Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.38.7

kamso batadyakrta me 'ty-anugraham

draksye 'nghri-padmam prahito 'muna hareh

krtavatarasya duratyayam tamah

purve 'taran yan-nakha-mandala-tvisa

SYNONYMS

kamsah -- King Kamsa; bata -- indeed; adya -- today; akrta -- has done; me -- toward me; ati-anugraham -- an act of extreme kindness; draksye -- I will see; anghri-padmam -- the lotus feet; prahitah -- sent; amuna -- by him; hareh -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krta -- who has enacted; avatarasya -- His descent to this world; duratyayam -- insurmountable; tamah -- the darkness of material existence; purve -- persons in the past; ataran -- transcended; yat -- whose; nakha-mandala -- of the orb of the toenails; tvisa -- by the effulgence.

TRANSLATION

Indeed, today King Kamsa has shown me extreme mercy by sending me to see the lotus feet of Lord Hari, who has now appeared in this world. Simply by the effulgence of His toenails, many souls in the past have transcended the insurmountable darkness of material existence and achieved liberation.

PURPORT

Akrura noted how ironic it was that the envious, demoniac Kamsa had given him an extraordinary blessing by sending him to see the Supreme Lord Krsna.

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