Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.73.12-13
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वयं पुरा श्रीमदनष्टदृष्टयो
जिगीषयास्या इतरेतरस्पृध: ।
घ्नन्त: प्रजा: स्वा अतिनिर्घृणा: प्रभो
मृत्युं पुरस्त्वाविगणय्य दुर्मदा: ॥ १२ ॥
त एव कृष्णाद्य गभीररंहसा
दुरन्तेवीर्येण विचालिता: श्रिय: ।
कालेन तन्वा भवतोऽनुकम्पया
विनष्टदर्पाश्चरणौ स्मराम ते ॥ १३ ॥
vayaṁ purā śrī-mada-naṣṭa-dṛṣṭayo
jigīṣayāsyā itaretara-spṛdhaḥ
ghnantaḥ prajāḥ svā ati-nirghṛṇāḥ prabho
mṛtyuṁ puras tvāvigaṇayya durmadāḥ
ta eva kṛṣṇādya gabhīra-raṁhasā
durante-vīryeṇa vicālitāḥ śriyaḥ
kālena tanvā bhavato ’nukampayā
vinaṣṭa-darpāś caraṇau smarāma te
Previously, blinded by the intoxication of riches, we wanted to conquer this earth, and thus we fought one another to achieve victory, mercilessly harassing our own subjects. We arrogantly disregarded You, O Lord, who stood before us as death. But now, O Kṛṣṇa, that powerful form of Yours called time, moving mysteriously and irresistibly, has deprived us of our opulences. Now that You have mercifully destroyed our pride, we beg simply to remember Your lotus feet.
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From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.