Having represented all this to the Islandborn Krishna, the king gifted with great eloquence, approached Vasudeva and said, 'O foremost of all beings, the goddess Devaki has, through you come to be considered as the most fortunate of mothers. O you of undercaying glory, do you perform what I shall now tell you, O mighty-armed one.
समनुज्ञाप्य तत् सर्वं कृष्णद्वैपायनं नृपः। वासुदेवमथाभ्येत्य वाग्मी वचनमब्रवीत्॥ देवकी सुप्रजा देवी त्वया पुरुषसत्तम। यद् ब्रूयां त्वां महाबाहो तत् कृथास्त्वमिहाच्युत॥