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4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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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

10.57.5 10.57.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.57.6

Ūti· What drives us to act

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.57.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

स्‍त्रीणां विक्रोशमानानां क्रन्दन्तीनामनाथवत् ।

हत्वा पशून् सौनिकवन्मणिमादाय जग्मिवान् ॥ ६ ॥

strīṇāṁ vikrośamānānāṁ

krandantīnām anātha-vat

hatvā paśūn saunika-van

maṇim ādāya jagmivān

Translation

As the women of Satrājit’s palace screamed and helplessly wept, Śatadhanvā took the jewel and left, like a butcher after he has killed some animals.

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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.

Cruelty Leaves Others Helpless and Grieving

1
The women of Satrājit’s palace screamed and wept helplessly after his murder.
2
Śatadhanvā took the jewel and departed amid their grief.
3
The translation compares his departure to that of a butcher who has killed animals, emphasizing the cruelty of his action.

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:

This chapter describes how Lord Kṛṣṇa, after the murder of Satrājit, killed Śatadhanvā and had Akrūra bring the Syamantaka jewel back to Dvārakā. When Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa heard that the Pāṇḍavas had supposedly been burned to death in the palace of lac, He went to Hastināpura with Lord Baladeva to maintain the principles of worldly protocol, even though, being omniscient, He knew the report was false.

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