Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 21

DB 4 21.1

कंसेन देवकीप्रथमपुत्रवधवर्णनम् व्यास उवाच अथ काले तु सम्प्राप्ते देवकी देवरूपिणी । गर्भं दधार विधिवद्वसुदेवेन सङ्गता

kaṃsena devakīprathamaputravadhavarṇanam vyāsa uvāca atha kāle tu samprāpte devakī devarūpiṇī | garbhaṃ dadhāra vidhivadvasudevena saṅgatā

The description of Kaṃsa's killing of Devakī's first son. Vyāsa said: Then, when the time came, Devakī of divine form, united with Vasudeva, duly conceived a child.

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DB 4 21.2

पूर्णेऽथ दशमे मासे सुषुवे सुतमुत्तमम् । रूपावयवसम्पन्नं देवकी प्रथमं यदा

pūrṇe'tha daśame māse suṣuve sutamuttamam | rūpāvayavasampannaṃ devakī prathamaṃ yadā

Then, when the tenth month was complete, Devakī bore an excellent son, endowed with beauty of form and limb—when (she bore her) first.

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DB 4 21.3

तदाऽऽह वसुदेवस्तां सत्यवाक्यानुमोदितः । भावित्वाच्च महाभागो देवकीं देवमातरम्

tadā''ha vasudevastāṃ satyavākyānumoditaḥ | bhāvitvācca mahābhāgo devakīṃ devamātaram

Then Vasudeva, that greatly fortunate one, spoke to her—to Devakī, the mother of gods—being resolved on (keeping) his truthful word and because of what was destined to be:

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DB 4 21.4

वरोरु समयं मे त्वं जानासि स्वसुतार्पणे । मोचिता त्वं महाभागे शपथेन मया तदा

varoru samayaṃ me tvaṃ jānāsi svasutārpaṇe | mocitā tvaṃ mahābhāge śapathena mayā tadā

"O fair-thighed one, you know my agreement concerning the handing over of your own son; then, greatly fortunate one, you were released by me with an oath."

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DB 4 21.5

इमं पुत्रं सुकेशान्ते दास्यामि भ्रातृसूनवे । (खले कंसे विनाशार्थं दैवे किं वा करिष्यसि ।) ॥ विचित्रकर्मणां पाको दुर्ज्ञेयो ह्यकृतात्मभिः

imaṃ putraṃ sukeśānte dāsyāmi bhrātṛsūnave | (khale kaṃse vināśārthaṃ daive kiṃ vā kariṣyasi |) || vicitrakarmaṇāṃ pāko durjñeyo hyakṛtātmabhiḥ

"O you with lovely locks, I shall give this son to my brother's son, the wicked Kaṃsa, for (his) destruction—or what will you do about fate? For the ripening of variegated deeds is hard to know for those whose selves are unperfected."

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DB 4 21.6

सर्वेषां किल जीवानां कालपाशानुवर्तिनाम् । भोक्तव्यं स्वकृतं कर्म शुभ वा यदि वाशुभम्

sarveṣāṃ kila jīvānāṃ kālapāśānuvartinām | bhoktavyaṃ svakṛtaṃ karma śubha vā yadi vāśubham

"Indeed, for all living beings, who follow along the noose of Time, the deed done by oneself must be experienced, whether it be good or bad."

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DB 4 21.7

प्रारब्धं सर्वथैवात्र जीवस्य विधिनिर्मितम् । देवक्युवाच स्वामिन् पूर्वं कृतं कर्म भोक्तव्यं सर्वथा नृभिः

prārabdhaṃ sarvathaivātra jīvasya vidhinirmitam | devakyuvāca svāmin pūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ karma bhoktavyaṃ sarvathā nṛbhiḥ

"In this world the destiny set in motion for a living being is in every way ordained by (divine) rule." Devakī said: "My lord, the deed done formerly must in every way be experienced by men;

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DB 4 21.8

तीर्थैस्तपोभिर्दानैर्वा किं न याति क्षयं हि तत् । लिखितो धर्मशास्त्रेषु प्रायश्चित्तविधिर्नृप

tīrthaistapobhirdānairvā kiṃ na yāti kṣayaṃ hi tat | likhito dharmaśāstreṣu prāyaścittavidhirnṛpa

but does it not indeed come to destruction through pilgrimages, austerities, or gifts? O king, a rule of expiation is written down in the books of dharma,

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DB 4 21.9

पूर्वार्जितानां पापानां विनाशाय महात्मभिः । ब्रह्महा हेमहारी च सुरापो गुरुतल्पगः

pūrvārjitānāṃ pāpānāṃ vināśāya mahātmabhiḥ | brahmahā hemahārī ca surāpo gurutalpagaḥ

laid down by great souls for the destruction of sins previously accumulated. The slayer of a brahmin, the stealer of gold, the drinker of liquor, the violator of the teacher's bed—

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DB 4 21.10

द्वादशाब्दव्रते चीर्णे शुद्धिं याति यतस्ततः । मन्वादिभिर्यथोद्दिष्टं प्रायश्चित्तं विधानतः

dvādaśābdavrate cīrṇe śuddhiṃ yāti yatastataḥ | manvādibhiryathoddiṣṭaṃ prāyaścittaṃ vidhānataḥ

when the twelve-year vow has been performed, he thereby attains purity. As expiation was prescribed by Manu and the others, according to the rule,

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DB 4 21.11

तथा कृत्वा नरः पापान्मुच्यते वा न वानघ । विगीतवचनास्ते किं मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः

tathā kṛtvā naraḥ pāpānmucyate vā na vānagha | vigītavacanāste kiṃ munayastattvadarśinaḥ

having done so, is a man released from sin or not, O sinless one? Are those sages, seers of the truth, of contradictory speech?

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DB 4 21.12

याज्ञवल्क्यादयः सर्वे धर्मशास्त्रप्रवर्तकाः । भवितव्यं भवत्येव यद्येवं निश्चयः प्रभो

yājñavalkyādayaḥ sarve dharmaśāstrapravartakāḥ | bhavitavyaṃ bhavatyeva yadyevaṃ niścayaḥ prabho

—Yājñavalkya and all the rest, the promulgators of the dharma treatises. If the settled conclusion is thus, O lord, that what is to be will simply be,

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DB 4 21.13

आयुर्वेदः स मिथ्यैव मन्त्रवादास्तथाखिलाः । उद्यमस्तु वृथा सर्वमेवं चेद्दैवनिर्मितम्

āyurvedaḥ sa mithyaiva mantravādāstathākhilāḥ | udyamastu vṛthā sarvamevaṃ ceddaivanirmitam

then that Āyurveda is false, and likewise all the doctrines of mantras, and effort is in vain—if everything here is thus ordained by fate.

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DB 4 21.14

भवितव्यं भवत्येव प्रवृत्तिस्तु निरर्थिका । अग्निष्टोमादिकं व्यर्थं नियतं स्वर्गसाधनम्

bhavitavyaṃ bhavatyeva pravṛttistu nirarthikā | agniṣṭomādikaṃ vyarthaṃ niyataṃ svargasādhanam

What is to be simply comes to be, and undertaking is pointless; the Agniṣṭoma and the rest, fixed as means to heaven, are useless.

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DB 4 21.15

यदा तदा प्रमाणं हि वृथैव परिभाषितम् । वितथे तत्प्रमाणे तु धर्मोच्छेदः कुतो न हि

yadā tadā pramāṇaṃ hi vṛthaiva paribhāṣitam | vitathe tatpramāṇe tu dharmocchedaḥ kuto na hi

Then indeed the authoritative teaching has been laid down in vain; and if that authority is false, how then is there not a destruction of dharma?

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DB 4 21.16

उद्यमे च कृते सिद्धिः प्रत्यक्षेणैव साध्यते । तस्मादत्र प्रकर्तव्यः प्रपञ्चश्चित्तकल्पितः

udyame ca kṛte siddhiḥ pratyakṣeṇaiva sādhyate | tasmādatra prakartavyaḥ prapañcaścittakalpitaḥ

And when effort is made, success is established by direct perception itself; therefore in this matter an elaborate scheme devised by the mind should be carried out—

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DB 4 21.17

यथायं बालकः क्षेमं प्राप्नोति मम पुत्रकः । मिथ्या यदि प्रकर्तव्यं वचनं शुभमिच्छता

yathāyaṃ bālakaḥ kṣemaṃ prāpnoti mama putrakaḥ | mithyā yadi prakartavyaṃ vacanaṃ śubhamicchatā

so that this boy, my little son, may attain safety. If a false word must be uttered by one desiring what is good,

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DB 4 21.18

न तत्र दूषणं किञ्चित्पवदन्ति मनीषिणः । वसुदेव उवाच निशामय महाभागे सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते

na tatra dūṣaṇaṃ kiñcitpavadanti manīṣiṇaḥ | vasudeva uvāca niśāmaya mahābhāge satyametad bravīmi te

the wise declare no fault whatever in that." Vasudeva said: "Listen, greatly fortunate one; I tell you this truth:

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DB 4 21.19

उद्यमः खलु कर्तव्यः फलं दैववशानुगम् । त्रिविधानीह कर्माणि संसारेऽत्र पुराविदः

udyamaḥ khalu kartavyaḥ phalaṃ daivavaśānugam | trividhānīha karmāṇi saṃsāre'tra purāvidaḥ

effort must indeed be made, (but) the fruit follows the power of fate. Here in this round of existence, those who know the ancient lore

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DB 4 21.20

प्रवदन्तीह जीवानां पुराणेष्वागमेषु च । सञ्चितानि च जीर्णानि प्रारब्धानि सुमध्यमे

pravadantīha jīvānāṃ purāṇeṣvāgameṣu ca | sañcitāni ca jīrṇāni prārabdhāni sumadhyame

declare, in the Purāṇas and in the scriptures, that the deeds of living beings are of three kinds: accumulated, worn out (past), and set in motion, O slender-waisted one,

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DB 4 21.21

वर्तमानानि वामोरु विविधानीह देहिनाम् । शुभाशुभानि कर्माणि बीजभूतानि यानि च कंसेन देवकीप्रथमपुत्रवधवर्णनं नामैकविंशोऽध्यायः

vartamānāni vāmoru vividhānīha dehinām | śubhāśubhāni karmāṇi bījabhūtāni yāni ca kaṃsena devakīprathamaputravadhavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

and (those) now in operation, O fair-thighed one—the manifold good and bad deeds of embodied beings here, and those that are in the condition of seeds. [colophon: the twenty-first chapter, called the account of the killing of Devakī's first son by Kaṃsa]

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DB 4 21.22

बहुजन्मसमुत्थानि काले तिष्ठन्ति सर्वथा । पूर्वदेहं परित्यज्य जीवः कर्मवशानुगः

bahujanmasamutthāni kāle tiṣṭhanti sarvathā | pūrvadehaṃ parityajya jīvaḥ karmavaśānugaḥ

Those arisen from many births remain in every way (until their) time. Abandoning the former body, the living being, following the power of its deeds,

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DB 4 21.23

स्वर्गं वा नरकं वापि प्राप्नोति स्वकृतेन वै । दिव्यं देहञ्च सम्प्राप्य यातनादेहमर्थजम्

svargaṃ vā narakaṃ vāpi prāpnoti svakṛtena vai | divyaṃ dehañca samprāpya yātanādehamarthajam

He attains either heaven or hell by what he himself has done; and having obtained a divine body, or else a body of torments produced for that purpose,

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DB 4 21.24

भुनक्ति विविधान् भोगान्स्वर्गे वा नरकेऽथवा । भोगान्ते च यदोत्पत्तेः समयस्तस्य जायते

bhunakti vividhān bhogānsvarge vā narake'thavā | bhogānte ca yadotpatteḥ samayastasya jāyate

he enjoys various experiences, whether in heaven or in hell; and when, at the end of that enjoyment, the time of his (re)birth arrives,

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DB 4 21.25

लिङ्गदेहेन सहितं जायते जीवसंज्ञितम् । तदैव सञ्चितेभ्यश्च कर्मभ्यः कर्मभिः पुनः

liṅgadehena sahitaṃ jāyate jīvasaṃjñitam | tadaiva sañcitebhyaśca karmabhyaḥ karmabhiḥ punaḥ

that which bears the name jīva is born together with a subtle body; and just then, out of the stored-up karmas, again by karmas,

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DB 4 21.26

योजयत्येव तं कालं कर्माणि प्राक्कृतानि च । देहेनानेन भाव्यानि शुभानि चाशुभानि च

yojayatyeva taṃ kālaṃ karmāṇi prākkṛtāni ca | dehenānena bhāvyāni śubhāni cāśubhāni ca

Time indeed joins to him the deeds done before; with this body good and evil (deeds) are to become (fruitful).

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DB 4 21.27

प्रारब्धानि च जीवेन भोक्तव्यानि सुलोचने । प्रायश्चित्तेन नश्यन्ति वर्तमानानि भामिनि

prārabdhāni ca jīvena bhoktavyāni sulocane | prāyaścittena naśyanti vartamānāni bhāmini

And the deeds already set in motion must be experienced by the living being, O fair-eyed one; the present ones perish through expiation, O radiant lady.

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DB 4 21.28

सञ्चितानि तथैवाशु यथार्थं विहितेन च । प्रारब्धकर्मणां भोगात्संक्षयो नान्यथा भवेत्

sañcitāni tathaivāśu yathārthaṃ vihitena ca | prārabdhakarmaṇāṃ bhogātsaṃkṣayo nānyathā bhavet

So too the accumulated ones (perish) quickly by what is prescribed as fitting; but for the deeds already set in motion destruction comes from experiencing them, and not otherwise.

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DB 4 21.29

तेनायं ते कुमारो वै देयः कंसाय सर्वथा । न मिथ्या वचनं मेऽस्ति लोकनिन्दाभिदूषितम्

tenāyaṃ te kumāro vai deyaḥ kaṃsāya sarvathā | na mithyā vacanaṃ me'sti lokanindābhidūṣitam

Therefore this boy of yours must by all means be given to Kaṃsa; my word is not to be false, sullied by the world's blame.

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DB 4 21.30

अनित्येऽस्मिंस्तु संसारे धर्मसारे महात्मनाम् । दैवाधीनं हि सर्वेषां मरणं जननं तथा

anitye'smiṃstu saṃsāre dharmasāre mahātmanām | daivādhīnaṃ hi sarveṣāṃ maraṇaṃ jananaṃ tathā

In this impermanent round of existence, whose essence is dharma for great souls, death and likewise birth are dependent on fate for all beings.

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DB 4 21.31

तस्माच्छोको न कर्तव्यो देहिना हि निरर्थकः । सत्यं यस्य गतं कान्ते वृथा तस्यैव जीवितम्

tasmācchoko na kartavyo dehinā hi nirarthakaḥ | satyaṃ yasya gataṃ kānte vṛthā tasyaiva jīvitam

Therefore no grieving should be done by an embodied being, for it is useless; he whose truthfulness is gone, O beloved, his very life is in vain.

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DB 4 21.32

इहलोको गतो यस्मात्परलोकः कुतस्ततः । अतो देहि सुतं सुभ्रु कंसाय प्रददाम्यहम्

ihaloko gato yasmātparalokaḥ kutastataḥ | ato dehi sutaṃ subhru kaṃsāya pradadāmyaham

Since this world is lost (to him), how then can there be the next world for him? So give me the son, O fair-browed one; I shall hand him over to Kaṃsa.

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DB 4 21.33

सत्यसंस्तरणाद्देवि शुभमग्रे भविष्यति । कर्तव्यं सुकृतं पुम्भिः सुखे दुःखे सति प्रिये

satyasaṃstaraṇāddevi śubhamagre bhaviṣyati | kartavyaṃ sukṛtaṃ pumbhiḥ sukhe duḥkhe sati priye

From the upholding of truth, O goddess, good will come hereafter; men must do what is well done, whether in happiness or in sorrow, O dear one.

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DB 4 21.34

(सत्यसंरक्षणाद्देवि शुभमेव भविष्यति) ॥ व्यास उवाच इत्युक्तवति कान्ते सा देवकी शोकसंयुता । ददौ पुत्रं प्रसूतं च वेपमाना मनस्विनी

(satyasaṃrakṣaṇāddevi śubhameva bhaviṣyati) || vyāsa uvāca ityuktavati kānte sā devakī śokasaṃyutā | dadau putraṃ prasūtaṃ ca vepamānā manasvinī

(From the guarding of truth, O goddess, only good will come.) Vyāsa said: When her husband had spoken thus, that Devakī, filled with grief, spirited woman though she was, trembling, gave over the newborn son.

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DB 4 21.35

वसुदेवोऽपि धर्मात्मा आदाय स्वसुतं शिशुम् । जगाम कंससदनं मार्गे लोकैरभिष्टुतः

vasudevo'pi dharmātmā ādāya svasutaṃ śiśum | jagāma kaṃsasadanaṃ mārge lokairabhiṣṭutaḥ

And Vasudeva, whose self was dharma, taking his own infant son, went to Kaṃsa's house, praised by the people along the way.

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DB 4 21.36

लोका ऊचुः पश्यन्तु वसुदेवं भो लोका एवं मनस्विनम् । स्ववाक्यमनुरुध्यैव बालमादाय यात्यसौ

lokā ūcuḥ paśyantu vasudevaṃ bho lokā evaṃ manasvinam | svavākyamanurudhyaiva bālamādāya yātyasau

The people said: Look, O people, at Vasudeva, so resolute of mind! Holding fast to his own word alone, he goes carrying the child,

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DB 4 21.37

मृत्यवे दातुकामोऽद्य सत्यवागनसूयकः । सफलं जीवितं चास्य धर्मं पश्यन्तु चाद्भुतम्

mṛtyave dātukāmo'dya satyavāganasūyakaḥ | saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ cāsya dharmaṃ paśyantu cādbhutam

wishing today to hand him over to death — a man of true speech, without resentment. His life has borne fruit; behold too his wondrous righteousness,

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DB 4 21.38

यः पुत्रं याति कंसाय दातुं कालात्मनेऽपि हि । व्यास उवाच इति संस्तूयमानस्तु प्राप्तः कंसालयं नृप

yaḥ putraṃ yāti kaṃsāya dātuṃ kālātmane'pi hi | vyāsa uvāca iti saṃstūyamānastu prāptaḥ kaṃsālayaṃ nṛpa

he who goes to give his son to Kaṃsa, even though (Kaṃsa) has the nature of death. Vyāsa said: Being praised thus, he reached Kaṃsa's dwelling, O king,

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DB 4 21.39

ददावस्मै कुमारं तं जातमात्रममानुषम् । कंसोऽपि विस्मयं प्राप्तो दृष्ट्वा धैर्यं महात्मनः

dadāvasmai kumāraṃ taṃ jātamātramamānuṣam | kaṃso'pi vismayaṃ prāpto dṛṣṭvā dhairyaṃ mahātmanaḥ

and gave him that boy, only just born, more than human. Kaṃsa too was struck with amazement, seeing the firmness of that great soul,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.40

गृहीत्वा बालकं प्राह स्मितपूर्वमिदं वचः । धन्यस्त्वं शूरपुत्राद्य ज्ञातः पुत्रसमर्पणात्

gṛhītvā bālakaṃ prāha smitapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ | dhanyastvaṃ śūraputrādya jñātaḥ putrasamarpaṇāt

and taking the child he spoke these words, prefaced by a smile: You are fortunate today, son of Śūra; you are known (for what you are) by this handing over of your son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.41

मम मृत्युर्न चायं वै गिरा प्रोक्तस्तु चाष्टमः । न हन्तव्यो मया कामं बालोऽयं यातु ते गहम्

mama mṛtyurna cāyaṃ vai girā proktastu cāṣṭamaḥ | na hantavyo mayā kāmaṃ bālo'yaṃ yātu te gaham

This one is surely not my death; it was the eighth that was declared by the voice. He need not be killed by me; let this boy go freely to your house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.42

अष्टमस्तु प्रदातव्यस्त्वया पुत्रो महामते । इत्युक्त्वा वसुदेवाय ददावाशु खलः शिशुम्

aṣṭamastu pradātavyastvayā putro mahāmate | ityuktvā vasudevāya dadāvāśu khalaḥ śiśum

But the eighth son must be given by you, O great-minded one. Having said this, the wicked man at once gave the infant back to Vasudeva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.43

गच्छत्वयं गृहे बालः क्षेमं व्याहृतवान्नृपः । तमादाय तदा शौरिर्जगाम स्वगृहं मुदा

gacchatvayaṃ gṛhe bālaḥ kṣemaṃ vyāhṛtavānnṛpaḥ | tamādāya tadā śaurirjagāma svagṛhaṃ mudā

"Let this boy go home" — the king spoke a word of safety; then Śauri (Vasudeva), taking him, went joyfully to his own house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.44

कंसोऽपि सचिवानाह वृथा किं घातये शिशुम् । अष्टमाद्देवकीपुत्रान्मम मृत्युरुदाहृतः

kaṃso'pi sacivānāha vṛthā kiṃ ghātaye śiśum | aṣṭamāddevakīputrānmama mṛtyurudāhṛtaḥ

Kaṃsa too said to his counsellors: "Why should I have the infant killed to no purpose? My death has been declared (to come) from the eighth of Devakī's sons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.45

अतः किं प्रथमं बालं हत्वा पापं करोम्यहम् । साधुसाध्विति तेऽप्युक्त्वा संस्थिता मन्त्रिसत्तमाः

ataḥ kiṃ prathamaṃ bālaṃ hatvā pāpaṃ karomyaham | sādhusādhviti te'pyuktvā saṃsthitā mantrisattamāḥ

So why should I commit the sin of killing the first child?" And they too, the best of ministers, said "Well said, well said!" and remained (silent).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.46

विसर्जितास्तु कंसेन जग्मुस्ते स्वगृहान्प्रति । गतेषु तेषु सम्प्राप्तो नारदो मुनिसत्तमः

visarjitāstu kaṃsena jagmuste svagṛhānprati | gateṣu teṣu samprāpto nārado munisattamaḥ

Dismissed by Kaṃsa, they went off to their own houses; and when they had gone, Nārada, best of sages, arrived.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.47

अभ्युत्थानार्घ्यपाद्यादि चकारोग्रसुतस्तदा । पप्रच्छ कुशलं राजा तत्रागमनकारणम्

abhyutthānārghyapādyādi cakārograsutastadā | papraccha kuśalaṃ rājā tatrāgamanakāraṇam

Then Ugra's son (Kaṃsa) performed the rising to greet (him), the offering of water for hands and feet, and the rest; the king asked after his welfare and the reason for his coming there.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.48

नारदस्तं तदोवाच स्मितपूर्वमिदं वचः । कंस कंस महाभाग गतोऽहं हेमपर्वतम्

nāradastaṃ tadovāca smitapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ | kaṃsa kaṃsa mahābhāga gato'haṃ hemaparvatam

Then Nārada spoke this speech to him, preceded by a smile: "Kaṃsa, Kaṃsa, greatly fortunate one, I went to the Golden Mountain (Meru).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.49

तत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा मन्त्रं चक्रुः समाहिताः । देवक्यां वसुदेवस्य भार्यायां सुरसत्तमः

tatra brahmādayo devā mantraṃ cakruḥ samāhitāḥ | devakyāṃ vasudevasya bhāryāyāṃ surasattamaḥ

There the gods, Brahmā and the rest, held counsel with concentrated minds, O best of (their) kind: in Devakī, the wife of Vasudeva —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.50

वधार्थं तव विष्णुश्च जन्म चात्र करिष्यति । तत्कथं न हतः पुत्रस्त्वया नीतिं विजानता

vadhārthaṃ tava viṣṇuśca janma cātra kariṣyati | tatkathaṃ na hataḥ putrastvayā nītiṃ vijānatā

and Viṣṇu will take birth there for the sake of killing you. So how is it that the son was not killed by you, who know statecraft?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.51

कंस उवाच अष्टमं च हनिष्येऽहं मृत्युं मे देवभाषितम् । नारद उवाच न जानासि नृपश्रेष्ठ राजनीतिं शुभाशुभा

kaṃsa uvāca aṣṭamaṃ ca haniṣye'haṃ mṛtyuṃ me devabhāṣitam | nārada uvāca na jānāsi nṛpaśreṣṭha rājanītiṃ śubhāśubhā

Kaṃsa said: I will kill the eighth one; he is my death, as the gods have said. Nārada said: You do not know, best of kings, royal policy, (which is both) auspicious and inauspicious;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.52

मायाबलं च देवानां न त्वं वेत्सि वदामि किम् । रिपुरल्पोऽपि शूरेण नोपेक्ष्यः शुभमिच्छता

māyābalaṃ ca devānāṃ na tvaṃ vetsi vadāmi kim | ripuralpo'pi śūreṇa nopekṣyaḥ śubhamicchatā

and you do not know the power of the gods' illusion — what am I to say? Even a small enemy must not be disregarded by a hero who wishes his own good.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 21.53

सम्मेलनक्रियायां तु सर्वे ते ह्यष्टमाः स्मृताः । मूर्खस्त्वमरिसन्त्यागः कृतोऽयं जानता त्वया

sammelanakriyāyāṃ tu sarve te hyaṣṭamāḥ smṛtāḥ | mūrkhastvamarisantyāgaḥ kṛto'yaṃ jānatā tvayā

But in the operation of combining (them), all of them are reckoned as the eighth. You are a fool: this abandoning of an enemy has been done by you though you knew (the truth).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 4 21.54

इत्युक्त्वाशु गतः श्रीमान्नारदो देवदर्शनः । गतेऽथ नारदे कंसः समाहूयाथ बालकम् । पाषाणे पोथयामास सुखं प्राप च मन्दधीः

ityuktvāśu gataḥ śrīmānnārado devadarśanaḥ | gate'tha nārade kaṃsaḥ samāhūyātha bālakam | pāṣāṇe pothayāmāsa sukhaṃ prāpa ca mandadhīḥ

Having said this, the illustrious Nārada, of godlike appearance, quickly departed. And when Nārada had gone, Kaṃsa summoned the infant and crushed it on a stone, and the dull-witted one felt pleased.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition