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ŚB 10.85.57

Devanagari

तं द‍ृष्ट्वा देवकी देवी मृतागमननिर्गमम् ।
मेने सुविस्मिता मायां कृष्णस्य रचितां नृप ॥ ५७ ॥

Text

taṁ dṛṣṭvā devakī devī
mṛtāgamana-nirgamam
mene su-vismitā māyāṁ
kṛṣṇasya racitāṁ nṛpa

Synonyms

tam — this; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; devakī — Devakī; devī — divine; mṛta — of the dead (sons); āgamana — the return; nirgamam — and departure; mene — she thought; su — very much; vismitā — amazed; māyām — magic; kṛṣṇasya — by Kṛṣṇa; racitām — produced; nṛpa — O King (Parīkṣit).

Translation

Seeing her sons return from death and then depart again, saintly Devakī was struck with wonder, O King. She concluded that this was all simply an illusion created by Kṛṣṇa.