View source for Devaki wanted to save her brother (Kamsa) from this terrible, sinful act (the killing of a helpless, newborn child). Therefore she told him - Don't be so atrocious as to kill a female child. Let there be all good fortune for you

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"Devakī wanted to save her brother from this terrible, sinful act. Therefore she told him"|"Don't be so atrocious as to kill a female child. Let there be all good fortune for you"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Nabakumar}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2021-02-05T08:28:42Z}}
{{last|2021-02-05T08:28:42Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Devaki]]
[[Category:Wants of a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:Save]]
[[Category:Brother of a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:Kamsa]]
[[Category:Terrible]]
[[Category:Killing Children]]
[[Category:Helpless]]
[[Category:New]]
[[Category:Born]]
[[Category:Child]]
[[Category:Sinful]]
[[Category:Act]]
[[Category:Therefore]]
[[Category:She - Vaisnavi]]
[[Category:Told]]
[[Category:Do Not Be]]
[[Category:Atrocities]]
[[Category:Female]]
[[Category:Let]]
[[Category:There Be]]
[[Category:Wishing Good Fortune]]
[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 10 Chapter 04 Purports - The Atrocities of King Kamsa]]
[[Category:Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 10 Purports - Chapters 01 to 13]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>SB Canto 10.1 to 10.13</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
Kaṁsa had previously excused Devakī because he thought that a woman should not be killed, especially when pregnant. But now, by the influence of māyā, he was prepared to kill a woman—not only a woman, but a small, helpless newborn child. Devakī wanted to save her brother from this terrible, sinful act. Therefore she told him, "Don't be so atrocious as to kill a female child. Let there be all good fortune for you." Demons can do anything for their personal benefit, not considering what is pious or vicious.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:SB 10.4.4|SB 10.4.4, Translation and Purport]]
</div>
<div class="quote_translation">
Devakī helplessly, piteously appealed to Kaṁsa: My dear brother, all good fortune unto you. Don't kill this girl. She will be your daughter-in-law. Indeed, it is unworthy of you to kill a woman.
</div>
<div class="text">
Kaṁsa had previously excused Devakī because he thought that a woman should not be killed, especially when pregnant. But now, by the influence of māyā, he was prepared to kill a woman—not only a woman, but a small, helpless newborn child. Devakī wanted to save her brother from this terrible, sinful act. Therefore she told him, "Don't be so atrocious as to kill a female child. Let there be all good fortune for you." Demons can do anything for their personal benefit, not considering what is pious or vicious. But Devakī, on the contrary, although safe because she had already given birth to her own son, Kṛṣṇa, was anxious to save the daughter of someone else. This was natural for her.
</div>
</div>
</div>