yo 'vadhīt sva-svasus tokān
krośantyā asu-tṛp khalaḥ
kiṁ nu svit tat-prajānāṁ vaḥ
kuśalaṁ vimṛśāmahe

 yaḥ - who; avadhīt - killed; sva - of his own; svasuḥ - sister; tokān - the babies; krośantyāḥ - who was crying; asu-tṛp - self-indulgent; khalaḥ - cruel; kim nu - what then; svit - indeed; tat - his; prajānām - of the subjects; vaḥ - you; kuśalam - well-being; vimṛśāmahe - we should conjecture.


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That cruel, self-serving Kaṁsa murdered the infants of his own sister in her presence, even as she cried in anguish. So why should we even ask about the well-being of you, his subjects?

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