Indeed, the intelligent Krishna did not wish that his father Vasudeva should, on hearing the dreadful intelligence of the death of his daughter's son, be afflicted with sorrow and grief.
मा दौहित्रवधं श्रुत्वा वसुदेवो महात्ययम्। दुःखशोकाभिसंतप्तो भवेदिति महामतिः॥