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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 13]
TRANSLATION
The boy was so cruel that while playing with young boys of his age he would kill them very mercilessly, as if they were animals meant for slaughter.
TEXT 42
तं विचक्ष्य खलं पुत्रं शासनेर्विविधैर्नृपः । यदा न शासितुं कल्यो भृशमासीत्सुदुर्मनाः ॥४२॥
tam vicakṣya khalam putram śāsanair vividhair nṛpaḥ yadā na śāsitum kalpo bhṛśam āsīt sudurmanāḥ
tam—him; vicakṣya—observing; khalam—cruel; putram—son; śāsanaiḥ—by punishments; vividhaiḥ—different kinds of; nṛpaḥ—the King; yadā—when; na—not; śāsitum—to bring under control; kalpaḥ—was able; bhṛśam—greatly; āsīt—became; sudurmanāḥ—aggrieved.
TRANSLATION
After seeing the cruel and merciless behavior of his son Vena, King Anga punished him in different ways to reform him, but he was unable to bring him to the path of gentleness. He thus became greatly aggrieved.
TEXT 43
प्रायेणाम्यर्चितो देवो येऽप्रजा गृहमेधिनः । कदपत्यभृतं दुःखं ये न विन्दन्ति दुर्भरम् ॥४३॥
prāyeṇābhyarcito devo ye 'prajā gṛha-medhinaḥ kad-apatya-bhṛtam duḥkham ye na vindanti durbharam
prāyeṇa—probably; abhyarcitaḥ—was worshiped; devaḥ—the Lord; ye—they who; aprajāḥ—without a son; gṛha-medhinaḥ—persons living at home; kad-apatya—by a bad son; bhṛtam—caused; duḥkham—unhappiness; ye—they who; na—not; vindanti—suffer; durbharam—unbearable.
TRANSLATION
The King thought to himself: Persons who have no son are certainly fortunate. They must have worshiped the Lord in their previous lives so that they would not have to suffer the unbearable unhappiness caused by a bad son.