Canto 1: CreationChapter 7: The Son of Drona Punished

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.51

tatrāhāmarshito bhīmas

tasya śreyān vadhah smritah

na bhartur nātmanaś cārthe

yo 'han suptān śiśūn vrithā

SYNONYMS

tatra — thereupon; āha — said; amarshitahin an angry mood; bhīmahBhīma; tasya — his; śreyān — ultimate good; vadhah — killing; smritah — recorded; na — not; bhartuh — of the master; na — nor; ātmanah — of his own self; ca — and; arthe — for the sake of; yah — one who; ahan — killed; suptān — sleeping; śiśūn — children; vrithā — 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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