# SB 1.7.51
> तत्राहामर्षितो भीमस्तस्य श्रेयान्वधः स्मृतः ।
> न भर्तुर्नात्मनश्चार्थे योऽहन्सुप्तान्शिशून्वृथा ॥५१॥
## Text
> tatrāhāmarṣito bhīmas
> tasya śreyān vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ
> na bhartur nātmanaś cārthe
> yo 'han suptān śiśūn vṛthā
## Synonyms
*tatra*—thereupon; *āha*—said; *amarṣitaḥ*—in an angry mood; *bhīmaḥ*—Bhīma; *tasya*—his; *śreyān*—ultimate good; *vadhaḥ*—killing; *smṛtaḥ*—recorded; *na*—not; *bhartuḥ*—of the master; *na*—nor; *ātmanaḥ*—of his own self; *ca*—and; *arthe*—for the sake of; *yaḥ*—one who; *ahan*—killed; *suptān*—sleeping; *śiśūn*—children; *vṛthā*—without purpose.
## Translation
**Bhīma, however, disagreed with them and recommended killing this culprit who, in an angry mood, had murdered sleeping children for no purpose and for neither his nor his master's interest.**