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AY OF CULTURE
 
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SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
यांचितस्तां विनिर्भर्त्स्य हस्तादाचिच्छिदे खलः ।
तां गृहीत्वा चरणयोर्जातमात्रां स्वसुस्सुताम् ।
अपोथयच्छिलापृष्ठे स्वार्थोन्मूलितसौहृदः ॥
 
The wicked Kamsa who was (thus)
entreated, threatened Devaki, and snatch-
ed the child from her hand. Kamsa whose
affection had been uprooted by self-
interest, took that new born daughter of
his sister and dashed her against a slab.
 
सा तद्धस्तात् समुत्पत्य सद्यो देव्यम्बरं गता।
सिद्धचारणगन्धर्वैस्स्तूयमानेदमब्रवीत् ।
 
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किं मया हतया मन्द जातः खलु तवान्तकृत् ।
यत्र क वा पूर्वशत्रुः मा हिंसी: कृपणान्वृथा ॥'
 
That chiid, the Goddess Maya, leapt
from Kamsa's hand and immediately
reached the sky. Extolled by the Siddhas,
Charanas and Gandharvas, she said this
(to Kamsa): "Fool, what is the use of
killing me? He who would put an end to
you, your old foe, has been born some-
where. Do not torment in vain these poor
persons (Devaki and Vasudeva)."