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TEXT 2
te tu turnam upavrajya
devakya garbha-janma tat
acakhyur bhoja-rajaya
yad udvignah pratiksate
SYNONYMS
teall the watchmen; tuindeed; turnamvery quickly; upavrajyagoing before (the King); devakyahof Devaki; garbha-janmathe deliverance from the womb; tatthat (child); acakhyuhsubmitted; bhoja-rajayaunto the King of the Bhojas, Kamsa; yatof whom; udvignahwith great anxiety; pratiksatewas waiting (for the childs birth).
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, all the watchmen very quickly approached King Kamsa, the ruler of the Bhoja dynasty, and submitted the news of the birth of Devakis child. Kamsa, who had awaited this news very anxiously, immediately took action.
PURPORT
Kamsa was very anxiously waiting because of the prophecy that the eighth child of Devaki would kill him. This time, naturally, he was awake and waiting, and when the watchmen approached him, he immediately took action to kill the child.
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