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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 57: Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned

10.57.21 10.57.23

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.22

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Kṛtavarmāsince 10.57.12-13inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

अलब्धमणिरागत्य कृष्ण आहाग्रजान्तिकम् ।

वृथा हत: शतधनुर्मणिस्तत्र न विद्यते ॥ २२ ॥

alabdha-maṇir āgatya

kṛṣṇa āhāgrajāntikam

vṛthā hataḥ śatadhanur

maṇis tatra na vidyate

Translation

Not finding the jewel, Lord Kṛṣṇa went to His elder brother and said, “We have killed Śatadhanvā uselessly. The jewel isn’t here.”

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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.

The Jewel Was Still Missing

1
Lord Kṛṣṇa did not find the jewel with Śatadhanvā.
2
He approached His elder brother and told Him that the jewel was not there.
3
Kṛṣṇa called the killing useless in relation to finding the jewel. Its recovery remained unfinished.

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 57: Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Lord Kṛṣṇa returned to Dvārakā and had the funeral rites performed for Satrājit. When Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā heard how Śatadhanvā had met his death, they fled Dvārakā.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.57