Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.78.33

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

cariṣye vadha-nirveśaḿ

lokānugraha-kāmyayā

niyamaḥ prathame kalpe

yāvān sa tu vidhīyatām

SYNONYMS

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said; cariṣye — I will execute; vadha — for the killing; nirveśam — atonement; loka — for the people in general; anugraha — compassion; kāmyayā — desiring to show; niyamaḥ — the regulative injunction; prathame — in the primary; kalpe — ritual; yāvān — as much; saḥ — that; tu — indeed; vidhīyatām — please prescribe.

TRANSLATION

The Personality of Godhead said: I will certainly perform the atonement for this killing, since I wish to show compassion to the people in general. Please, therefore, prescribe for Me whatever ritual is to be done first.

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