aho asmad abhūd bhūri
pitror vṛjinam āryayoḥ
yad-dhetoḥ putra-maraṇaṁ
yad-dhetor bandhanaṁ tayoḥ

 aho - ah; asmat - because of Me; abhūt - there was; bhūri - great; pitroḥ - for My parents; vṛjinam - suffering; āryayoḥ - for the offenseless ones; yat-hetoḥ - because of whom; putra - of their sons; maraṇam - the death; yat-hetoḥ - because of whom; bandhanam - bondage; tayoḥ - their.


Text

Just see how much suffering I have caused My offenseless parents! Because of Me their sons were killed and they themselves imprisoned.

Purport

Because Kaṁsa had heard a prophecy that the eighth son of Devakī would kill him, he tried to kill all her children. For the same reason, he imprisoned her and her husband, Vasudeva.