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Canto 10 · The Summum Bonum · 90 chapters

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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 57: Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned
10.57.1110.57.14

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.57.12-13

Ūti· What drives us to act

नाहमीस्वरयो: कुर्यां हेलनं रामकृष्णयो: ।

को नु क्षेमाय कल्पेत तयोर्वृजिनमाचरन् ॥ १२ ॥

कंस: सहानुगोऽपीतो यद्‍द्वेषात्त्याजित: श्रिया ।

जरासन्ध: सप्तदश संयुगाद् विरथो गत: ॥ १३ ॥

nāham īsvarayoḥ kuryāṁ

helanaṁ rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ

ko nu kṣemāya kalpeta

tayor vṛjinam ācaran

kaṁsaḥ sahānugo ’pīto

yad-dveṣāt tyājitaḥ śriyā

jarāsandhaḥ saptadaśa-

saṁyugād viratho gataḥ

Translation

[Kṛtavarmā said:] I dare not offend the Supreme Lords, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Indeed, how can one who troubles Them expect any good fortune? Kaṁsa and all his followers lost both their wealth and their lives because of enmity toward Them, and after battling Them seventeen times Jarāsandha was left without even a chariot.

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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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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Do Not Oppose the Supreme Lords

  1. 1

    Kṛtavarmā refused to offend the Supreme Lords, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. He asked how anyone who troubled Them could expect good fortune.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that helanam means acting against the Lords' will, while vṛjinam means an offense against Them.

  3. 3

    Through enmity toward Them, Kaṁsa and his followers lost their wealth and lives. After seventeen battles against Them, Jarāsandha was left without even a chariot.

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