Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 1 Chapter 5 Text 83

śrī-pṛthovāca

anāthāyāḥ sa-putrāyā

mamāpad-gaṇato ’sakṛt

tvarayā mocanāt samyag

devakī-mātṛto ’pi yaḥ

kṛpā-viśeṣaḥ kṛṣṇasya

svasyām anumito mayā

TRANSLATION

Śrī Pṛthā [Kuntī] said: I had no husband to protect me, but Kṛṣṇa always interceded just in time to save me and my sons from calamity. From this I understood that Kṛṣṇa’s mercy on me was special, greater even than His mercy on His mother, Devakī.