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ŚB 10.39.9

Devanagari

यत्सन्देशो यदर्थं वा दूत: सम्प्रेषित: स्वयम् ।
यदुक्तं नारदेनास्य स्वजन्मानकदुन्दुभे: ॥ ९ ॥

Text

yat-sandeśo yad-arthaṁ vā
dūtaḥ sampreṣitaḥ svayam
yad uktaṁ nāradenāsya
sva-janmānakadundubheḥ

Synonyms

yat — having which; sandeśaḥ — message; yat — which; artham — purpose; — and; dūtaḥ — as a messenger; sampreṣitaḥ — sent; svayam — himself (Akrūra); yat — what; uktam — was spoken; nāradena — by Nārada; asya — to him (Kaṁsa); sva — His (Kṛṣṇa’s); janma — birth; ānakadundubheḥ — from Vasudeva.

Translation

Akrūra relayed the message he had been sent to deliver. He also described Kaṁsa’s real intentions and how Nārada had informed Kaṁsa that Kṛṣṇa had been born as the son of Vasudeva.