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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.16

sa tv aham tyakta-kārunyas

tyakta-jñāti-suhrit khalah

kān lokān vai gamishyāmi

brahma-heva mritah śvasan

SYNONYMS

sah — that person (Kamsa); tu — indeed; ahamI; tyakta-kārunyah — devoid of all mercy; tyakta-jñāti-suhrit — my relatives and friends have been rejected by me; khalah — cruel; kān lokān — which planets; vai — indeed; gamishyāmi — shall go; brahma- iva — like the killer of a brāhmana; mritah śvasan — either after death or while breathing.

TRANSLATION

Being merciless and cruel, I have forsaken all my relatives and friends. Therefore, like a person who has killed a brāhmana, I do not know to which planet I shall go, either after death or while breathing.

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