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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.44.47

అనాగసాం త్వం భూతానాం కృతవాన్ద్రోహముల్బణమ్ । తేనేమాం భో దశాం నీతో భూతధ్రుక్కో లభేత శమ్ ॥ ౪౭ ॥
anāgasāṁ tvaṁ bhūtānāṁ
[anaagasaam tvam bhootaanaam]
kṛtavān droham ulbaṇam
[kritavaan droham ulbanam]
tenemāṁ bho daśāṁ nīto
[tenemaam bho dashaam neeto]
bhūta-dhruk ko labheta śam
[bhoota-dhruk ko labheta sham]
anāgasām — sinless tvam — you bhūtānām — against creatures kṛtavān — have committed droham — violence ulbaṇam — terrible tena — by that imām — to this bho — O dear one daśām — condition nītaḥ — brought bhūta — to living beings dhruk — causing harm kaḥ — who labheta — can achieve śam — happiness .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
anāgasāṁ tvaṁ bhūtānāṁ
anāgasām
sinless
tvam
you
bhūtānām
against creatures
kṛtavān droham ulbaṇam
kṛtavān
have committed
droham
violence
ulbaṇam
terrible
tenemāṁ bho daśāṁ nīto
tena
by that
imām
to this
bho
O dear one
daśām
condition
nītaḥ
brought
bhūta-dhruk ko labheta śam
bhūta
to living beings
dhruk
causing harm
kaḥ
who
labheta
can achieve
śam
happiness .
  • anāgasām — 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.
  • droham — 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.
  • bhūta - dhruk — 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.
  • śam — 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.
O dear one, you have been brought to this state because of the terrible violence you committed against innocent creatures. How can one who harms others attain happiness?

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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O dear one, you have been brought to this state because of the terrible violence you committed against innocent creatures. How can one who harms others attain happiness?
Commentary

Women who were pure in heart then spoke two verses.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

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).

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

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.

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Dana (Charity / Generosity)Prema (Divine Love)Apaishunam (Non-slander)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Nyaya (Justice / Righteous Judgment)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)Guru Bhakti (Reverence for Teacher)Shraddha (Faith / Reverence)Asteya (Non-stealing / Honesty)Achapalya (Steadiness / Non-fickleness)Nishkama Karma (Selfless Action)
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'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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