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Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 14

SB 1 14.1

सूत उवाच सम्प्रस्थिते द्वारकायांजिष्णौ बन्धुदिदृक्षया ज्ञातुं च पुण्यश्लोकस्य कृष्णस्य च विचेष्टितम्

sūta uvāca samprasthite dvārakāyāṃjiṣṇau bandhudidṛkṣayā jñātuṃ ca puṇyaślokasya kṛṣṇasya ca viceṣṭitam

Sūta said: When Jiṣṇu had set out for Dvārakā out of a wish to see his relatives, and to learn what Kṛṣṇa of auspicious renown was doing—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.2

व्यतीताः कतिचिन् मासास्तदा नायात् ततो ऽर्जुनः ददर्श घोररूपाणि निमित्तानि कुरूद्वहः

vyatītāḥ katicin māsāstadā nāyāt tato 'rjunaḥ dadarśa ghorarūpāṇi nimittāni kurūdvahaḥ

—some months passed by and Arjuna did not return from there; then the upholder of the Kurus saw omens of dreadful form,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.3

कालस्य च गतिं रौद्रां विपर्यस्तर्तुधर्मिणः पापीयसीं नृणां वार्तां क्रोधलोभानृतात्मनाम्

kālasya ca gatiṃ raudrāṃ viparyastartudharmiṇaḥ pāpīyasīṃ nṛṇāṃ vārtāṃ krodhalobhānṛtātmanām

and the terrible course of time, with the seasons' proper order overturned, and the increasingly wicked conduct of men whose minds were given to anger, greed and untruth,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.4

जिह्मप्रायं व्यवहृतं शाठ्यमिश्रं च सौहृदम् पितृमातृसुहृद्भ्रातृदम्पतीनां च कल्कनम्

jihmaprāyaṃ vyavahṛtaṃ śāṭhyamiśraṃ ca sauhṛdam pitṛmātṛsuhṛdbhrātṛdampatīnāṃ ca kalkanam

dealings for the most part crooked, and friendship mixed with duplicity, and treachery among fathers, mothers, friends, brothers, and married couples,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.5

निमित्तान्यत्यरिष्टानि काले त्वनुगते नृणाम् लोभाद्यधर्मप्रकृतिं दृष्ट्वोवाचानुजं नृपः

nimittānyatyariṣṭāni kāle tvanugate nṛṇām lobhādyadharmaprakṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvovācānujaṃ nṛpaḥ

and exceedingly ill-boding portents; and seeing that, as time turned adverse, the nature of men had become unrighteous through greed and the rest, the king spoke to his younger brother.

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SB 1 14.6

युधिष्ठिर उवाच सम्प्रेषितो द्वारकायां जिष्णुर्बन्धुदिदृक्षयाज् ञातुं च पुण्यश्लोकस्य कृष्णस्य च विचेष्टितम्

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca sampreṣito dvārakāyāṃ jiṣṇurbandhudidṛkṣayāj ñātuṃ ca puṇyaślokasya kṛṣṇasya ca viceṣṭitam

Yudhiṣṭhira said: Jiṣṇu was sent to Dvārakā out of a wish to see the relatives, and to learn what Kṛṣṇa of auspicious renown was doing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.7

गताः सप्ताधुना मासा भीमसेन तवानुजः नायाति कस्य वा हेतोर्नाहं वेदेदम् अञ्जसा

gatāḥ saptādhunā māsā bhīmasena tavānujaḥ nāyāti kasya vā hetornāhaṃ vededam añjasā

Seven months have now gone by, Bhīmasena, and your younger brother does not come. For what reason, I do not clearly know.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.8

अपि देवर्षिणादिष्टः स कालो ऽयम् उपस्थितः यदात्मनो ऽङ्गम् आक्रीडं भगवान् उत्सिसृक्षति

api devarṣiṇādiṣṭaḥ sa kālo 'yam upasthitaḥ yadātmano 'ṅgam ākrīḍaṃ bhagavān utsisṛkṣati

Can it be that this is the time indicated by the divine sage, when the Lord wishes to give up his own body, his playground?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.9

यस्मान् नः सम्पदो राज्यं दाराः प्राणाः कुलं प्रजाः आसन् सपत्नविजयो लोकाश्च यदनुग्रहात्

yasmān naḥ sampado rājyaṃ dārāḥ prāṇāḥ kulaṃ prajāḥ āsan sapatnavijayo lokāśca yadanugrahāt

—he by whose grace our riches, kingdom, wives, lives, family, offspring, victory over rivals, and worlds came to be.

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SB 1 14.10

पश्योत्पातान् नरव्याघ्र दिव्यान् भौमान् सदैहिकान् दारुणान् शंसतो ऽदूराद्भयं नो बुद्धिमोहनम्

paśyotpātān naravyāghra divyān bhaumān sadaihikān dāruṇān śaṃsato 'dūrādbhayaṃ no buddhimohanam

Look at the portents, O tiger among men—celestial, earthly, and bodily—cruel ones, foretelling from close at hand a terror for us that confounds the mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.11

ऊर्वक्षिबाहवो मह्यं स्फुरन्त्यङ्ग पुनः पुनः वेपथुश्चापि हृदये आराद्दास्यन्ति विप्रियम्

ūrvakṣibāhavo mahyaṃ sphurantyaṅga punaḥ punaḥ vepathuścāpi hṛdaye ārāddāsyanti vipriyam

My thighs, eyes, and arms twitch again and again, dear one, and there is trembling too in my heart: they will bring something unwelcome very soon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.12

शिवैषोद्यन्तम् आदित्यम् अभिरौत्यनलानना माम् अङ्ग सारमेयो ऽयम् अभिरेभत्यभीरुवत्

śivaiṣodyantam ādityam abhirautyanalānanā mām aṅga sārameyo 'yam abhirebhatyabhīruvat

This she-jackal, with fire in her mouth, howls at the rising sun, and this dog barks at me, dear one, as though it had no fear of me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.13

शस्ताः कुर्वन्ति मां सव्यं दक्षिणं पशवो ऽपरे वाहांश्च पुरुषव्याघ्र लक्षये रुदतो मम

śastāḥ kurvanti māṃ savyaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ paśavo 'pare vāhāṃśca puruṣavyāghra lakṣaye rudato mama

The auspicious animals keep me on their left, and the others on the right; and my draught-animals, O tiger among men, I observe to be weeping.

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SB 1 14.14

मृत्युदूतः कपोतो ऽयम् उलूकः कम्पयन् मनः प्रत्युलूकश्च कुह्वानैर्विश्वं वै शून्यम् इच्छतः

mṛtyudūtaḥ kapoto 'yam ulūkaḥ kampayan manaḥ pratyulūkaśca kuhvānairviśvaṃ vai śūnyam icchataḥ

This dove is death's messenger; the owl, shaking the mind, and the crow, its counter-owl, with their hooting wish the universe empty.

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SB 1 14.15

धूम्रा दिशः परिधयः कम्पते भूः सहाद्रिभिः निर्घातश्च महांस्तात साकं च स्तनयित्नुभिः

dhūmrā diśaḥ paridhayaḥ kampate bhūḥ sahādribhiḥ nirghātaśca mahāṃstāta sākaṃ ca stanayitnubhiḥ

The quarters are smoke-coloured; there are haloes (round the sun and moon); the earth quakes together with its mountains; and there is a great crash out of a clear sky, my dear, along with thunderclaps.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.16

वायुर्वाति खरस्पर्शो रजसा विसृजंस्तमः असृग् वर्षन्ति जलदा बीभत्सम् इव सर्वतः

vāyurvāti kharasparśo rajasā visṛjaṃstamaḥ asṛg varṣanti jaladā bībhatsam iva sarvataḥ

The wind blows harsh to the touch, scattering darkness with dust; the clouds rain blood, as if (all were) hideous on every side.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.17

सूर्यं हतप्रभं पश्य ग्रहमर्दं मिथो दिवि ससङ्कुलैर्भूतगणैर्ज्वलिते इव रोदसी

sūryaṃ hataprabhaṃ paśya grahamardaṃ mitho divi sasaṅkulairbhūtagaṇairjvalite iva rodasī

See the sun with its splendor destroyed, and the planets clashing with one another in the sky; with the crowding hosts of beings, heaven and earth seem to be ablaze.

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SB 1 14.18

नद्यो नदाश्च क्षुभिताः सरांसि च मनांसि च न ज्वलत्यग्निराज्येन कालो ऽयं किं विधास्यति

nadyo nadāśca kṣubhitāḥ sarāṃsi ca manāṃsi ca na jvalatyagnirājyena kālo 'yaṃ kiṃ vidhāsyati

The rivers and streams are agitated, and the lakes, and the minds (of men); the fire does not blaze up even with ghee. What will this Time bring about?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.19

न पिबन्ति स्तनं वत्सा न दुह्यन्ति च मातरः रुदन्त्यश्रुमुखा गावो न हृष्यन्त्यृषभा व्रजे

na pibanti stanaṃ vatsā na duhyanti ca mātaraḥ rudantyaśrumukhā gāvo na hṛṣyantyṛṣabhā vraje

The calves do not drink at the udder, and the mothers do not give milk; the cows stand weeping with tears on their faces, and the bulls take no pleasure in the pasture.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.20

दैवतानि रुदन्तीव स्विद्यन्ति ह्युच्चलन्ति च इमे जनपदा ग्रामाः पुरोद्यानाकराश्रमाः भ्रष्टश्रियो निरानन्दाः किम् अघं दर्शयन्ति नः

daivatāni rudantīva svidyanti hyuccalanti ca ime janapadā grāmāḥ purodyānākarāśramāḥ bhraṣṭaśriyo nirānandāḥ kim aghaṃ darśayanti naḥ

The images of the gods seem to weep, they sweat and even move about. These provinces, villages, towns, gardens, mines and hermitages, their splendor lost and joyless — what evil are they showing us?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.21

मन्य एतैर्महोत्पातैर्नूनं भगवतः पदैः अनन्यपुरुषश्रीभिर्हीना भूर्हतसौभगा

manya etairmahotpātairnūnaṃ bhagavataḥ padaiḥ ananyapuruṣaśrībhirhīnā bhūrhatasaubhagā

I think that by these great portents the earth has surely been deprived of the footprints of the Lord — of those glories that belong to no other person — and her good fortune is destroyed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.22

इति चिन्तयतस्तस्य दृष्टारिष्टेन चेतसा राज्ञः प्रत्यागमद्ब्रह्मन् यदुपुर्याः कपिध्वजः

iti cintayatastasya dṛṣṭāriṣṭena cetasā rājñaḥ pratyāgamadbrahman yadupuryāḥ kapidhvajaḥ

O brāhmaṇa, as the king was thinking thus, his mind having seen the ill omen, (Arjuna) whose banner bears the ape returned from the Yadu city.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.23

तं पादयोर्निपतितम् अयथापूर्वम् आतुरम् अधोवदनम् अब्बिन्दून् सृजन्तं नयनाब्जयोः

taṃ pādayornipatitam ayathāpūrvam āturam adhovadanam abbindūn sṛjantaṃ nayanābjayoḥ

Him, fallen at (the king's) feet, not as before, distressed, with face downcast, releasing drops of water from his lotus eyes —

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SB 1 14.24

विलोक्योद्विग्नहृदयो विच्छायम् अनुजं नृपः पृच्छति स्म सुहृन् मध्ये संस्मरन् नारदेरितम्

vilokyodvignahṛdayo vicchāyam anujaṃ nṛpaḥ pṛcchati sma suhṛn madhye saṃsmaran nāraderitam

— seeing his younger brother thus, pale, the king, with anxious heart, questioned him in the midst of their friends, recalling what Nārada had said.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.25

युधिष्ठिर उवाच कच्चिदानर्तपुर्यां नः स्वजनाः सुखम् आसते मधुभोजदशार्हार्ह सात्वतान्धकवृष्णयः

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca kaccidānartapuryāṃ naḥ svajanāḥ sukham āsate madhubhojadaśārhārha sātvatāndhakavṛṣṇayaḥ

Yudhiṣṭhira said: Do our kinsmen in Ānarta city dwell in happiness — the Madhus, Bhojas, Daśārhas, Ārhas, Sātvatas, Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.26

शूरो मातामहः कच्चित् स्वस्त्यास्ते वाथ मारिषः मातुलः सानुजः कच्चित् कुशल्यानकदुन्दुभिः

śūro mātāmahaḥ kaccit svastyāste vātha māriṣaḥ mātulaḥ sānujaḥ kaccit kuśalyānakadundubhiḥ

Is Śūra, (our) maternal grandfather, well? Is the venerable one faring happily? And is (our) maternal uncle Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva), with his younger brothers, in good health?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.27

सप्त स्वसारस्तत्पत्न्यो मातुलान्यः सहात्मजाः आसते सस्नुषाः क्षेमंदेवकीप्रमुखाः स्वयम्

sapta svasārastatpatnyo mātulānyaḥ sahātmajāḥ āsate sasnuṣāḥ kṣemaṃdevakīpramukhāḥ svayam

Do the seven sisters, his wives, our maternal aunts, together with their sons and daughters-in-law, dwell in safety, Devakī foremost among them?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.28

कच्चिद्राजाहुको जीवत्यसत्पुत्रो ऽस्य चानुजः हृदीकः ससुतो ऽक्रूरो जयन्तगदसारणाः

kaccidrājāhuko jīvatyasatputro 'sya cānujaḥ hṛdīkaḥ sasuto 'krūro jayantagadasāraṇāḥ

Is King Āhuka living, and his younger brother, he whose son is wicked, and Hṛdīka with his son Kṛtavarmā, and Akrūra, Jayanta, Gada and Sāraṇa?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 1 14.29

आसते कुशलं कच्चिद्ये च शत्रुजिदादयः कच्चिदास्ते सुखं रामो भगवान् सात्वतां प्रभुः

āsate kuśalaṃ kaccidye ca śatrujidādayaḥ kaccidāste sukhaṃ rāmo bhagavān sātvatāṃ prabhuḥ

And do those headed by Śatrujit dwell in well-being? Is Rāma, the Lord, the master of the Sātvatas, faring happily?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.30

प्रद्युम्नः सर्ववृष्णीनां सुखम् आस्ते महारथः गम्भीररयो ऽनिरुद्धो वर्धते भगवान् उत

pradyumnaḥ sarvavṛṣṇīnāṃ sukham āste mahārathaḥ gambhīrarayo 'niruddho vardhate bhagavān uta

Does Pradyumna, the great chariot-warrior of all the Vṛṣṇis, dwell happily? And does Aniruddha, the mighty one of deep force, prosper?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.31

सुषेणश्चारुदेष्णश्च साम्बो जाम्बवतीसुतः अन्ये च कार्ष्णिप्रवराः सपुत्रा ऋषभादयः

suṣeṇaścārudeṣṇaśca sāmbo jāmbavatīsutaḥ anye ca kārṣṇipravarāḥ saputrā ṛṣabhādayaḥ

And Suṣeṇa and Cārudeṣṇa, and Sāmba the son of Jāmbavatī, and the other foremost sons of Kṛṣṇa, with their sons, Ṛṣabha and the rest —

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SB 1 14.32

तथैवानुचराः शौरेः श्रुतदेवोद्धवादयः सुनन्दनन्दशीर्षण्या ये चान्ये सात्वतर्षभाः

tathaivānucarāḥ śaureḥ śrutadevoddhavādayaḥ sunandanandaśīrṣaṇyā ye cānye sātvatarṣabhāḥ

— and likewise the attendants of Śauri (Kṛṣṇa), Śrutadeva, Uddhava and the others, with Sunanda and Nanda at their head, and whatever other bulls among the Sātvatas —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.33

अपि स्वस्त्यासते सर्वे रामकृष्णभुजाश्रयाः अपि स्मरन्ति कुशलम् अस्माकं बद्धसौहृदाः

api svastyāsate sarve rāmakṛṣṇabhujāśrayāḥ api smaranti kuśalam asmākaṃ baddhasauhṛdāḥ

— do they all dwell in well-being, they whose refuge is the arms of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa? And do they, bound to us in friendship, remember our welfare?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.34

भगवान् अपि गोविन्दो ब्रह्मण्यो भक्तवत्सलः कच्चित् पुरे सुधर्मायां सुखम् आस्ते सुहृद्वृतः

bhagavān api govindo brahmaṇyo bhaktavatsalaḥ kaccit pure sudharmāyāṃ sukham āste suhṛdvṛtaḥ

And is the Lord Govinda, devoted to the brāhmaṇas, fond of his devotees, dwelling happily in the city, in the Sudharmā hall, surrounded by his friends?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.35

मङ्गलाय च लोकानां क्षेमाय च भवाय च आस्ते यदुकुलाम्भोधावाद्यो ऽनन्तसखः पुमान्

maṅgalāya ca lokānāṃ kṣemāya ca bhavāya ca āste yadukulāmbhodhāvādyo 'nantasakhaḥ pumān

For the good fortune of the worlds, and for their safety and their thriving, does the primordial Person, the companion of Ananta, abide in the ocean that is the Yadu family?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 1 14.36

यद्बाहुदण्डगुप्तायां स्वपुर्यां यदवो ऽर्चिताः क्रीडन्ति परमानन्दं महापौरुषिका इव

yadbāhudaṇḍaguptāyāṃ svapuryāṃ yadavo 'rcitāḥ krīḍanti paramānandaṃ mahāpauruṣikā iva

In (Kṛṣṇa's) own city, protected by the staff of whose arms, the Yadus, honoured (by all), sport in supreme bliss like men belonging to the great Person (i.e. dwellers of Vaikuṇṭha).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 1 14.37

यत्पादशुश्रूषणमुख्यकर्मणा सत्यादयो द्व्यष्टसहस्रयोषितः निर्जित्य सङ्ख्ये त्रिदशांस्तदाशिषो हरन्ति वज्रायुधवल्लभोचिताः

yatpādaśuśrūṣaṇamukhyakarmaṇā satyādayo dvyaṣṭasahasrayoṣitaḥ nirjitya saṅkhye tridaśāṃstadāśiṣo haranti vajrāyudhavallabhocitāḥ

By the chief act of serving whose feet, Satyabhāmā and the rest, sixteen thousand women, having conquered the thirty (gods) in battle, seize their blessings — (blessings) fit for the beloved wives of the wielder of the thunderbolt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 1 14.38

यद्बाहुदण्डाभ्युदयानुजीविनो यदुप्रवीरा ह्यकुतोभया मुहुः अधिक्रमन्त्यङ्घ्रिभिराहृतां बलात् सभां सुधर्मां सुरसत्तमोचिताम्

yadbāhudaṇḍābhyudayānujīvino yadupravīrā hyakutobhayā muhuḥ adhikramantyaṅghribhirāhṛtāṃ balāt sabhāṃ sudharmāṃ surasattamocitām

Living in dependence on the rise (of the power) of whose arm-staff, the foremost Yadu heroes, fearing nothing from any quarter, repeatedly tread with their feet the Sudharmā assembly hall, taken by force (from heaven), which was proper to the best of the gods.

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SB 1 14.39

कच्चित् ते ऽनामयं तात भ्रष्टतेजा विभासि मे अलब्धमानो ऽवज्ञातः किं वा तात चिरोषितः

kaccit te 'nāmayaṃ tāta bhraṣṭatejā vibhāsi me alabdhamāno 'vajñātaḥ kiṃ vā tāta ciroṣitaḥ

Is all well with you, dear one? You look to me as though your splendour has been lost. Have you gone unhonoured, or been slighted, dear one, or (is it because) you stayed away so long?

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SB 1 14.40

कच्चिन् नाभिहतो ऽभावैः शब्दादिभिरमङ्गलैः न दत्तम् उक्तम् अर्थिभ्य आशया यत् प्रतिश्रुतम्

kaccin nābhihato 'bhāvaiḥ śabdādibhiramaṅgalaiḥ na dattam uktam arthibhya āśayā yat pratiśrutam

Were you not struck by unpleasant things — inauspicious words and the rest? Did you fail to give what was asked by petitioners, or fail to keep a word once promised to those who hoped for it?

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SB 1 14.41

कच्चित् त्वं ब्राह्मणं बालं गां वृद्धं रोगिणं स्त्रियम् शरणोपसृतं सत्त्वं नात्याक्षीः शरणप्रदः

kaccit tvaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ bālaṃ gāṃ vṛddhaṃ rogiṇaṃ striyam śaraṇopasṛtaṃ sattvaṃ nātyākṣīḥ śaraṇapradaḥ

Did you, the giver of shelter, not abandon a brāhmaṇa, a child, a cow, an old man, a sick person, a woman, or any creature that came to you for refuge?

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SB 1 14.42

कच्चित् त्वं नागमो ऽगम्यां गम्यां वासत्कृतां स्त्रियम् पराजितो वाथ भवान् नोत्तमैर्नासमैः पथि

kaccit tvaṃ nāgamo 'gamyāṃ gamyāṃ vāsatkṛtāṃ striyam parājito vātha bhavān nottamairnāsamaiḥ pathi

Did you not approach a woman not to be approached, or (approach) one who may be approached without treating her with respect? Or were you defeated on the road by those not superior and not your equals?

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SB 1 14.43

अपि स्वित् पर्यभुङ्क्थास्त्वं सम्भोज्यान् वृद्धबालकान् जुगुप्सितं कर्म किञ्चित् कृतवान् न यदक्षमम्

api svit paryabhuṅkthāstvaṃ sambhojyān vṛddhabālakān jugupsitaṃ karma kiñcit kṛtavān na yadakṣamam

Or did you eat alone, passing over the old and the children who should have eaten with you? Have you done some despicable deed that is unpardonable?

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SB 1 14.44

कच्चित् प्रेष्ठतमेनाथ हृदयेनात्मबन्धुना शून्यो ऽस्मि रहितो नित्यं मन्यसे ते ऽन्यथा न रुक्

kaccit preṣṭhatamenātha hṛdayenātmabandhunā śūnyo 'smi rahito nityaṃ manyase te 'nyathā na ruk

Or is it that you think, 'I am empty, deprived forever of my dearest one, my very heart, my own kinsman'? Otherwise there is no cause for your pain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain