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
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Te ATT FATT ATA FIT |
am afe sary aeaat a BAT AT eI
iv
freee at fe a ere aratageerT |
safeat fata fea: gaaradg iol
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
