SB 6.18.72 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

कृत्तो मे सप्तधा गर्भ आसन् सप्त कुमारका: ।

तेऽपि चैकैकशो वृक्णा: सप्तधा नापि मम्रिरे ॥ ७२ ॥

Verse text

kṛtto me saptadhā garbha

āsan sapta kumārakāḥ

te ’pi caikaikaśo vṛkṇāḥ

saptadhā nāpi mamrire

Synonyms

kṛttaḥ — cut ; me — by me ; sapta-dhā — into seven ; garbhaḥ — the embryo ; āsan — there came to be ; sapta — seven ; kumārakāḥ — babies ; te — they ; api — although ; ca — also ; eka-ekaśaḥ — each one ; vṛkṇāḥ — cut ; sapta-dhā — into seven ; na — not ; api — still ; mamrire — died.

Translation

First I cut the child in the womb into seven pieces, which became seven children. Then I cut each of the children into seven pieces again. By the grace of the Supreme Lord, however, none of them died.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

First I cut the child in the womb into seven pieces, which became seven children. Then I cut each of the children into seven pieces again, but they did not die.