Text 30] The Meeting of Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva 345

TRANSLATION

Nanda Maharaja said: Alas, King Karnsa killed so many of your
children, born of Devaki. And your one daughter, the youngest
child of all, entered the heavenly planets.

PURPORT

When Vasudeva understood from Nanda Maharaja that the mystery of
Krsna’s birth and His having been exchanged with Yasoda’s daughter
was yet undisclosed, he was happy that things were going on nicely. By
saying that Vasudeva’s daughter, his youngest child, had gone to the
heavenly planets, Nanda Maharaja indicated that he did not know that
this daughter was born of Yasoda and that Vasudeva had exchanged her
with Krsna. Thus the doubts of Vasudeva were dispelled.

TEXT 30
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HAAS A IT A A gala Moll

ninam hy adrsta-nistho *yam
adrsta-paramo janah
adrstam dGtmanas tattvam
yo veda na sa muhyati

ninam—certainly; hi—indeed; adrsta—unseen; nisthah ayam—
something ends there; adrsta—the unseen destiny; paramah—ultimate;
Janah—every living entity within this material world; adrstam—that
destiny; dtmanah—of oneself; tattvam—ultimate truth; yah—anyone
who; veda—knows; na—not; sah—he; muhyati—becomes bewildered.

TRANSLATION

Every man is certainly controlled by destiny, which determines
the results of one’s fruitive activities. In other words, one has a son
or daughter because of unseen destiny, and when the son or
