Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 4: The Atrocities of King Kamsa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.12

kim mayā hatayā manda

jātah khalu tavānta-krit

yatra kva pūrva-śatrur

himsīh kripanān vrithā

SYNONYMS

kim — what is the use; mayāme; hatayāin killing; mandaO you fool; jātah — has already been born; khalu — indeed; tava anta-krit — who will kill you; yatra kva — somewhere else; pūrva-śatruh — your former enemy; do not; himsīh — kill; kripanān — other poor children; vrithā — unnecessarily.

TRANSLATION

O Kamsa, you fool, what will be the use of killing me? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has been your enemy from the very beginning and who will certainly kill you, has already taken His birth somewhere else. Therefore, do not unnecessarily kill other children.

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