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G. A. Grierson — Translation to ManhocWs Harihans. [Sp. No, 
Thou shalt thyself take birth in the abode of Yasoda, and Vasudeva shall 
exchange me for thee. Hearing thy wailing, so many of the guards as 
shall be there, shall awake and tell Kamsa, (of the birth). (35) Kamsa 
shall come and lift thee up, and dash thee violently upon a stone. Thou 
shalt fly away from him to the skies and after saying these words, thy 
liome shall be in Indra’s abode. ‘ Wherefore, 0 Kamsa, didst thou dash. 
‘ me down ? He hath been born who shall cause thy death. Shame^ on this 
‘ pitiless conduct of thine, on the morrow shalt thou gain its fitting 
‘ fruit’. ” Man’bodh saith, “ This should have been told subsequently, 
and I have said it too early in my tale in narrating the above.” 
End of Book I. 
Book II. 
Narada the saint, the son of Brahma^ whose seat is on the lotus, 
and the friend of S'iva, was much beloved of Shi Bhagavat. He, skilled 
in strife,^ having heard all like a parrot,^ came, and smilingly slandered^ 
what had occurred on the border of the milky sea. 0 Kamsa, he who 
will be the eighth child of Devaki will be thy fate. (5) Bemember, 
Kamsa the heavenly voice ; thy day hath approached.® ” When Kamsa 
heard this he stood up and grasped his sword, and (0 S'iva, Sdva !) the 
life of Devaki fell into misfortunes.'^ Saith Kamsa, very cruelly® 
“ doth any one keep a thorny^ tree in his own court-yard ?” With hands 
clasped Yasudeva made supplication, “ Let her live,^® but take the child ; 
a son is more of a mother’s breath than her life, who in the world doth not 
^ TiBed as an interjection meaning ‘fie, fie.’ It is generally used in 
hunting away a dog. Hence its applicability to Kamsa. 
^ Narada sprang from Brahma’s forehead. 
^ One of his epithets is ‘ strife-maker.’ 
^ That is to say, he obeyed the order to narrate what had occurred, and did so 
word by word like a parrot. 
^ \/ or 3 :^ ^ means ‘ to back-bite,’ ‘ to slander.’ This sense is not given 
'J ' 
in Bate. 
^ k/ ^[^5^ ‘ to approach,’ not in Bate, 
jjjg- = difficulties. The sentence is lit. ‘ difficulties fell upon D.’s life.’ 
^ ^ difficult word to translate here. A man without parents or 
children cares nothing for his relations, and hence is capable of acting cruelly to¬ 
wards them. 
® = thorny, derived from ^ thorn,’ the vowel being shortened in 
the antepenultimate. 
10 for see note ^ to P. 2, with reference to the inserted see 
Gram. § 189, add. 
