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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 1
TEXT 45
एषा तवानुजा बाला कृपणा पुत्रिकोपमा । हन्तुं नार्हसि कल्याणीमिमां त्वं दीनवत्सलः ॥४५॥
eṣā tavānujā bālā kṛpaṇā putrikopamā hantum nārhasi kalyāṇīm imām tvam dīna-vatsalaḥ
eṣā—this; tava—your; anujā—younger sister; bālā—innocent woman; kṛpaṇā—completely dependent on you; putrikā-upamā—exactly like your own daughter; hantum—to kill her; na—not; arhasi—you deserve; kalyāṇīm—who is under your affection; imām—her; tvam—you; dīna-vatsalaḥ—very compassionate to the poor and innocent.
TRANSLATION
As your younger sister, this poor girl Devaki is like your own daughter and deserves to be affectionately maintained. You are merciful, and therefore you should not kill her. Indeed, she deserves your affection.
TEXT 46
श्रीशुक उवाच
एवं स सामभिर्भेदैर्बोध्यमानोऽपि दारुणः । न न्यवर्तत कौरव्य पुरुषादाननुव्रतः ॥४६॥
śrī-śuka uvāca evam sa sāmabhir bhedair bodhyamāno 'pi dāruṇaḥ na nyavartata kauravya puruṣādān anuvrataḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—in this way; saḥ—he (Kaṁsa); sāmabhiḥ—by attempts to pacify him (Kaṁsa); bhedaiḥ—by moral instructions that one should not be cruel to anyone