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Chapter 4: The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa

Verse 17 of 45
SB 10.4.17

दैवमप्यनृतं वक्ति न मर्त्या एव केवलम् यद्विश्रम्भादहं पापः स्वसुर्निहतवाञ्छिशून्

daivam apy anṛtaṁ vakti na martyā eva kevalam yad-viśrambhād ahaṁ pāpaḥ svasur nihatavāñ chiśūn

Synonyms

daivamprovidence; apialso; anṛtamlies; vaktisay; nanot; martyāḥhuman beings; evacertainly; kevalamonly; yat-viśrambhātbecause of believing that prophecy; ahamI; pāpaḥthe most sinful; svasuḥof my sister; nihatavānkilled; śiśūnso many children..

Translation

Alas, not only human beings but sometimes even providence lies. And I am so sinful that I believed the omen of providence and killed so many of my sister's children.

Verse 17 of 45
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