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Kansa informed by Nārada of the existence of Krishna and Balarāma; he sends Kesin to destroy them and Akrura to bring them to Mathura - Verse 16

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 4 · Verse 15.16

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Sanskrit Original

ततश च सकलजगन्महातरुमूलभूतो भूतातीतभविष्यादिसकलसुरासुरमुनिमनुजमनसाम अप्य अगोचरो ऽब्जभवप्रमुखैर अनलप्रमुखैश च प्रणम्यावनिभारहरणाय प्रसादितो भगवान अनादिमध्यो देवकीगर्भे समवततार वासुदेवः।।

tataś ca sakalajaganmahātarumūlabhūto bhūtātītabhaviṣyādisakalasurāsuramunimanujamanasām apy agocaro 'bjabhavapramukhair analapramukhaiś ca praṇamyāvanibhāraharaṇāya prasādito bhagavān anādimadhyo devakīgarbhe samavatatāra vāsudevaḥ||

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Then, the Lord, who is beyond all beings and is the essence of all worlds, bowed to by all deities and sages, descended into the womb of Devaki as Vasudeva.