Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 11: Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.11.8

nāsmat-kulocitaḿ tāta

karmaitat sad-vigarhitam

vadho yad upadevānām

ārabdhas te 'kṛtainasām

SYNONYMS

na — not; asmat-kula — our family; ucitam — befitting; tāta — my dear son; karma — action; etat — this; sat — by authorities on religion; vigarhitam — forbidden; vadhaḥ — the killing; yat — which; upadevānām — of the Yakṣas; ārabdhaḥ — was undertaken; te — by you; akṛta-enasām — of those who are sinless.

TRANSLATION

My dear son, the killing of the sinless Yakṣas which you have undertaken is not at all approved by authorities, and it does not befit our family, which is supposed to know the laws of religion and irreligion.

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