Å›rÄ«-nanda uvÄca
aho te devakÄ«-putrÄḥ
kaá¹sena bahavo hatÄḥ
ekÄvaÅ›iá¹£á¹ÄvarajÄ
kanyÄ sÄpi divaá¹ gatÄ
Å›rÄ«-nandaḥ uvÄca - Nanda MahÄrÄja said; aho - alas; te - your; devakÄ«-putrÄḥ - all the sons of your wife DevakÄ«; kaá¹sena - by King Kaá¹sa; bahavaḥ - many; hatÄḥ - have been killed; ekÄ - one; avaÅ›iá¹£á¹Ä - remaining child; avarajÄ - the youngest of all; kanyÄ - a daughter also; sÄ api - she also; divam gatÄ - gone to the heavenly planets.
Nanda MahÄrÄja said: Alas, King Kaá¹sa killed so many of your children, born of DevakÄ«. And your one daughter, the youngest child of all, entered the heavenly planets.
When Vasudeva understood from Nanda MahÄrÄja that the mystery of Kṛṣṇa’s birth and His having been exchanged with YaÅ›odÄ’s daughter was yet undisclosed, he was happy that things were going on nicely. By saying that Vasudeva’s daughter, his youngest child, had gone to the heavenly planets, Nanda MahÄrÄja indicated that he did not know that this daughter was born of YaÅ›odÄ and that Vasudeva had exchanged her with Kṛṣṇa. Thus the doubts of Vasudeva were dispelled.
