Text 52] The Birth of Lord Krsna 271
sutam yasoda-sayane nidhdaya tat-
sutam updddya punar grhan agat
nanda-vrajam—the village or the house of Nanda Maharaja; saurih—
Vasudeva; upetya—reaching; tatra—there; tan—all the members;
gopdn—the cowherd men; prasuptan—were fast asleep; upala-
bhya—understanding that; nidraya—in deep sleep; sutam—the son
(Vasudeva’s son); yaSoda-Sayane—on the bed where mother Yasoda was
sleeping; nidhadya—placing; tat-sutam—her daughter; upadaya—pick-
ing up; punah—again; grhdn—to his own house; agaét—returned.
TRANSLATION
When Vasudeva reached the house of Nanda Maharaja, he saw
that all the cowherd men were fast asleep. Thus he placed his own
son on the bed of Yasoda, picked up her daughter, an expansion of
Yogamaya, and then returned to his residence, the prison house of
Karhsa.
PURPORT
Vasudeva knew very well that as soon as the daughter was in the
prison house of Karnsa, Karnsa would immediately kill her; but to protect
his own child, he had to kill the child of his friend. Nanda Maharaja was
his friend, but out of deep affection and attachment for his own son, he
knowingly did this. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that one
cannot be blamed for protecting one’s own child at the sacrifice of
another’s. Furthermore, Vasudeva cannot be accused of callousness,
since his actions were impelled by the force of Yogamaya.
TEXT 52
STM: Waa ATS Taeatsy aay |
afta caiatenret | GaeTaA NR
devakyah sayane nyasya
vasudevo tha darikam
pratimucya pador loham
ste pirvavad durtah
