SB 10.4.15

TEXT 15

TEXT

@h"Ae BaigAnyah"Ae BaAma
mayaA vaAM bata paApmanaA
paus&SaAd" wvaApatyaM
bah"vaAe ihM"is$ataA: s$autaA:

aho bhaginy aho bhama

maya vam bata papmana

purusada ivapatyam

bahavo himsitah sutah

aho-alas; bhagini-my dear sister; aho-alas; bhama-my dear brother-in-law; maya-by me; vam-of you; bata-indeed; papmana-because of sinful activities; purusa-adah-a Raksasa, man-eater; iva-like; apatyam-child; bahavah-many; himsitah-have been killed; sutah-sons.

TRANSLATION

Alas, my sister! Alas, my brother-in-law! I am indeed so sinful that exactly like a man-eater [Raksasa] who eats his own child, I have killed so many sons born of you.

PURPORT

Raksasas are understood to be accustomed to eating their own sons, as snakes and many other animals sometimes do. At the present moment in Kali-yuga, Raksasa fathers and mothers are killing their own children in the womb, and some are even eating the fetus with great relish. Thus the so-called civilization is gradually advancing by producing Raksasas.