दैवमप्यनृतं वक्ति न मर्त्या एव केवलम् । यद्विश्रम्भादहं पाप: स्वसुर्निहतवाञ्छिशून् ॥ १७ ॥
daivam apy anṛtaṁ vakti na martyā eva kevalam yad-viśrambhād ahaṁ pāpaḥ svasur nihatavāñ chiśūn
- daivam
- providence
- api
- also
- anṛtam
- lies
- vakti
- say
- na
- not
- martyāḥ
- human beings
- eva
- certainly
- kevalam
- only
- yat-viśrambhāt
- because of believing that prophecy
- aham
- I
- pāpaḥ
- the most sinful
- svasuḥ
- of my sister
- nihatavān
- killed
- śiśūn
- so many children
Alas, not only human beings but sometimes even providence lies. And I am so sinful that I believed the omen of providence and killed so many of my sister’s children.