ततश् चेदिपुरं प्राप्तौ संकर्षणजनार्दनौ ॥
यादवौ यादवीं द्रष्टुं स्वसारं तां पितुस् तदा ॥
अभिवाद्य यथान्यायं यथाज्येष्ठं नृपांश् च तान् ॥
कुशलानामयं पृष्ट्वा निषण्णौ रामकेशवौ ॥
अभ्यर्चितौ तदा वीरौ प्रीत्या चाभ्यधिकं ततः ॥
पुत्रं दामोदरोत्सङ्गे देवी संन्यदधात् स्वयम् ॥
tataś cedipuraṃ prāptau saṃkarṣaṇajanārdanau ||
yādavau yādavīṃ draṣṭuṃ svasāraṃ tāṃ pitus tadā ||
abhivādya yathānyāyaṃ yathājyeṣṭhaṃ nṛpāṃś ca tān ||
kuśalānāmayaṃ pṛṣṭvā niṣaṇṇau rāmakeśavau ||
abhyarcitau tadā vīrau prītyā cābhyadhikaṃ tataḥ ||
putraṃ dāmodarotsaṅge devī saṃnyadadhāt svayam ||
"Then Sankarshana [Balarama] and Janardana, the two Yadavas, arrived in the city of Chedi to see the Yadavi -- their father's sister. Having greeted, as is proper, by seniority, those kings as well, and having asked after their welfare and health, Rama and Keshava sat down. The two heroes, then honored with overflowing love -- and the queen herself placed her son upon the lap of Damodara."
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The one sought in vain among thousands of kings arrives Himself -- not as fearsome fate, but as a beloved kinsman come to visit his aunt. Tellingly, it is the mother herself who, out of love, places the child upon Krishna's lap: the preordained is fulfilled by her own hand, without compulsion. The verse teaches that the will of Providence is fulfilled not against the natural movements of the heart but through them: a mother's love, hospitality, a family gathering -- and within this quiet harmony the foreordained already ripens. The Lord comes to His own work not as a whirlwind but gently, in the guise of a relation; and those close to Him, unaware, themselves bring the fulfillment to its hour.