अयं त्वसभ्यस्तव जन्म नौ गृहे श्रुत्वाग्रजांस्ते न्यवधीत् सुरेश्वर । स तेऽवतारं पुरुषै: समर्पितं श्रुत्वाधुनैवाभिसरत्युदायुध: ॥ २२ ॥
ayaṁ tv asabhyas tava janma nau gṛhe śrutvāgrajāṁs te nyavadhīt sureśvara sa te ’vatāraṁ puruṣaiḥ samarpitaṁ śrutvādhunaivābhisaraty udāyudhaḥ
- ayam
- this (rascal)
- tu
- but
- asabhyaḥ
- who is not civilized at all (asura means “uncivilized,” and sura means “civilized”)
- tava
- of Your Lordship
- janma
- the birth
- nau
- our
- gṛhe
- into the home
- śrutvā
- after hearing
- agrajān te
- all the brothers born before You
- nyavadhīt
- killed
- sura-īśvara
- O Lord of the suras, the civilized persons
- saḥ
- he (that uncivilized Kaṁsa)
- te
- Your
- avatāram
- appearance
- puruṣaiḥ
- by his lieutenants
- samarpitam
- being informed of
- śrutvā
- after hearing
- adhunā
- now
- eva
- indeed
- abhisarati
- will come immediately
- udāyudhaḥ
- with raised weapons
O my Lord, Lord of the demigods, after hearing the prophecy that You would take birth in our home and kill him, this uncivilized Kaṁsa killed so many of Your elder brothers. As soon as he hears from his lieutenants that You have appeared, he will immediately come with weapons to kill You.