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Chapter 3: The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Verse 52 of 42
SB 10.3.52

देवक्याः शयने न्यस्य वसुदेवो ऽथ दारिकाम् प्रतिमुच्य पदोर्लोहमास्ते पूर्ववदावृतः

devakyāḥ śayane nyasya vasudevo 'tha dārikām pratimucya pador loham āste pūrvavad āvṛtaḥ

Synonyms

devakyāḥ—of Devakī; śayane—on the bed; nyasya—placing; vasudevaḥ—Vasudeva; atha—thus; dārikām—the female child; pratimucya—binding himself again; padoḥ loham—iron shackles on the two legs; āste—remained; pūrva-vat—like before; āvṛtaḥ—bound..

Translation

Vasudeva placed the female child on the bed of Devakī, bound his legs with the iron shackles, and thus remained there as before.

Verse 52 of 42