284 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 4

tam—the child; grhitva—taking by force; caranayoh—by the two
legs; jéta-matram—the newborn child; svasuh—of his sister; sutaém—
the daughter; apothayat—smashed; sild-prsthe—on the surface of a
stone; sva-artha-unmilita—uprooted because of intense selfishness;
sauhrdah—all friendship or family relationships.

TRANSLATION

Having uprooted all relationships with his sister because of in-
tense selfishness, Karnsa, who was sitting on his knees, grasped the
newborn child by the legs and tried to dash her against the surface
of a stone.

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A TSR ATTA TAM SI TAT |
AIAG Ae: AHMAR |! 8 II
sé tad-dhastat samutpatya
sadyo devy ambaram gata
adrsyatanuja visnoh
sdyudhdsta-mahabhuja

sG—that female child; tat-hastaét—from the hand of Kamsa; sam-
utpatya—slipped upward; sadyah—immediately; devi—the form of a
demigoddess; ambaram—into the sky; gata—went; adrsyata—was
seen; anujad—the younger sister; visnoh—of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; sa-dyudhé—with weapons; asta—eight; mahd-bhujé—with
mighty arms.

TRANSLATION

The child, Yogamaya-devi, the younger sister of Lord Visnu,
slipped upward from Karnsa’s hands and appeared in the sky as
Devi, the goddess Durga, with eight arms, completely equipped
with weapons.

PURPORT

Karnsa tried to dash the child downward against a piece of stone, but
since she was Yogamaya, the younger sister of Lord Visnu, she slipped
upward and assumed the form of the goddess Durga. The word anuja,
