SB 1.7.51

Srimad-Bhagavatam - First Canto - Chapter 7: The Son of Droṇa Punished

SB 1.7.50 - SB 1.7.52

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 51

tatrāhāmarṣito bhīmas

tasya śreyān vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ

na bhartur nātmanaś cārthe

yo 'han suptān śiśūn vṛthā

SYNONYMS

tatra—thereupon; āha—said; amarṣitaḥ—in an angry mood; bhīmaḥ—Bhīma; tasya—his; śreyān—ultimate good; vadhaḥ—killing; smṛtaḥ—recorded; na—not; bhartuḥ—of the master; na—nor; ātmanaḥ—of his own self; ca—and; arthe—for the sake of; yaḥ—one who; ahan—killed; suptān—sleeping; śiśūn—children; vṛthā—without purpose.

TRANSLATION

Bhīma, however, disagreed with them and recommended killing this culprit who, in an angry mood, had murdered sleeping children for no purpose and for neither his nor his master's interest.

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