Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.38.41

papraccha sat-kṛtaḿ nandaḥ

kathaḿ stha niranugrahe

kaḿse jīvati dāśārha

sauna-pālā ivāvayaḥ

SYNONYMS

papraccha — asked; sat-kṛtam — who had been honored; nandaḥ — Nanda Mahārāja; katham — how; stha — you are living; niranugrahe — the merciless; kaḿse — Kaḿsa; jīvati — while he is alive; dāśārha — O descendant of Daśārha; sauna — an animal slaughterer; pālāḥ — whose keeper; iva — just like; avayaḥ — sheep.

TRANSLATION

Nanda Mahārāja asked Akrūra: O descendant of Daśārha, how are all of you maintaining yourselves while that merciless Kaḿsa remains alive? You are just like sheep under the care of a butcher.

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