तां वीक्ष्य कंस: प्रभयाजितान्तरांविरोचयन्तीं भवनं शुचिस्मिताम् । आहैष मे प्राणहरो हरिर्गुहांध्रुवं श्रितो यन्न पुरेयमीदृशी ॥ २० ॥
tāṁ vīkṣya kaṁsaḥ prabhayājitāntarāṁ virocayantīṁ bhavanaṁ śuci-smitām āhaiṣa me prāṇa-haro harir guhāṁ dhruvaṁ śrito yan na pureyam īdṛśī
- tām
- her (Devakī)
- vīkṣya
- after seeing
- kaṁsaḥ
- her brother Kaṁsa
- prabhayā
- with the enhancement of her beauty and influence
- ajita-antarām
- because of keeping Ajita, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, within herself
- virocayantīm
- illuminating
- bhavanam
- the whole atmosphere of the house
- śuci-smitām
- smiling and brilliant
- āha
- said to himself
- eṣaḥ
- this (Supreme Person)
- me
- my
- prāṇa-haraḥ
- who will kill me
- hariḥ
- Lord Viṣṇu
- guhām
- within the womb of Devakī
- dhruvam
- certainly
- śritaḥ
- has taken shelter
- yat
- because
- na
- was not
- purā
- formerly
- iyam
- Devakī
- īdṛśī
- like this
Because the Supreme Personality of Godhead was within her womb, Devakī illuminated the entire atmosphere in the place where she was confined. Seeing her jubilant, pure and smiling, Kaṁsa thought, “The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, who is now within her, will kill me. Devakī has never before looked so brilliant and jubilant.”