SB 1.7.35

मैनं पार्थार्हसि त्रातुं ब्रह्मबन्धुमिमं जहि ।
योऽसावनागसः सुप्तानवधीन्निशि बालकान् ॥ ३५ ॥
mainaṁ pārthārhasi trātuṁ brahma-bandhum imaṁ jahi
yo’sāv anāgasaḥ suptān avadhīn niśi bālakān

Synonyms

pārtha — O Arjuna; mā arhasi — it does not behoove you [naivārhasi140]; trātum — to spare [to keep alive (jīvayitum)]; enam — this; brahma-bandhum — degraded brāhmaṇa; asau — he; yaḥ — who; avadhīt — murdered; anāgasaḥ — innocent [niraparādhān141]; bālakān — boys; [and moreover doing so (tatrāpi)]; suptān — while they slept; niśi — at night; jahi — you must kill; imam — him.

Translation

O Arjuna, you should not spare this degraded brāhmaṇa, who murdered innocent children while they slept at night. You must kill him.

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