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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī
10.54.1010.54.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.54.11

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Jarāsandhasince 10.54.11inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

भो भो: पुरुषशार्दूल दौर्मनस्यमिदं त्यज ।

न प्रियाप्रिययो राजन् निष्ठा देहिषु द‍ृश्यते ॥ ११ ॥

bho bhoḥ puruṣa-śārdūla

daurmanasyam idaṁ tyaja

na priyāpriyayo rājan

niṣṭhā dehiṣu dṛśyate

Translation

[Jarāsandha said:] Listen, Śiśupāla, O tiger among men, give up your depression. After all, embodied beings’ happiness and unhappiness is never seen to be permanent, O King.

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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.

Happiness and Unhappiness Do Not Last

  1. 1

    Jarāsandha asks Śiśupāla to give up his depression.

  2. 2

    For embodied beings, happiness is never permanent.

  3. 3

    Unhappiness is also temporary. Jarāsandha offers this reminder to comfort the defeated king.

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 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Jarāsandha consoled Śiśupāla: “Happiness and distress are never permanent and are under the control of the Supreme Lord. Seventeen times Kṛṣṇa defeated me, but in the end I was victorious over Him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.54
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. bhoḥ bhoḥO sir
  2. puruṣaamong men
  3. śārdūlaO tiger
  4. daurmana-syamdepressed state of mind
  5. idamthis
  6. tyajagive up
  7. nano
  8. priyaof the desirable
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 10.54

    In this verse: “give up”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.54

    In this verse: “king”

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 might remembering that unhappiness is temporary help you face a disappointment?

Practice

When a disappointment arises today, pause and remind yourself, “This unhappiness will not last forever.”

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.54's connections

Live this todayHappiness and Unhappiness Do Not LastThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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