न प्रद्युम्नो नानिरुद्धो न रामो न च केशव: । यस्य शेकु: परित्रातुं कोऽन्यस्तदवितेश्वर: ॥ ४० ॥
na pradyumno nāniruddho na rāmo na ca keśavaḥ yasya śekuḥ paritrātuṁ ko ’nyas tad-aviteśvaraḥ
- na
- not
- pradyumnaḥ
- Pradyumna
- na
- not
- aniruddhaḥ
- Aniruddha
- na
- not
- rāmaḥ
- Balarāma
- na
- not
- ca
- also
- keśavaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa
- yasya
- whose (infants)
- śekuḥ
- were able
- paritrātum
- to save
- kaḥ
- who
- anyaḥ
- else
- tat
- in this situation
- avitā
- as a protector
- īśvaraḥ
- capable
“When neither Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Rāma nor Keśava can save a person, who else can possibly protect him?