yaÅ›odÄyÄḥ sutÄá¹ kanyÄá¹
devakyÄḥ kṛṣṇam eva ca
rÄmaá¹ ca rohiṇī-putraá¹
vasudevena bibhyatÄ
nyastau sva-mitre nande vai
yÄbhyÄá¹ te puruá¹£Ä hatÄḥ
yaÅ›odÄyÄḥ - of YaÅ›odÄ; sutÄm - the daughter; kanyÄm - the female child; devakyÄḥ - of DevakÄ«; kṛṣṇam - Kṛṣṇa; eva ca - also; rÄmam - BalarÄma; ca - and; rohiṇī-putram - the son of Rohiṇī; vasudevena - by Vasudeva; bibhyatÄ - who was afraid; nyastau - placed; sva-mitre - with his friend; nande - Nanda MahÄrÄja; vai - indeed; yÄbhyÄm - by which two; te - your; puruá¹£Äḥ - men; hatÄḥ - have been killed.
[NÄrada told Kaá¹sa:] YaÅ›odÄ’s child was actually a daughter, and Kṛṣṇa is the son of DevakÄ«. Also, RÄma is the son of Rohiṇī. Out of fear, Vasudeva entrusted Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma to his friend Nanda MahÄrÄja, and it is these two boys who have killed your men.
Kaá¹sa had been led to believe that Kṛṣṇa was the son of YaÅ›odÄ and that Devakī’s eighth child had been a daughter. The identity of Devakī’s eighth child was extremely important to Kaá¹sa because a prophecy had foretold that her eighth child would kill him. Here NÄrada informs the King that the eighth child of DevakÄ« was the formidable Kṛṣṇa, thus implying that the prophecy should be taken very seriously. Having received this information, Kaá¹sa obviously will now do everything in his power to kill Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma.
