Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17


Sanskrit:

दैवमप्यनृतं वक्ति न मर्त्या एव केवलम् ।यद्विश्रम्भादहं पाप: स्वसुर्निहतवाञ्छिशून् ॥ १७ ॥

ITRANS:

daivam apy anṛtaṁ vaktina martyā eva kevalamyad-viśrambhād ahaṁ pāpaḥsvasur nihatavāñ chiśūn

Translation:

Alas, not only human beings but sometimes even providence lies. And I am so sinful that I believed the omen of providence and killed so many of my sister’s children.

Purport: