निर्बन्धं तस्य तं ज्ञात्वा विचिन्त्यानकदुन्दुभिः ।
प्राप्तं कालं प्रतिव्योढुम् इदं तत्रान्वपद्यत ॥ ४७ ॥
nirbandham tasya tam jnatva
praptam kalam prativyodhum
nirbandham-determination to do something; tasya-of him (Kamsa); tam-that (determination); jnatva-understanding; vicintya-thinking deeply; anakadundubhih-Vasudeva; praptam-had arrived; kalam-imminent danger of death; prativyodhum-to stop him from such activities; idam-this; tatra-thereupon; anvapadyata-thought of other ways.
Although Vasudeva saw the imminent danger that his wife Devaki would be killed, he was convinced of his welfare because at his birth the demigods had played drums and kettledrums. He therefore attempted another way to save Devaki.