किं नु न: कुशलं पृच्छे एधमाने कुलामये । कंसे मातुलनाम्नाङ्ग स्वानां नस्तत्प्रजासु च ॥ ५ ॥
kiṁ nu naḥ kuśalaṁ pṛcche edhamāne kulāmaye kaṁse mātula-nāmnāṅga svānāṁ nas tat-prajāsu ca
- kim
- what
- nu
- rather
- naḥ
- our
- kuśalam
- about the well-being
- pṛcche
- I should inquire
- edhamāne
- when he is prospering
- kula
- of our family
- āmaye
- the disease
- kaṁse
- King Kaṁsa
- mātula-nāmnā
- by the name “maternal uncle”
- aṅga
- my dear
- svānām
- of the relatives
- naḥ
- our
- tat
- his
- prajāsu
- of the citizens
- ca
- and
But, my dear Akrūra, as long as King Kaṁsa — that disease of our family who goes by the name “maternal uncle” — is still prospering, why should I even bother to ask about the well-being of our family members and his other subjects?