SB 10.4.16

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

SB 10.4.15 - SB 10.4.17

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 16

sa tv ahaṁ tyakta-kāruṇyas

tyakta-jñāti-suhṛt khalaḥ

kān lokān vai gamiṣyāmi

brahma-heva mṛtaḥ śvasan

SYNONYMS

saḥ—that person (Kaṁsa); tu—indeed; aham—I; tyakta-kāruṇyaḥ—devoid of all mercy; tyakta-jñāti-suhṛt—my relatives and friends have been rejected by me; khalaḥ—cruel; kān lokān—which planets; vai—indeed; gamiṣyāmi—shall go; brahma-hā iva—like the killer of a brāhmaṇa; mṛtaḥ śvasan—either after death or while breathing.

TRANSLATION

Being merciless and cruel, I have forsaken all my relatives and friends. Therefore, like a person who has killed a brāhmaṇa, I do not know to which planet I shall go, either after death or while breathing.

SB 10.4.15 - SB 10.4.17