who showed his father the means of escape
Who showed Vasudeva (janaka = father) the way out — at the birth, Kṛṣṇa directs his own father on exactly what to do, where to go, what to carry.
जनकोपायनिर्देष्टा देवकीनयनोत्सवः ।पितृपाणिपरिष्कारो मोहितागाररक्षकः॥
janakopāyanirdeṣṭā devakīnayanotsavaḥ ·pitṛpāṇipariṣkāro mohitāgārarakṣakaḥ
who showed his father the means of escape
Who showed Vasudeva (janaka = father) the way out — at the birth, Kṛṣṇa directs his own father on exactly what to do, where to go, what to carry.
a festival to Devakī's eyes
Festival for Devakī's eyes — when the cosmic form appears, Devakī's eyes feast on a vision that sustains them through all the years of separation that follow.
the ornament of his father's hands
carried in Vasudeva's arms
Tended by his father's hands — Vasudeva holds the tiny infant in his hands through the midnight crossing; the cosmic Puruṣa carried in human hands.
who steeped the prison guards in slumber
Who enchanted and numbed the prison guards — the guards fall into magical sleep (Yoga-māyā's work); bolts fall open; Vasudeva walks out unchallenged.