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स त्वहं त्यक्तकारुण्यस् त्यक्तज्ञातिसुहृत्खलः ।
कान्लोकान्वै गमिष्यामि ब्रह्महेव मृतः श्वसन् ॥ १६ ॥
 
sa tv aham tyakta-karunyas
tyakta-jnati-suhrt khalah
kan lokan vai gamisyami
brahma-heva mrtah svasan
sah-that person (Kamsa); tu-indeed; aham-I; tyakta-karunyah-devoid of all mercy; tyakta-jnati-suhrt-my relatives and friends have been rejected by me; khalah-cruel; kan lokan-which planets; vai-indeed; gamisyami-shall go; brahma-ha iva-like the killer of a brahmana; mrtah svasan-either after death or while breathing.