The Killing of Kaṁsa
देवकी वसुदेवश्च विज्ञाय जगदीश्वरौ । कृतसंवन्दनौ पुत्रौ सस्वजाते न शङ्कितौ ॥ ५१ ॥ नायं श्रियोऽङ्ग उ नितान्तरते: प्रसाद: स्वर्योषितां नलिनगन्धरुचां कुतोऽन्या: । रासोत्सवेऽस्य भुजदण्डगृहीतकण्ठ- लब्धाशिषां य उदगाद्व्रजवल्लभीनाम् ॥
Transliteration
devakī vasudevaś ca vijñāya jagad-īśvarau kṛta-saṁvandanau putrau sasvajāte na śaṅkitau
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
devakī — Devakī; vasudevaḥ — Vasudeva; ca — and; vijñāya — recognizing; jagat — of the universe; īśvarau — as the two Lords; kṛta — paying; saṁvandanau — full respects (by standing with joined palms); putrau — their two sons; sasvajāte na — they did not embrace; śaṅkitau — apprehensive.
Translation
“Devakī and Vasudeva, now knowing Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to be the Lords of the universe, simply stood with joined palms. Being apprehensive, they did not embrace their sons.”