मोचयामास निगडाद् विश्रब्ध: कन्यकागिरा । देवकीं वसुदेवं च दर्शयन्नात्मसौहृदम् ॥ २४ ॥
mocayām āsa nigaḍād viśrabdhaḥ kanyakā-girā devakīṁ vasudevaṁ ca darśayann ātma-sauhṛdam
- mocayām āsa
- Kaṁsa released them
- nigaḍāt
- from their iron shackles
- viśrabdhaḥ
- with full confidence
- kanyakā-girā
- in the words of the goddess Durgā
- devakīm
- toward his sister Devakī
- vasudevam ca
- and his brother-in-law Vasudeva
- darśayan
- fully exhibiting
- ātma-sauhṛdam
- his family relationship
Fully believing in the words of the goddess Durgā, Kaṁsa exhibited his familial affection for Devakī and Vasudeva by immediately releasing them from their iron shackles.