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Chapter 4: The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa

Verse 31 of 45
SB 10.4.31

एवं चेत्तर्हि भोजेन्द्र पुरग्रामव्रजादिषु अनिर्दशान्निर्दशांश्च हनिष्यामो ऽद्य वै शिशून्

evaṁ cet tarhi bhojendra pura-grāma-vrajādiṣu anirdaśān nirdaśāṁś ca haniṣyāmo 'dya vai śiśūn

Synonyms

evamthus; cetif it is so; tarhithen; bhoja-indraO King of Bhoja; pura-grāma-vraja-ādiṣuin all the towns, villages and pasturing grounds; anirdaśānthose who are less than ten days old; nirdaśān caand those who are just over ten days old; haniṣyāmaḥwe shall kill; adyabeginning from today; vaiindeed; śiśūnall such children..

Translation

If this is so, O King of the Bhoja dynasty, beginning today we shall kill all the children born in all the villages, towns and pasturing grounds within the past ten days or slightly more.

Verse 31 of 45
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