स त्वहं त्यक्तकारुण्यस्त्यक्तज्ञातिसुहृत् खल: । कान्लोकान् वै गमिष्यामि ब्रह्महेव मृत: श्वसन् ॥ १६ ॥
sa tv ahaṁ tyakta-kāruṇyas tyakta-jñāti-suhṛt khalaḥ kān lokān vai gamiṣyāmi brahma-heva mṛtaḥ śvasan
- saḥ
- that person (Kaṁsa)
- tu
- indeed
- aham
- I
- tyakta-kāruṇyaḥ
- devoid of all mercy
- tyakta-jñāti-suhṛt
- my relatives and friends have been rejected by me
- khalaḥ
- cruel
- kān lokān
- which planets
- vai
- indeed
- gamiṣyāmi
- shall go
- brahma-hā iva
- like the killer of a brāhmaṇa
- mṛtaḥ śvasan
- either after death or while breathing
Being merciless and cruel, I have forsaken all my relatives and friends. Therefore, like a person who has killed a brāhmaṇa, I do not know to which planet I shall go, either after death or while breathing.