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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.17
svasur nihatavāñ chiśūn
SYNONYMS
daivam — providence; api — also; anritam — lies; vakti — say; na — not; martyāh — human beings; eva — certainly; kevalam — only; yat-viśrambhāt — because of believing that prophecy; aham — I; pāpah — the most sinful; svasuh — of my sister; nihatavān — killed; śiśūn — so many children.
TRANSLATION
Alas, not only human beings but sometimes even providence lies. And I am so sinful that I believed the omen of providence and killed so many of my sister's children.
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