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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 āsa—Kaṁsa released them; nigaḍāt—from their iron shackles; viśrabdhaḥ—with full confidence; kanyakā-girā—in the words of the goddess Durgā; devakīm—toward his sister Devakī; vasudevam ca—and his brother-in-law Vasudeva; darśayan—fully exhibiting; ātma-sauhṛdam—his 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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