Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī's Sons |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.85.30
kala-vidhvasta-sattvānāḿ
rājñām ucchāstra-vartinām
bhūmer bhārāyamāṇānām
avatīrṇau kilādya me
SYNONYMS
kāla — by time; vidhvasta — destroyed; sattvānām — whose good qualities; rājñām — for (killing) the kings; ut-śāstra — outside the scope of scriptural rules; vartinām — who act; bhūmeḥ — for the earth; bhārāyamāṇānām — becoming a burden; avatīrṇau — (both of You) descended; kila — indeed; adya — now; me — to me.
TRANSLATION
Taking birth from me, You have now descended to this world in order to kill those kings whose good qualities have been destroyed by the present age, and who thus defy the authority of revealed scriptures and burden the earth.
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