SB 10.4.17

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 4: The Atrocities of King Kaḿsa

SB 10.4.16

SB 10.4.18

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 17

daivam apy anṛtaṁ vakti
na martyā eva kevalam
yad-viśrambhād ahaṁ 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.