yaśodāyāḥ sutāḿ kanyāḿ
devakyāḥ kṛṣṇam eva ca
rāmaḿ ca rohiṇī-putraḿ
vasudevena bibhyatā
nyastau sva-mitre nande vai
yābhyāḿ te puruṣā hatāḥ
yasodayah -- of Yasoda; sutam -- the daughter; kanyam -- the female child; devakyah -- of Devaki; krishnam -- Krishna; eva ca -- also; ramam -- Balarama; ca -- and; rohini-putram -- the son of Rohini; vasudevena -- by Vasudeva; bibhyata -- who was afraid; nyastau -- placed; sva-mitre -- with his friend; nande -- Nanda Maharaja; vai -- indeed; yabhyam -- by which two; te -- your; purushah -- men; hatah -- have been killed.
[Narada told Kamsa:] Yasoda's child was actually a daughter, and Krishna is the son of Devaki. Also, Rama is the son of Rohini. Out of fear, Vasudeva entrusted Krishna and Balarama to his friend Nanda Maharaja, and it is these two boys who have killed your men.
Kamsa had been led to believe that Krishna was the son of Yasoda and that Devaki's eighth child had been a daughter. The identity of Devaki's eighth child was extremely important to Kamsa because a prophecy had foretold that her eighth child would kill him. Here Narada informs the King that the eighth child of Devaki was the formidable Krishna, thus implying that the prophecy should be taken very seriously. Having received this information, Kamsa obviously will now do everything in his power to kill Krishna and Balarama.
