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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  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.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 70: Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Daily Activities
10.70.2910.70.31

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.70.30

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The kingssince 10.70.25inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

यो वै त्वया द्विनवकृत्व उदात्तचक्र

भग्नो मृधे खलु भवन्तमनन्तवीर्यम् ।

जित्वा नृलोकनिरतं सकृदूढदर्पो

युष्मत्प्रजा रुजति नोऽजित तद् विधेहि ॥ ३० ॥

yo vai tvayā dvi-nava-kṛtva udātta-cakra

bhagno mṛdhe khalu bhavantam ananta-vīryam

jitvā nṛ-loka-nirataṁ sakṛd ūḍha-darpo

yuṣmat-prajā rujati no ’jita tad vidhehi

Translation

O wielder of the disc! Your strength is unlimited, and thus seventeen times You crushed Jarāsandha in battle. But then, absorbed in human affairs, You allowed him to defeat You once. Now he is so filled with pride that he dares to torment us, Your subjects. O unconquerable one, please rectify this situation.

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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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Apparent Defeat Does Not Limit Him

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa crushed Jarāsandha seventeen times, then allowed an apparent defeat while playing the role of a human king.

  2. 2

    The Lord’s power, strength, resources and authority are unlimited. No one can equal or surpass Him, and Jarāsandha could never truly defeat Him.

  3. 3

    Jarāsandha misunderstood the Lord’s human behavior and became proud of his material power. The imprisoned kings, harassed as Kṛṣṇa’s surrendered devotees, beg Him to make the proper arrangement.

Key points from the purport
  • Thus, while acting like a human king He allowed Jarāsandha to be victorious in a single battle after the Lord had crushed him seventeen times.
  • My dear Lord, we know very well that Jarāsandha cannot defeat You at any time, because Your power, strength, resources and authority are all unlimited.
  • The appearance of defeat by Jarāsandha in the eighteenth engagement is nothing but an exhibition of human behavior.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

War and pride → Justice and protection. The public expression of divine power comes to the foreground.

Chapters 70–79 of Canto 10: Kingship, Jarāsandha and royal challenges. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 70: Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Daily Activities

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Please do something, for these kings are all Your surrendered devotees.” Just at that moment Nārada Muni appeared.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.70
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yaḥwho
  2. vaiindeed
  3. tvayāby You
  4. dvitwice
  5. navanine
  6. kṛtvaḥtimes
  7. udāttaupraised
  8. cakraO You whose disc weapon
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Key ideas in this verse

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

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 10.70

    In this verse: “pride”, “proud”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.70

    In this verse: “king”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 10.70

    In this verse: “material”

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 does remembering Kṛṣṇa’s unlimited power help me look beyond outward appearances?

Practice

Reread the kings’ address, “O unconquerable one,” and offer one concern to Kṛṣṇa in prayer.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Apparent Defeat Does Not Limit HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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