Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī’s Sons
तेनासुरीमगन् योनिमधुनावद्यकर्मणा । हिरण्यकशिपोर्जाता नीतास्ते योगमायया ॥ ४८ ॥ देवक्या उदरे जाता राजन् कंसविहिंसिता: । सा तान् शोचत्यात्मजान् स्वांस्त इमेऽध्यासतेऽन्तिके ॥ ४९ ॥
Transliteration
tenāsurīm agan yonim adhunāvadya-karmaṇā hiraṇyakaśipor jātā nītās te yoga-māyayādevakyā udare jātā rājan kaṁsa-vihiṁsitāḥ sā tān śocaty ātmajān svāṁs ta ime ’dhyāsate ’ntike
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tena — by that; āsurīm — demoniac; agan — they entered; yonim — a womb; adhunā — immediately; avadya — improper; karmaṇā — by the act; hiraṇyakaśipoḥ — to Hiraṇyakaśipu; jātāḥ — born; nītāḥ — brought; te — they; yoga-māyayā — by the Lord’s divine power of illusion; devakyāḥ — of Devakī; udare — from the womb; jātāḥ — born; rājan — O King (Bali); kaṁsa — by Kaṁsa; vihiṁsitāḥ — murdered; sā — she; tān — for them; śocati — laments; ātma-jān — sons; svān — her own; te — they; ime — these same; adhyāsate — are living; antike — nearby.
Translation
“Because of that improper act, they immediately entered a demoniac form of life, and thus they took birth as sons of Hiraṇyakaśipu. The goddess Yoga-māyā then took them away from Hiraṇyakaśipu, and they were born again from Devakī’s womb. After this, O King, Kaṁsa murdered them. Devakī still laments for them, thinking of them as her sons. These same sons of Marīci are now living here with you.”