तमाह भ्रातरं देवी कृपणा करुणं सती । स्नुषेयं तव कल्याण स्त्रियं मा हन्तुमर्हसि ॥ ४ ॥
tam āha bhrātaraṁ devī kṛpaṇā karuṇaṁ satī snuṣeyaṁ tava kalyāṇa striyaṁ mā hantum arhasi
- tam
- unto Kaṁsa
- āha
- said
- bhrātaram
- her brother
- devī
- mother Devakī
- kṛpaṇā
- helplessly
- karuṇam
- piteously
- satī
- the chaste lady
- snuṣā iyam tava
- this child will be your daughter-in-law, the wife of your future son
- kalyāṇa
- O all-auspicious one
- striyam
- a woman
- mā
- not
- hantum
- to kill
- arhasi
- you deserve
Devakī helplessly, piteously appealed to Kaṁsa: My dear brother, all good fortune unto you. Don’t kill this girl. She will be your daughter-in-law. Indeed, it is unworthy of you to kill a woman.