Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 4 Verse 12

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 4: The Atrocities of King Kaḿsa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.12

kiḿ mayā hatayā manda

jātaḥ khalu tavānta-kṛt

yatra kva vā pūrva-śatrur

mā hiḿsīḥ kṛpaṇān vṛthā

SYNONYMS

kim — what is the use; mayā — me; hatayā — in killing; manda — O you fool; jātaḥ — has already been born; khalu — indeed; tava anta-kṛt — who will kill you; yatra kva vā — somewhere else; pūrva-śatruḥ — your former enemy; mā — do not; hiḿsīḥ — kill; kṛpaṇān — other poor children; vṛthā — unnecessarily.

TRANSLATION

O Kaḿsa, you fool, what will be the use of killing me? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has been your enemy from the very beginning and who will certainly kill you, has already taken His birth somewhere else. Therefore, do not unnecessarily kill other children.

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