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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 4]
niyunksva —engage;  asmān —us;  anuvratān —who are ready to follow you.
TRANSLATION
Nonetheless, because of their enmity, our opinion is that the demigods should not be neglected. Therefore, to uproot them completely, engage us in fighting with them, for we are ready to follow you.
PURPORT
According to moral instructions, one should not neglect to extinguish fire completely, treat diseases completely, and clear debts completely. Otherwise they will increase and later be difficult to stop. Therefore the minsters advised Karnsa to uproot his enemies completely.
TEXT 38
यथामयोऽङ्गे समुपेक्षितो नृभि- 
    न शक्यते रूढपदश्चिकित्सितुम् । 
    यथेन्द्रियग्राम उपेक्षितस्तथा 
    रिपुर्महान् बद्धबलो न चाल्यते ॥३८॥
yathāmayo 'nge samupekṣito nṛbhir 
    na śakyate rūḍha-padaś cikitsitum 
    yathendriya-grāma upekṣitas tathā 
    ripur mahān baddha-balo na cālyate
yathā —as;  āmayaḥ —a disease;  ange —in the body;  samupekṣitaḥ —being neglected;  nṛbhiḥ —by men;  na —not;  śakyate —is able;  rūḍha-padaḥ —when it is acute;  cikitsitum —to be treated;  yathā —and as;  indriya-grāmaḥ —the senses;  upekṣitaḥ —not controlled in the beginning;  tathā —similarly;  ripuḥ mahān —a great enemy;  baddha-balaḥ —if he becomes strong;  na —not;  cālyate —can be controlled.
TRANSLATION
As a disease, if initially neglected, becomes acute and impossible to cure, or as the senses, if not controlled at first, are impossible to