SB 10.4.17
दैवमप्यनृतं वक्ति न मर्त्या एव केवलम् ।
यद्विश्रम्भादहं पाप: स्वसुर्निहतवाञ्छिशून् ॥ १७ ॥
daivam apy anṛtaṁ vakti
na martyā eva kevalam
yad-viśrambhād ahaṁ pāpaḥ
svasur nihatavāñ chiśūn
SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.