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.
TEXT 12
FR AA AA Ae Ta: BE TAeTHq |
TAG A TTA feet: HIM TAT LR
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.
TEXT 13
afr maTeT st Sat ATA TAT Bey
TEAKY AGATA TAT = UNPRII
iti prabhdsya tarh devi
maya bhagavati bhuvi
bahu-ndéma-niketesu
bahu-nama babhiva ha
