—json {

  "name":"SB 10.4.31",
  "h1":"SB 10.4.31",
  "label":"Text 31",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.31",
  "description":"If this is so, O King of the Bhoja dynasty, beginning today we shall kill all the children born in all the villages, towns and pasturing grounds within the past ten days or slightly more."

} —

SB 10.4.31

Text

evaṁ cet tarhi bhojendra
pura-grāma-vrajādiṣu
anirdaśān nirdaśāṁś ca
haniṣyāmo 'dya vai śiśūn

Synonyms

evam—thus; cet—if it is so; tarhi—then; bhoja-indra—O King of Bhoja; pura-grāma-vraja-ādiṣu—in all the towns, villages and pasturing grounds; anirdaśān—those who are less than ten days old; nirdaśān ca—and those who are just over ten days old; haniṣyāmaḥ—we shall kill; adya—beginning from today; vai—indeed; śiśūn—all such children.

Translation

If this is so, O King of the Bhoja dynasty, beginning today we shall kill all the children born in all the villages, towns and pasturing grounds within the past ten days or slightly more.