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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.51
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 51
- tatrāhāmarṣito bhīmas
- tasya śreyān vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ
- na bhartur nātmanaś cārthe
- yo 'han suptān śiśūn vṛthā
tatrathereupon — thereupon; āhasaid — said; amarṣitaḥin an angry mood — in an angry mood; bhīmaḥBhīma — Bhīma; tasyahis — his; śreyānultimate good — ultimate good; vadhaḥkilling — killing; smṛtaḥrecorded — recorded; nanot — not; bhartuḥof the master — of the master; nanor — nor; ātmanaḥof his own self — of his own self; caand — and; arthefor the sake of — for the sake of; yaḥone who — one who; ahankilled — killed; suptānsleeping — sleeping; śiśūnchildren — children; vṛthāwithout purpose — without purpose.
Bhīma, however, disagreed with them and recommended killing this culprit who, in an angry mood, had murdered sleeping children for no purpose and for neither his nor his master's interest.