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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.16

sa tv ahaḿ tyakta-kāruṇyas

tyakta-jñāti-suhṛt khalaḥ

kān lokān vai gamiṣyāmi

brahma-heva mṛtaḥ śvasan

SYNONYMS

saḥ — that person (Kaḿsa); tu — indeed; ahamI; tyakta-kāruṇyaḥ — devoid of all mercy; tyakta-jñāti-suhṛt — my relatives and friends have been rejected by me; khalaḥ — cruel; kān lokān — which planets; vai — indeed; gamiṣyāmi — shall go; brahma- iva — like the killer of a brāhmaṇa; mṛtaḥ 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 brāhmaṇa, I do not know to which planet I shall go, either after death or while breathing.

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