The boy was so cruel that while playing with young boys of his age he would kill them very mercilessly, as if they were animals meant for slaughter

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"The boy was so cruel that while playing with young boys of his age he would kill them very mercilessly, as if they were animals meant for slaughter"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 4

The boy was so cruel that while playing with young boys of his age he would kill them very mercilessly, as if they were animals meant for slaughter.

SB 4.13.41, Translation

The boy was so cruel that while playing with young boys of his age he would kill them very mercilessly, as if they were animals meant for slaughter.