SB 10.1.60

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 1: The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction

SB 10.1.59

SB 10.1.61

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 60

pratiyātu kumāro 'yaṁ
na hy asmād asti me bhayam
aṣṭamād yuvayor garbhān
mṛtyur me vihitaḥ kila

SYNONYMS

pratiyātu—my dear Vasudeva, take back your child and go home; kumāraḥ—newborn child; ayam—this; na—not; hi—indeed; asmāt—from him; asti—there is; me—my; bhayam—fear; aṣṭamāt—from the eighth; yuvayoḥ—of both you and your wife; garbhāt—from the pregnancy; mṛtyuḥ—death; me—my; vihitaḥ—has been ordained; kila—indeed.

TRANSLATION

O Vasudeva, you may take back your child and go home. I have no fear of your first child. It is the eighth child of you and Devakī I am concerned with because that is the child by whom I am destined to be killed.