SB 1.7.51 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तत्राहामर्षितो भीमस्तस्य श्रेयान् वध: स्मृत: । न भर्तुर्नात्मनश्चार्थे योऽहन् सुप्तान् शिशून् वृथा ॥ ५१ ॥

Verse text

tatrāhāmarṣito bhīmas tasya śreyān vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ na bhartur nātmanaś cārthe yo ’han suptān śiśūn vṛthā

Synonyms

tatra — thereupon ; āha — said ; amarṣitaḥ — in an angry mood ; bhīmaḥ — Bhīma ; tasya — his ; śreyān — ultimate good ; vadhaḥ — killing ; smṛtaḥ — recorded ; na — not ; bhartuḥ — of the master ; na — nor ; ātmanaḥ — of his own self ; ca — and ; arthe — for the sake of ; yaḥ — one who ; ahan — killed ; suptān — sleeping ; śiśūn — children ; vṛthā — without purpose .

Translation

Bhīma, however, angrily disagreed with them and recommended killing this culprit, who had murdered sleeping children for no purpose and for neither his nor his master’s interest.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

At that time angry Bhīma spoke. “He who has killed the sleeping children without purpose, without benefit to his master or to himself, should be killed.”