Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 17: The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi's Son

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.17.14

indra-jyeṣṭhaiḥ sva-tanayair

hatānāḿ yudhi vidviṣām

striyo rudantīr āsādya

draṣṭum icchasi duḥkhitāḥ

SYNONYMS

indra-jyeṣṭhaiḥ — persons of whom King Indra is the eldest; sva-tanayaiḥ — by your own sons; hatānām — who are killed; yudhiin the fight; vidviṣām — of the enemies; striyaḥ — the wives; rudantīḥ — lamenting; āsādya — coming near the dead bodies of their husbands; draṣṭum icchasi — you want to see; duḥkhitāḥ — very much aggrieved.

TRANSLATION

You want to see the wives of the demons lamenting for the death of their husbands when those demons, the enemies of your sons, are killed in battle by the demigods, of whom Indra is the chief.

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