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ŚB 10.3.52

Devanagari

देवक्या: शयने न्यस्य वसुदेवोऽथ दारिकाम् ।
प्रतिमुच्य पदोर्लोहमास्ते पूर्ववदावृत: ॥ ५२ ॥

Text

devakyāḥ śayane nyasya
vasudevo ’tha dārikām
pratimucya pador loham
āste pūrvavad āvṛtaḥ

Synonyms

devakyāḥ — of Devakī; śayane — on the bed; nyasya — placing; vasudevaḥ — Vasudeva; atha — thus; dārikām — the female child; pratimucya — binding himself again; padoḥ loham — iron shackles on the two legs; āste — remained; pūrva-vat — like before; āvṛtaḥ — bound.

Translation

Vasudeva placed the female child on the bed of Devakī, bound his legs with the iron shackles, and thus remained there as before.