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  "name":"SB 8.17.14",
  "h1":"SB 8.17.14",
  "label":"Text 14",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.17.14",
  "description":"You want to see the wives of the demons lamenting for the death of their husbands when those demons, the enemies of your sons, are killed in battle by the demigods, of whom Indra is the chief."

} —

SB 8.17.14

Text

indra-jyeṣṭhaiḥ sva-tanayair
hatānāṁ yudhi vidviṣām
striyo rudantīr āsādya
draṣṭum icchasi duḥkhitāḥ

Synonyms

indra-jyeṣṭhaiḥ—persons of whom King Indra is the eldest; sva-tanayaiḥ—by your own sons; hatānām—who are killed; yudhi—in the fight; vidviṣām—of the enemies; striyaḥ—the wives; rudantīḥ—lamenting; āsādya—coming near the dead bodies of their husbands; draṣṭum icchasi—you want to see; duḥkhitāḥ—very much aggrieved.

Translation

You want to see the wives of the demons lamenting for the death of their husbands when those demons, the enemies of your sons, are killed in battle by the demigods, of whom Indra is the chief.