visnum ca sva-vadham prati
rseh-of the great sage Narada; vinirgame-on the departure (after giving information); kamsah-Kamsa; yadun-all the members of the Yadu dynasty; matva-thinking of; suran-as demigods; iti-thus; devakyah-of Devaki; garbha-sambhutam-the children born from the womb; visnum-(accepting) as Visnu; ca-and; sva-vadham prati-fearing his own death from Visnu; devakim-Devaki; vasudevam ca-and her husband, Vasudeva; nigrhya-arresting; nigadaih-by iron shackles; grhe-confined at home; jatam jatam-each one who was born, one after another; ahan-killed; putram-the sons; tayoh-of Vasudeva and Devaki; ajana-saṅkaya-with the doubt that they would be Visnu.