श्रीशुक उवाच उपगुह्यात्मजामेवं रुदत्या दीनदीनवत् । याचितस्तां विनिर्भर्त्स्य हस्तादाचिच्छिदे खल: ॥ ७ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca upaguhyātmajām evaṁ rudatyā dīna-dīnavat yācitas tāṁ vinirbhartsya hastād ācicchide khalaḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- upaguhya
- embracing
- ātmajām
- her daughter
- evam
- in this way
- rudatyā
- by Devakī, who was crying
- dīna-dīna-vat
- very piteously, like a poor woman
- yācitaḥ
- being begged
- tām
- her (Devakī)
- vinirbhartsya
- chastising
- hastāt
- from her hands
- ācicchide
- separated the child by force
- khalaḥ
- Kaṁsa, the most cruel
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Piteously embracing her daughter and crying, Devakī begged Kaṁsa for the child, but he was so cruel that he chastised her and forcibly snatched the child from her hands.