दैवमप्यनृतं वक्ति न मर्त्या एव केवलम् ।
यद्विश्रम्भादहं पापः स्वसुर्निहतवाञ्छिशून् ॥ १७ ॥
yad-visrambhad aham papah
daivam-providence; api-also; anrtam-lies; vakti-say; na-not; martyah-human beings; eva-certainly; kevalam-only; yat-visrambhat-because of believing that prophecy; aham-I; papah-the most sinful; svasuh-of my sister; nihatavan-killed; sisun-so many children.
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.