योऽवधीत्स्वस्वसुस्तोकान्क्रोशन्त्या असुतृप्खल: । किं नु स्वित्तत्प्रजानां व: कुशलं विमृशामहे ॥ ४२ ॥
yo ’vadhīt sva-svasus tokān krośantyā asu-tṛp khalaḥ kiṁ nu svit tat-prajānāṁ vaḥ kuśalaṁ vimṛśāmahe
- yaḥ
- who
- avadhīt
- killed
- sva
- of his own
- svasuḥ
- sister
- tokān
- the babies
- krośantyāḥ
- who was crying
- asu-tṛp
- self-indulgent
- khalaḥ
- cruel
- kim nu
- what then
- svit
- indeed
- tat
- his
- prajānām
- of the subjects
- vaḥ
- you
- kuśalam
- well-being
- vimṛśāmahe
- we should conjecture
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?