278 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 4

te—all the watchmen; tu—indeed; tirmam—very quickly; upa-
vrajya—going before (the King); devakyah—of Devaki; garbha-
janma—the deliverance from the womb; tat—that (child); acakhyuh—
submitted; bhoja-rajaya—unto the King of the Bhojas, Karnsa; yat—of
whom; udvignah—with great anxiety; pratiksate—was waiting (for the
child’s birth).
TRANSLATION

Thereafter, all the watchmen very quickly approached King
Karhsa, the ruler of the Bhoja dynasty, and submitted the news of
the birth of Devaki’s child. Karnsa, who had awaited this news very

anxiously, immediately took action.

PURPORT

Karnsa was very anxiously waiting because of the prophecy that the
eighth child of Devaki would kill him. This time, naturally, he was
awake and waiting, and when the watchmen approached him, he
immediately took action to kill the child.

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sa talpat tirnam utthaya
kalo ’yam iti vihvalah
suti-grham agat tirnam
praskhalan mukta-mirdhajah

sah—he (King Karnsa); talpat—from the bed; tirnam—very
quickly; utthaya—getting up; kalah ayam—here is my death, the
supreme time; iti—in this way; vihvalah—overwhelmed; siti-grham—
to the maternity home; agdt—went; tirmam—without delay;
praskhalan—scattering; mukta—had become opened; mirdha-jah—the
hair on the head.

TRANSLATION

Karnsa immediately got up from bed, thinking, ‘Here is Kala,
the supreme time factor, which has taken birth to kill me!”’ Thus
