286 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 4

trident, arrows, a shield, a sword, a conchshell, a disc and a club,
and being praised by celestial beings like Apsarés, Kinnaras,
Uragas, Siddhas, Caranas and Gandharvas, who worshiped her with
all kinds of presentations, she spoke as follows.

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fe AA AAA Aes Mt: BY TAHA |
TAH A TAM fats FIT TAT 12M

kim maya hatayé manda
jatah khalu tavanta-krt

yatra kva va purva-satrur
ma himsih krpandn vurtha

kim—what is the use; maydé—me; hatayd—in killing; manda—O
you fool; jétah—has already been born; khalu—indeed; tava anta-krt—
who will kill you; yatra kva va—somewhere else; piirva-satruh—your
former enemy; mdé—do not; himsih—kill; krpandn—other poor
children; vrthad—unnecessarily.

TRANSLATION

O Karnsa, 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.

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afa marer & Sat ara aradt ala |
THAMAT AGATA TAT EI

iti prabhdsya tarh devi
maya bhagavati bhuvi

bahu-ndéma-niketesu
bahu-ndma babhiva ha
