Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.72.31
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesRecognize an Insult as an Insult
“But I will not fight with You, Kṛṣṇa, for You are a coward. Your strength abandoned You in the midst of battle, and You fled Your own capital of Mathurā to take shelter in the sea.
What the purport teaches
- Jarāsandha refused to fight Kṛṣṇa, calling Him a coward.
- He claimed that Kṛṣṇa’s strength had failed in battle and that He had left Mathurā to take shelter in the sea.
- These words express Jarāsandha’s hostile assessment of Kṛṣṇa, not a teaching that his accusations are true.
Try this today
Reread this verse once, consciously identifying each accusation as Jarāsandha’s statement.
Ask yourself
When reading hostile words, do I distinguish the speaker’s accusation from established truth?
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.