SB 10.4.2

TEXT 2

TEXT

tae tau taUNARmaupa˜ajya
de"vafyaA gABaRjanma tata,
@AcaKyauBaAeRjar"AjaAya
yaau"iã"¢a: 'ataIºatae

te tu turnam upavrajya

devakya garbha-janma tat

acakhyur bhoja-rajaya

yad udvignah pratiksate

te-all the watchmen; tu-indeed; turnam-very quickly; upavrajya-going before (the King); devakyah-of Devaki; garbha-janma-the deliverance from the womb; tat-that (child); acakhyuh-submitted; bhoja-rajaya-unto the King of the Bhojas, Kamsa; yat-of whom; udvignah-with great anxiety; pratiksate-was waiting (for the child's 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 Devaki's 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.