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ŚB 10.1.61

Devanagari

तथेति सुतमादाय ययावानकदुन्दुभि: । नाभ्यनन्दत तद्वाक्यमसतोऽविजितात्मन: ॥ ६१ ॥

Text

tatheti sutam ādāya
yayāv ānakadundubhiḥ
nābhyanandata tad-vākyam
asato ’vijitātmanaḥ

Synonyms

tathā — very well; iti — thus; sutam ādāya — taking back his child; yayau — left that place; ānakadundubhiḥ — Vasudeva; na abhyanandata — did not very much value; tat-vākyam — the words (of Kaṁsa); asataḥ — who was without character; avijita-ātmanaḥ — and without self-control.

Translation

Vasudeva agreed and took his child back home, but because Kaṁsa had no character and no self-control, Vasudeva knew that he could not rely on Kaṁsa’s word.