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

 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.


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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.

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