Shloka 57

वंशानुवर्णनम् — सात्वतवंशः, स्यमन्तक-प्रसङ्गः, कृष्णावतारः, शिवप्रसादः (पाशुपतयोगः)

Devanagari script

निवेदयामास तदा जातां कन्यां सुलक्षणाम् अस्यास्तवाष्टमो गर्भो देवक्याः कंस सुव्रत

Transliteration

nivedayāmāsa tadā jātāṃ kanyāṃ sulakṣaṇām asyāstavāṣṭamo garbho devakyāḥ kaṃsa suvrata

Translation

ਤਦ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸੁਲੱਖਣੀ ਕੁੜੀ ਦੇ ਜਨਮ ਦੀ ਖ਼ਬਰ ਦਿੱਤੀ—“ਹੇ ਸੁਵ੍ਰਤੀ ਕੰਸ, ਇਹ ਦੇਵਕੀ ਦੀ ਤੇਰੇ ਲਈ ਅੱਠਵੀਂ ਸੰਤਾਨ ਹੈ।”

Word by Word

• निवेदयामास: reported/informed

• तदा: then

• जाताम्: born

• कन्याम्: girl-child/daughter

• सुलक्षणाम्: possessing auspicious marks

• अस्याः: of her (Devakī)

• तव: for you/your

• अष्टमः: eighth

• गर्भः: conception/embryo/issue

• देवक्याः: of Devakī

• कंस: O Kaṃsa

• सुव्रत: of good vow/steadfast in observances

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode to the sages; internal report by a messenger/attendant to Kaṃsa)