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Canto 10 · Chapter 50: Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā
10.50.4210.50.44

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.50.43

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.50.20inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अष्टादशमसङ्ग्राम आगामिनि तदन्तरा ।

नारदप्रेषितो वीरो यवन: प्रत्यद‍ृश्यत ॥ ४३ ॥

aṣṭādaśama saṅgrāma

āgāmini tad-antarā

nārada-preṣito vīro

yavanaḥ pratyadṛśyata

Translation

Just as the eighteenth battle was about to take place, a barbarian warrior named Kālayavana, sent by Nārada, appeared on the battlefield.

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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.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Another Warrior Appears Before the Battle

  1. 1

    The eighteenth battle was about to take place.

  2. 2

    At that moment, a barbarian warrior named Kālayavana appeared on the battlefield.

  3. 3

    Kālayavana had been sent by Nārada.

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

Further reading

Chapter 50: Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Then, as Jarāsandha prepared to attack for the eighteenth time, a warrior named Kālayavana, who had been searching for a worthy opponent, was sent by Nārada Muni to fight the Yādavas. With thirty million soldiers Kālayavana laid siege to the Yādava capital.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.50
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. aṣṭā-daśamathe eighteenth
  2. saṅgrāmebattle
  3. āgāminibeing about to happen
  4. tat-antarāat that instant
  5. nāradaby the sage Nārada
  6. preṣitaḥsent
  7. vīraḥa fighter
  8. yavanaḥa barbarian (named Kālayavana)
  9. pratyadṛśyataappeared
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Kālayavana’s arrival change the situation just as another battle approaches?

Practice

Reread the verse and briefly name its three details: the timing, the arriving warrior, and who sent him.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAnother Warrior Appears Before the BattleThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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