daivam apy aná¹›taá¹ vakti
na martyÄ eva kevalam
yad-viÅ›rambhÄd ahaá¹ pÄpaḥ
svasur nihatavÄñ chiśūn

 daivam - providence; api - also; aná¹›tam - lies; vakti - say; na - not; martyÄḥ - human beings; eva - certainly; kevalam - only; yat-viÅ›rambhÄt - because of believing that prophecy; aham - I; pÄpaḥ - the most sinful; svasuḥ - of my sister; nihatavÄn - killed; Å›iśūn - so many children.


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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.

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