कीर्तिमन्तं प्रथमजं कंसायानकदुन्दुभि: । अर्पयामास कृच्छ्रेण सोऽनृतादतिविह्वल: ॥ ५७ ॥
kīrtimantaṁ prathamajaṁ kaṁsāyānakadundubhiḥ arpayām āsa kṛcchreṇa so ’nṛtād ativihvalaḥ
- kīrtimantam
- by the name Kīrtimān
- prathama-jam
- the first-born baby
- kaṁsāya
- unto Kaṁsa
- ānakadundubhiḥ
- Vasudeva
- arpayām āsa
- delivered
- kṛcchreṇa
- with great pain
- saḥ
- he (Vasudeva)
- anṛtāt
- from the breaking of the promise, or from fear of being a liar
- ati-vihvalaḥ
- was very much disturbed, being afraid
Vasudeva was very much disturbed by fear of becoming a liar by breaking his promise. Thus with great pain he delivered his first-born son, named Kīrtimān, into the hands of Kaṁsa.