Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.44.47
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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anāgasām
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of the sinless ones
Genitive plural of anāgas — without offense. The technical Bhāgavata word for the innocent victims (Devakī's children, the cowherds, the cows). Kaṁsa's violence is named anāgasām droha — violence against the offenseless. Asuric karma's heaviest signature.
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droham
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violence, malice
From √druh (to be hostile, to wish-harm). Specifically malicious harm, not battlefield violence. The Bhāgavatam distinguishes — Cāṇūra's combat is yuddha; Kaṁsa's life-pattern is droha. Only droha disqualifies one from śam.
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bhūta - dhruk
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one hostile to creatures
Compound: bhūta (creature) + dhruk (from √druh). The technical name for the harming-personality. Cf. BG 18.45-46 — bhakti is sva-karma defined as ahiṁsā; bhūta-dhruk is its antonym. The widows speak Gītā-grammar without knowing it.
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śam
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peace, happiness
From √śam (to be quiet, at peace). The Vedic name for the fundamental wellbeing. The widows ask, kaḥ labheta śam — who could attain it? The answer the Bhāgavatam will give in chapter 73 (the Pāṇḍava-rāja-sūya) is: those who take shelter of Kṛṣṇa. Śam follows śaraṇa.
Having expressed their sentimental grief, the ladies now speak practical wisdom. They are beginning to see things realistically because their minds were purified by the agony of the recent events and by the association of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Women who were pure in heart then spoke two verses.
Some women, who lamented along with the others just as a matter of material custom, understanding the truth, speak in two verses. You committed excessive violence to sinless beings, making them die with great suffering (ulbaṇam).
If he were an excellent person, how could he die so miserably? You committed excessive violence to sinless beings. O king of the demons! “But that is not a sin for demons like me dedicated to knowledge.” There is no happiness or auspiciousness (śam) for the violent person.
'You committed great violence against innocent beings; how can one who harms others ever attain happiness?' Even the widows, mid-lament, accidentally speak the verdict on Kaṁsa's life. Their grief becomes the chapter's epitaph for adharma — written by the very people whose love it cost.
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