SB 10.4.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

dE"vamapyana{taM vai·(
na matyaAR Wva ke(valama,
yaiã"™amBaAd"hM" paApa:
svas$auinaRh"tavaAiHC$zAUna,

daivam apy anrtam vakti

na martya eva kevalam

yad-visrambhad aham papah

svasur nihatavan chisun

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.

TRANSLATION

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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