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  "name":"SB 10.4.24",
  "h1":"SB 10.4.24",
  "label":"Text 24",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.24",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 10.4.24

Text

mocayām āsa nigaḍād
viśrabdhaḥ kanyakā-girā
devakīṁ vasudevaṁ ca
darśayann ātma-sauhṛdam

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.