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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 11]
na —not;  asmat-kula —our family;  ucitam —befitting;  tāta —my dear son;  karma —action;  etat —this;  sat —by authorities on religion;  vigarhitam —forbidden;  vadhaḥ —the killing;  yat —which;  upadevānām —of the Yakṣas;  ārabdhaḥ —was undertaken;  te —by you;  akṛta-enasām —of those who are sinless.
TRANSLATION
My dear son, the killing of the sinless Yakṣas which you have undertaken is not at all approved by authorities, and it does not befit our family, which is supposed to know the laws of religion and irreligion.
TEXT 9
नन्वेकस्यापराधेन प्रसङ्गाद् बहवो हताः । आतुर्वधाभितप्तेन त्वयाङ्ग आतृवत्सल ॥ ९ ॥
nanv ekasyāparādhena prasaṅgād bahavo hatāḥ bhrātur vadhābhitaptena tvayāṅga bhrātṛ-vatsala
nanu —certainly;  ekasya —of one (Yakṣa);  aparādhena —with the offense;  prasaṅgāt —because of their association;  bahavaḥ —many;  hatāḥ —have been killed;  bhrātuḥ —of your brother;  vadha —by the death;  abhitaptena —being aggrieved;  tvayā —by you;  aṅga —my dear son;  bhrātṛ-vatsala —affectionate to your brother.
TRANSLATION
My dear son, it has been proved that you are very much affectionate towards your brother and are greatly aggrieved at his being killed by the Yakṣas, but just consider—for one Yakṣa's offense, you have killed many others, who are innocent.
TEXT 10
नायं मार्गो हि साधूनां हृषोकेशानुवर्तिनाम् । यदात्मानं परागृह्य पशुवद्भूतवैशसम् ॥ १० ॥
nāyam mārgo hi sādhūnām hṛṣīkeśānuvartinām yad ātmānam parāg gṛhya paśuvad bhūta-vaiśasam
na —never;  ayam —this;  mārgaḥ —path;  hi —certainly;  sādhūnām —of honest persons;  hṛṣīkeśa —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  anuvartinām —