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प्रदाय मृत्यवे पुत्रान् मोचये कृपणामिमाम् ।
सुता मे यदि जायेरन् मृत्युर्वा न म्रियेत चेत् ॥ ४९ ॥
विपर्ययो वा किं न स्याद् गतिर्धातुर्दुरत्यया ।
उपस्थितो निवर्तेत निवृत्तः पुनरापतेत् ॥ ५० ॥
 
pradaya mrtyave putran
mocaye krpanam imam
suta me yadi jayeran
mrtyur va na mriyeta cet
viparyayo va kim na syad
gatir dhatur duratyaya
upasthito nivarteta
nivrttah punar apatet
pradaya-promising to deliver; mrtyave-unto Kamsa, who is death personified for Devaki; putran-my sons; mocaye-I am releasing her from imminent danger; krpanam-innocent; imam-Devaki; sutah-sons; me-my; yadi-whether; jayeran-should take birth; mrtyuh-Kamsa; va-or; na-not; mriyeta-should die; cet-if; viparyayah-just the opposite; va-or; kim-whether; na-not; syat-it may happen; gatih-the movement; dhatuh-of providence; duratyaya-very difficult to understand; upasthitah-that which is presently obtained; nivarteta-may stop; nivrttah-Devaki's death being stopped; punah apatet-in the future it may happen again (but what can I do).