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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.51
tatrāhāmarṣito bhīmas
na bhartur nātmanaś cārthe
SYNONYMS
tatra — thereupon; āha — said; amarṣitaḥ — in an angry mood; bhīmaḥ — Bhīma; tasya — his; śreyān — ultimate good; vadhaḥ — killing; smṛtaḥ — recorded; na — not; bhartuḥ — of the master; na — nor; ātmanaḥ — of his own self; ca — and; arthe — for the sake of; yaḥ — one who; ahan — killed; suptān — sleeping; śiśūn — children; vṛthā — without purpose.
TRANSLATION
Bhīma, however, disagreed with them and recommended killing this culprit who, in an angry mood, had murdered sleeping children for no purpose and for neither his nor his master's interest.
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