nirbandhaá¹ tasya taá¹ jñÄtvÄ
vicintyÄnakadundubhiḥ
prÄptaá¹ kÄlaá¹ prativyoá¸hum
idaá¹ tatrÄnvapadyata
nirbandham - determination to do something; tasya - of him (Kaá¹sa); tam - that (determination); jñÄtvÄ - understanding; vicintya - thinking deeply; Änakadundubhiḥ - Vasudeva; prÄptam - had arrived; kÄlam - imminent danger of death; prativyoá¸hum - to stop him from such activities; idam - this; tatra - thereupon; anvapadyata - thought of other ways.
When Vasudeva saw that Kaá¹sa was determined to kill his sister DevakÄ«, he thought to himself very deeply. Considering the imminent danger of death, he thought of another plan to stop Kaá¹sa.
Although Vasudeva saw the imminent danger that his wife Devakī 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 Devakī.
