122 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 2

saptamo vaisnavamn dhama
yam anantam pracaksate

garbho babhiva devakya
harsa-soka-vivardhanah

eke—some of them; tam—unto Kamsa; anurundhdénéh—exactly
following his policy; jfidtayah—relatives; paryupdsate—began to agree
with him; hatesu—having been killed; satsu—six; bdlesu—
children; devakyah—born of Devaki; augraseninad—by the son of
Ugrasena (Karnsa); saptamah—the seventh; vaisnavam—of Lord
Visnu; dhama—a plenary expansion; yam—unto whom; anantam—by
the name Ananta; pracaksate—is celebrated; garbhah—embryo;
babhiiva—there was; devakyah—of Devaki; harsa-soka-vivardhanah—

simultaneously arousing pleasure and lamentation.

TRANSLATION

Some of their relatives, however, began to follow Karnsa’s prin-
ciples and act in his service. After Karnsa, the son of Ugrasena,
killed the six sons of Devaki, a plenary portion of Krsna entered
her womb as her seventh child, arousing her pleasure and her lam-
entation. That plenary portion is celebrated by great sages as
Ananta, who belongs to Krsna’s second quadruple expansion.

PURPORT

Some of the chief devotees, such as Akrira, stayed with Karnsa to
satisfy him. This they did for various purposes. They all expected the
Supreme Personality of Godhead to appear as the eighth child as soon as
Devaki’s other children were killed by Karnsa, and they were eagerly
awaiting His appearance. By remaining in Kamsa’s association, they
would be able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead take birth and
display His childhood pastimes, and Akrira would later go to Vrndavana
to bring Krsna and Balarama to Mathura. The word paryupdsate is sig-
nificant because it indicates that some devotees wanted to stay near
Karnsa in order to see all these pastimes of the Lord. The six children
killed by Karnsa had formerly been sons of Marici, but because of having
been cursed by a brahmana, they were obliged to take birth as grandsons
