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Chapter 4: The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa

Verse 24 of 45
SB 10.4.24

मोचयामास निगडाद्विश्रब्धः कन्यकागिरा देवकीं वसुदेवं च दर्शयन्नात्मसौहृदम्

mocayām āsa nigaḍād viśrabdhaḥ kanyakā-girā devakīṁ vasudevaṁ ca darśayann ātma-sauhṛdam

Synonyms

mocayām āsaKaṁsa released them; nigaḍātfrom their iron shackles; viśrabdhaḥwith full confidence; kanyakā-girāin the words of the goddess Durgā; devakīmtoward his sister Devakī; vasudevam caand his brother-in-law Vasudeva; darśayanfully exhibiting; ātma-sauhṛdamhis family relationship..

Translation

Fully believing in the words of the goddess Durgā, Kaṁsa exhibited his familial affection for Devakī and Vasudeva by immediately releasing them from their iron shackles.

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