Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 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; meto 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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