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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 4]
trident, arrows, a shield, a sword, a conchshell, a disc and a club, and being praised by celestial beings like Apsarās, Kinnaras, Uragas, Siddhas, Cāraṇas and Gandharvas, who worshiped her with all kinds of presentations, she spoke as follows.
TEXT 12
किं मया हतया मन्द जातः खलु तवान्तकृत् । यत्र क वा पूर्वशत्रुर्मा हिंसीः कृपणान् वृथा ॥१२॥
kiṁ mayā hatayā manda jātaḥ khalu tavānta-kṛt yatra kva vā pūrva-śatrur mā hiṁsīḥ kṛpaṇān vṛthā
kiṁ —what is the use;  mayā —me;  hatayā —in killing;  manda —O you fool;  jātaḥ —has already been born;  khalu —indeed;  tava anta-kṛt —who will kill you;  yatra kva vā —somewhere else;  pūrva-śatruḥ —your former enemy;  mā —do not;  hiṁsīḥ —kill;  kṛpaṇān —other poor children;  vṛthā —unnecessarily.
TRANSLATION
O Kaṁsa, you fool, what will be the use of killing me? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has been your enemy from the very beginning and who will certainly kill you, has already taken His birth somewhere else. Therefore, do not unnecessarily kill other children.
TEXT 13
इति प्रभाष्य तं देवी माया भगवती भुवि । बहुनामनिकेतेषु बहुनामा बभूव ह ॥१३॥
iti prabhāṣya taṁ devī māyā bhagavatī bhuvi bahu-nāma-niketeṣu bahu-nāmā babhūva ha