Text 16]
The Atrocities of King Kaṁsa
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aho bhaginy aho bhāma mayā vāṁ bata pāpmanā puruṣāda ivāpatyaṁ bahavo hiṁsitāḥ sutāḥ
aho—alas; bhagini—my dear sister; aho—alas; bhāma—my dear brother-in-law; mayā—by me; vāṁ—of you; bata—indeed; pāpmanā—because of sinful activities; puruṣa-adaḥ—a Rākṣasa, maneater; iva—like; apatyaṁ—child; bahavaḥ—many; hiṁsitāḥ—have been killed; sutāḥ—sons.
TRANSLATION
Alas, my sister! Alas, my brother-in-law! I am indeed so sinful that exactly like a man-eater [Rākṣasa] who eats his own child, I have killed so many sons born of you.
PURPORT
Rākṣasas 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, Rākṣasa 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 Rākṣasas.
TEXT 16
स त्वहं त्यक्तकारुण्यस्त्यक्तज्ञातिसुहृत् खलः । कान्नोकान् वै गमिष्यामि ब्रह्महेव मृतः श्वसन् ॥१६॥
sa tv ahaṁ tyakta-kāruṇyas tyakta-jñāti-suhṛt khalaḥ kān lokān vai gamiṣyāmi brahma-heva mṛtaḥ śvasan
saḥ—that person (Kaṁsa); tu—indeed; ahaṁ—I; tyakta-kāruṇyaḥ—devoid of all mercy; tyakta-jñāti-suhṛt—my relatives and friends have been rejected by me; khalaḥ—cruel; kān lokān—which planets;