yÄḥ kṛṣṇa-rÄma-janmarká¹£e
mano-dattÄ mahÄ-matiḥ
tÄÅ› cÄdadÄd anusmá¹›tya
kaá¹senÄdharmato há¹›tÄḥ
yaḥ - which (cows); kṛṣṇa-rÄma - of Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma; janmaá¹›ká¹£e - on the day of birth; manaḥ - in his mind; dattÄḥ - given in charity; mahÄ-matiḥ - the magnanimous (Vasudeva); tÄḥ - them; ca - and; ÄdadÄt - he gave; anusmá¹›tya - remembering; kaá¹sena - by Kaá¹sa; adharmataḥ - impiously; há¹›taḥ - taken away.
The magnanimous Vasudeva then remembered the cows he had mentally given away on the occasion of Kṛṣṇa’s and BalarÄma’s birth. Kaá¹sa had stolen those cows, and Vasudeva now recovered them and gave them away in charity also.
At the time of Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, Vasudeva had been imprisoned by Kaá¹sa, who had stolen all his cows. Still, Vasudeva had been so jubilant at the birth of the Lord that he had mentally donated ten thousand of his cows to the brÄhmaṇas.
Now, upon Kaá¹sa’s death, Vasudeva took back all his cows from the late King’s herd and gave ten thousand of them, according to religious principles, to the worthy brÄhmaṇas.
