Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.72.44
Nirodha· Winding upThe Subjects Witness Jarāsandha’s Defeat
“The King’s subjects then saw him lying in two separate pieces, each with a single leg, thigh, testicle, hip, shoulder, arm, eye, eyebrow and ear, and with half a back and chest.”
What the purport teaches
- The King’s subjects saw his body lying in two separate pieces.
- Each piece contained one of the paired limbs and features described in the translation.
- The detailed description makes the result of Bhīma’s action unmistakable: Jarāsandha’s body had been divided in two.
Try this today
Write one brief sentence summarizing what the subjects saw, without repeating the bodily details.
Ask yourself
What does the description help me understand about what the King’s subjects witnessed?
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.