Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42


Sanskrit:

योऽवधीत्स्वस्वसुस्तोकान्क्रोशन्त्या असुतृप्खल: ।किं नु स्वित्तत्प्रजानां व: कुशलं विमृशामहे ॥ ४२ ॥

ITRANS:

yo ’vadhīt sva-svasus tokānkrośantyā asu-tṛp khalaḥkiṁ nu svit tat-prajānāṁ vaḥkuśalaṁ vimṛśāmahe

Translation:

That cruel, self-serving Kaṁsa murdered the infants of his own sister in her presence, even as she cried in anguish. So why should we even ask about the well-being of you, his subjects?

Purport: