Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.17

daivam apy anṛtaḿ vakti

na martyā eva kevalam

yad-viśrambhād ahaḿ pāpaḥ

svasur nihatavāñ chiśūn

SYNONYMS

daivam — providence; api — also; anṛtam — lies; vakti — say; na — not; martyāḥ — human beings; eva — certainly; kevalam — only; yat-viśrambhāt — because of believing that prophecy; aham — I; pāpaḥ — the most sinful; svasuḥ — 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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