Text 9] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 91

kamsah—King Karnsa; pdpa-matih—very, very sinful, having a
polluted mind; sakhyam—friendship; tava—your; ca—also; dnaka-
dundubheh—of Vasudeva; devakyah—of Devaki; astamah garbhah—
the eighth pregnancy; na—not; stri—a woman; bhavitum arhati—is
possible to be; iti—in this way; savicintayan—considering; Srutvad—and
hearing (this news); devakyah—of Devaki; darika-vacah—the message
from the daughter; api—although there was; hantd gata-dsankah—
there is a possibility that Karnsa would take steps to kill this child;
tarhi—therefore; tat—that incident; nah—for us; anayah bhavet—
may not be very good.

TRANSLATION

Karnsa is both a great diplomat and a very sinful man.
Therefore, having heard from Yogamaya, the daughter of Devaki,
that the child who will kill him has already been born somewhere
else, having heard that the eighth pregnancy of Devaki could not
bring forth a female child, and having understood your friendship
with Vasudeva, Karnsa, upon hearing that the purificatory process
has been performed by me, the priest of the Yadu dynasty, may
certainly consider all these points and suspect that Krsna is the son
of Devaki and Vasudeva. Then he might take steps to kill Krsna.
That would be a catastrophe.

PURPORT

Karnsa knew very well that Yogamaya was, after all, the maidservant
of Krsna and Visnu and that although Yogamaya had appeared as the
daughter of Devaki, she might have been forbidden to disclose this fact.
Actually this was what had happened. Gargamuni argued very soberly
that his taking part in performing the reformatory process for Krsna
would give rise to many doubts, so that Karnsa might take very severe
steps to kill the child. Karnsa had already sent many demons to attempt to
kill this child, but none of them had survived. If Gargamuni were to per-
form the purificatory process, Karnsa’s suspicions would be fully con-
firmed, and he would take very severe steps. Gargamuni gave this
warning to Nanda Maharaja.
