The child became a favourite of Vasudeva from his earliest years and of his father and uncles. He shone like the moon become and the favourite of all the people.
दयितो वासुदेवस्य बाल्यात् प्रभृति चाभवत्। पितृणामिव सर्वेषां प्रजानामिव चन्द्रमाः॥