtyuh—
Karmsa; vd—or; na—not; mriyeta—should die; cet—if; viparyayah—
just the opposite; va—or; kim—whether; na—not; syat—it may hap-
pen; gatih—the movement; dhadtuh—of providence; duratyaya—very
difficult to understand; upasthitah—that which is presently obtained;
nivarteta—may stop; nivrttah—Devaki’s death being stopped; punah
Gpatet—in the future it may happen again (but what can I do).

TRANSLATION

Vasudeva considered: By delivering all my sons to Karnsa, who
is death personified, I shall save the life of Devaki. Perhaps Karnsa
will die before my sons take birth, or, since he is already destined
