श्रीशुक उवाच अथैनमात्मजं वीक्ष्य महापुरुषलक्षणम् । देवकी तमुपाधावत् कंसाद् भीता सुविस्मिता ॥ २३ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca athainam ātmajaṁ vīkṣya mahā-puruṣa-lakṣaṇam devakī tam upādhāvat kaṁsād bhītā suvismitā
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- atha
- after this offering of prayers by Vasudeva
- enam
- this Kṛṣṇa
- ātmajam
- their son
- vīkṣya
- observing
- mahā-puruṣa-lakṣaṇam
- with all the symptoms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu
- devakī
- Kṛṣṇa’s mother
- tam
- unto Him (Kṛṣṇa)
- upādhāvat
- offered prayers
- kaṁsāt
- of Kaṁsa
- bhītā
- being afraid
- su-vismitā
- and also being astonished by seeing such a wonderful child
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Thereafter, having seen that her child had all the symptoms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Devakī, who was very much afraid of Kaṁsa and unusually astonished, began to offer prayers to the Lord.