यत्सन्देशो यदर्थं वा दूत: सम्प्रेषित: स्वयम् । यदुक्तं नारदेनास्य स्वजन्मानकदुन्दुभे: ॥ ९ ॥
yat-sandeśo yad-arthaṁ vā dūtaḥ sampreṣitaḥ svayam yad uktaṁ nāradenāsya sva-janmānakadundubheḥ
- yat
- having which
- sandeśaḥ
- message
- yat
- which
- artham
- purpose
- vā
- and
- dūtaḥ
- as a messenger
- sampreṣitaḥ
- sent
- svayam
- himself (Akrūra)
- yat
- what
- uktam
- was spoken
- nāradena
- by Nārada
- asya
- to him (Kaṁsa)
- sva
- His (Kṛṣṇa’s)
- janma
- birth
- ānakadundubheḥ
- from Vasudeva
Akrūra relayed the message he had been sent to deliver. He also described Kaṁsa’s real intentions and how Nārada had informed Kaṁsa that Kṛṣṇa had been born as the son of Vasudeva.