Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.54.13
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesMaterial Life Brings Happiness and Distress
“In battle with Kṛṣṇa I and my twenty-three armies lost seventeen times; only once did I defeat Him.”
What the purport teaches
- Jarāsandha says that he and his twenty-three armies lost seventeen battles with Kṛṣṇa.
- He also reports that only once did he defeat Kṛṣṇa.
- Jarāsandha offers his own life as an example of the inevitable happiness and distress of this material world.
Try this today
Recall one success and one disappointment, and note how both belong to life's changing circumstances.
Ask yourself
What do your own changing successes and failures show you about material happiness?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
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.