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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.31

evaḿ cet tarhi bhojendra

pura-grāma-vrajādiṣu

anirdaśān nirdaśāḿś ca

haniṣyāmo 'dya vai śiśūn

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; cet — if it is so; tarhi — then; bhoja-indraO King of Bhoja; pura-grāma-vraja-ādiṣuin all the towns, villages and pasturing grounds; anirdaśān — those who are less than ten days old; nirdaśān ca — and those who are just over ten days old; haniṣyāmaḥ — we shall kill; adya — beginning from today; vai — indeed; śiśūn — all such children.

TRANSLATION

If this is so, O King of the Bhoja dynasty, beginning today we shall kill all the children born in all the villages, towns and pasturing grounds within the past ten days or slightly more.

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