श्रीवसुदेव उवाच न ह्यस्यास्ते भयं सौम्य यद् वैसाहाशरीरवाक् । पुत्रान् समर्पयिष्येऽस्या यतस्ते भयमुत्थितम् ॥ ५४ ॥
śrī-vasudeva uvāca na hy asyās te bhayaṁ saumya yad vai sāhāśarīra-vāk putrān samarpayiṣye ’syā yatas te bhayam utthitam
- śrī-vasudevaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Vasudeva said
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- asyāḥ
- from Devakī
- te
- of you
- bhayam
- fear
- saumya
- O most sober
- yat
- which
- vai
- indeed
- sā
- that omen
- āha
- dictated
- a-śarīra-vāk
- a vibration without a body
- putrān
- all my sons
- samarpayiṣye
- I shall deliver to you
- asyāḥ
- of her (Devakī)
- yataḥ
- from whom
- te
- your
- bhayam
- fear
- utthitam
- has arisen
Vasudeva said: O best of the sober, you have nothing to fear from your sister Devakī because of what you have heard from the unseen omen. The cause of death will be her sons. Therefore I promise that when she gives birth to the sons from whom your fear has arisen, I shall deliver them all unto your hands.