kiá¹ duḥsahaá¹ nu sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹
viduá¹£Äá¹ kim apeká¹£itam
kim akÄryaá¹ kadaryÄṇÄá¹
dustyajaá¹ kiá¹ dhá¹›tÄtmanÄm
kim - what is; duḥsaham - painful; nu - indeed; sÄdhÅ«nÄm - for saintly persons; viduá¹£Äm - of learned persons; kim apeká¹£itam - what is dependence; kim akÄryam - what is forbidden work; kadaryÄṇÄm - of persons in the lowest grade; dustyajam - very difficult to give up; kim - what is; dhá¹›ta-ÄtmanÄm - of persons who are self-realized.
What is painful for saintly persons who strictly adhere to the truth? How could there not be independence for pure devotees who know the Supreme Lord as the substance? What deeds are forbidden for persons of the lowest character? And what cannot be given up for the sake of Lord Kṛṣṇa by those who have fully surrendered at His lotus feet?
Since the eighth son of DevakÄ« was to kill Kaá¹sa, one might ask what the need was for Vasudeva to deliver the first-born child. The answer is that Vasudeva had promised Kaá¹sa that he would deliver all the children born of DevakÄ«. Kaá¹sa, being an asura, did not believe that the eighth child would kill him; he took it for granted that he might be killed by any of the children of DevakÄ«. Vasudeva, therefore, to save DevakÄ«, promised to give Kaá¹sa every child, whether male or female. From another point of view, Vasudeva and DevakÄ« were very pleased when they understood that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, would come as their eighth son. Vasudeva, a pure devotee of the Lord, was eager to see Kṛṣṇa appear as his child from the eighth pregnancy of DevakÄ«. Therefore he wanted to deliver all the children quickly so that the eighth turn would come and Kṛṣṇa would appear. He begot one child every year so that Kṛṣṇa’s turn to appear would come as soon as possible.
