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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 50: Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā

10.50.2 10.50.4

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.50.3

Ūti· What drives us to act

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.50.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

स तदप्रियमाकर्ण्य शोकामर्षयुतो नृप ।

अयादवीं महीं कर्तुं चक्रे परममुद्यमम् ॥ ३ ॥

sa tad apriyam ākarṇya

śokāmarṣa-yuto nṛpa

ayādavīṁ mahīṁ kartuṁ

cakre paramam udyamam

Translation

Hearing this odious news, O King, Jarāsandha was filled with sorrow and anger, and he began the greatest possible endeavor to rid the earth of the Yādavas.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sorrow Turns Into Destructive Anger

1
Hearing the painful news, Jarāsandha became filled with sorrow and anger.
2
He resolved to rid the earth of the Yādavas.
3
His anger led him to undertake the greatest possible effort toward this destructive aim.

How it feels

Yearning and danger → Marriage and reciprocity. A wider range of divine relationships appears.

Chapters 50–59 of Canto 10: Dvārakā, Rukmiṇī and royal rescues. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 50: Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Upon hearing this account, King Jarāsandha became angry. He vowed to rid the earth of all the Yādavas, and he gathered an immense army to lay siege to Mathurā.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.50

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

saḥhe, Jarāsandha
tatthat
apriyamunpleasant news
ākarṇyahearing
śokasorrow
amarṣaand intolerant anger
yutaḥexperiencing
nṛpaO King

Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

Ūti · The creative impetus
Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10
Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting
Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.50
In this verse: “hearing”
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.50
In this verse: “king”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Have you noticed sorrow turning into a desire to blame or hurt others?

Practice

If painful news makes you angry today, pause before speaking or acting.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySorrow Turns Into Destructive AngerThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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