576 Srimad-Bhagavatam [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.
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tam vicaksya khalati putrarn
$dsanair vividhair nrpah
yada na sasitum kalpo
bhrsam Gsit sudurmanah
tam—him; vicaksya—observing; khalam—cruel; putram—son; sa@sanaih—
by punishments; vividhaih— different kinds of ;nrpah—the King; yada—when;
na—not; sadsitum—to bring under control; kalpah—was able; bhrsam—great-
ly; dsit—became; sudurmandah—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.
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werd oe 8 4 rafts iq Med
prayenabhyarcito devo
ye ’praja grha-medhinah
kad-apatya-bhrtam duhkham
ye na vindanti durbharam
prayena— probably ; abhyarcitah—was worshiped; devah—the Lord; ye—
they who; aprajah—without a son; grha-medhinah—persons living at home;
kad-apatya—by a bad son; bhrtam—caused; duhkham—unhappiness; ye—
they who; na—not; vindanti—suffer; durbharam—unbearable.
TRANSLATION
The King thought to himself: Persons who have no son are certainly for-
tunate. 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.
