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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 52: Rukmiṇī’s Message to Lord Kṛṣṇa
10.52.1310.52.15

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.52.14

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.52.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सोऽपि दग्धाविति मृषा मन्वानो बलकेशवौ ।

बलमाकृष्य सुमहन्मगधान् मागधो ययौ ॥ १४ ॥

so ’pi dagdhāv iti mṛṣā

manvāno bala-keśavau

balam ākṛṣya su-mahan

magadhān māgadho yayau

Translation

Jarāsandha, moreover, mistakenly thought that Balarāma and Keśava had burned to death in the fire. Thus he withdrew his vast military force and returned to the Magadha kingdom.

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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.

Jarāsandha Mistakes Assumption for Reality

  1. 1

    Jarāsandha thought that Balarāma and Keśava had burned to death.

  2. 2

    The translation explicitly describes his belief as mistaken.

  3. 3

    Acting on that mistaken belief, he withdrew his vast military force and returned to the Magadha kingdom.

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 52: Rukmiṇī’s Message to Lord Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Jarāsandha decided that Rāma and Kṛṣṇa had burned to death in the fire, and he took his army back to his kingdom. At this point Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked a question, and Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī responded to it by beginning to narrate the history of the marriage of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.52
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. saḥhe
  2. apifurther
  3. dagdhauboth burned in the fire
  4. itithus
  5. mṛṣāfalsely
  6. manvānaḥthinking
  7. bala-keśavauBalarāma and Kṛṣṇa
  8. balamhis force
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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

  • Abhaya · Fearlessness

    Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 10.52

    In this verse: “death”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.52

    In this verse: “kingdom”

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

When do I treat an unverified assumption as a settled fact?

Practice

Before repeating one assumption today, pause and check whether you actually know it is true.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayJarāsandha Mistakes Assumption for RealityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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