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SB 2.4.17

daivam apy anṛtaṁ vakti

na martyā eva kevalam

yad-viśrambhād ahaṁ pāpaḥ

svasur nihatavāñ chiśūn
daivam-providence; api-also; anṛtam-lies; vakti-say; na-not; martyāḥ-human beings; eva-certainly; kevalam-only; yat-viśrambhāt-because of believing that prophecy; aham-I; pāpaḥ-the most sinful; svasuḥ-of my sister; nihatavān-killed; śiśūn-so many children.





Alas, not only human beings but sometimes even providence lies. And I am so sinful that I believed the omen of providence and killed so many of my sister's children.