SB 4.11.24

SB 4.11.24

Devanagari

न चैते पुत्रक भ्रातुर्हन्तारो धनदानुगा: विसर्गादानयोस्तात पुंसो दैवं हि कारणम् ॥ २४ ॥

Verse text

na caite putraka bhrātur hantāro dhanadānugāḥ visargādānayos tāta puṁso daivaṁ hi kāraṇam

Synonyms

na never ; ca also ; ete all these ; putraka my dear son ; bhrātuḥ of your brother ; hantāraḥ killers ; dhanada of Kuvera ; anugāḥ followers ; visarga of birth ; ādānayoḥ of death ; tāta my dear son ; puṁsaḥ of a living entity ; daivam the Supreme ; hi certainly ; kāraṇam the cause .

Translation

My dear son, those Yakṣas, who are descendants of Kuvera, are not actually the killers of your brother; the birth and death of every living entity are caused by the Supreme, who is certainly the cause of all causes.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O son! These followers of Kuvera are not the killers of your brother. The cause of birth and death of living beings is the Lord. The conclusion is given. The Lord is the creator and destroyer.