Srimadh Bagawatham - Krishnavataram Part 7

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The guards awoke with a start. ‘Soldier, quickly go see our King and tell him that the eight child is here!’ cried the chief warden. As it was a few miles from the prison to Kamsa’s aprtment, Kamsa had stationed a soldier at every ten feet interval. The first soldier passed the message to the soldier standing ten feet further. Like this the soldiers relayed the message to Kamsa.Within a very short time the guard was back with Kamsa. Devaki and Vasudeva sat in their prison cell trembling with fear. They hoped that Kamsa wouldn’t harm a girl. In came Kamsa and the doors crashed behind him. The baby started to cry louder. Kamsa stood inside the cell looking at the infant. His eyes were red with anger and hate. He seemed to tower over Devaki and her child. His tall and muscular frame against the cell door looked like death himself. The Lord chose midnight specifically to disturb Kamsa’s sleep and to make Kamasa rush to the prison in heavy rain.Devaki looked at her brother and begged, ‘look, we have a girl! Your niece! Please don’t harm her! We can promise her to your son. She is just a little girl. How can a girl harm you?’ Kamsa was taken aback. He didn’t expect a baby girl either; but in a moment he realised this to be a trick played by Lord Vishnu. ‘I don’t have time, give me the child!’ ordered Kamsa.‘This is a female child! How can a girl kill you?’‘This is a trick! I am sure Vishnu is playing a trick on me pretending to be a female child!’Devaki begged kamsa to spare the child. She didn’t want to give this child up. How could she? The child belonged to Yashoda, how could she sacrifice Yashoda’s baby girl to save her son? Devaki hugged the baby tightly and turned away from Kamsa.He snatched the baby from Devaki. Holding the baby by her feet he raised his arms to strike her against the wall. Girl or not, this was the eighth child and he was sure that Vishnu had taken the form of a girl to delude him. Just as he was about to strike her down, her feet slipped from his grip. Instead of falling down, the baby flew up towards the ceiling! Kamsa looked up only to see Goddess Durga instead of the infant! 
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