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ŚB 10.85.30

Devanagari

कालविध्वस्तसत्त्वानां राज्ञामुच्छास्‍त्रवर्तिनाम् ।
भूमेर्भारायमाणानामवतीर्णौ किलाद्य मे ॥ ३० ॥

Text

kala-vidhvasta-sattvānāṁ
rājñām ucchāstra-vartinām
bhūmer bhārāyamāṇānām
avatīrṇau kilādya me

Synonyms

kāla — by time; vidhvasta — destroyed; sattvānām — whose good qualities; rājñām — for (killing) the kings; ut-śāstra — outside the scope of scriptural rules; vartinām — who act; bhūmeḥ — for the earth; bhārāyamāṇānām — becoming a burden; avatīrṇau — (both of You) descended; kila — indeed; adya — now; me — to me.

Translation

Taking birth from me, You have now descended to this world in order to kill those kings whose good qualities have been destroyed by the present age, and who thus defy the authority of revealed scriptures and burden the earth.