Chapter 39
किं नु न: कुशलं पृच्छे एधमाने कुलामये । कंसे मातुलनाम्नाङ्ग स्वानां नस्तत्प्रजासु च ॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration
kiṁ nu naḥ kuśalaṁ pṛcche edhamāne kulāmaye kaṁse mātula-nāmnāṅga svānāṁ nas tat-prajāsu ca
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
kim — what; nu — rather; naḥ — our; kuśalam — about the well-being; pṛcche — I should inquire; edhamāne — when he is prospering; kula — of our family; āmaye — the disease; kaṁse — King Kaṁsa; mātula-nāmnā — by the name “maternal uncle”; aṅga — my dear; svānām — of the relatives; naḥ — our; tat — his; prajāsu — of the citizens; ca — and.
Translation
“But, my dear Akrūra, as long as King Kaṁsa — that disease of our family who goes by the name “maternal uncle” — is still prospering, why should I even bother to ask about the well-being of our family members and his other subjects?”