atha - then; tatra - at that place; kuru-śreṣṭha - O best of the Kurus; devakī - mother Devakī; sarva - of everyone; devatā - the supremely worshipable goddess; śrutvā - having heard; nītam - brought back; guroḥ - of Their spiritual master; putram - the son; ātmajābhyām - by her two sons; su - very much; vismitā - amazed; kṛṣṇa-rāmau - Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma; samāśrāvya - clearly addressing; putrān - her sons; kaṁsa-vihiṁsitān - murdered by Kaṁsa; smarantī - remembering; kṛpaṇam - pitifully; prāha - she spoke; vaiklavyāt - due to her distraught condition; aśru - (filled with) tears; locanā - her eyes.

At that time, O best of the Kurus, the universally worshiped Devakī took the opportunity to address her two sons, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Previously she had heard with astonishment that They had brought Their spiritual master’s son back from death. Now, thinking of her own sons who had been murdered by Kaṁsa, she felt great sorrow, and thus with tear-filled eyes she beseeched Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.