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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 72: The Slaying of the Demon Jarāsandha

10.72.18 10.72.20

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.72.19

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna and Bhīmasince 10.72.18inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

किं दुर्मर्षं तितिक्षूणां किमकार्यमसाधुभि: ।

किं न देयं वदान्यानां क: पर: समदर्शिनाम् ॥ १९ ॥

kiṁ durmarṣaṁ titikṣūṇāṁ

kim akāryam asādhubhiḥ

kiṁ na deyaṁ vadānyānāṁ

kaḥ paraḥ sama-darśinām

Translation

What can the tolerant not bear? What will the wicked not do? What will the generous not give in charity? And who will those of equal vision see as an outsider?

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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.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Tolerance, Generosity and Equal Vision

1
Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas answered possible objections to their request. For a tolerant person, they said, nothing is intolerable.
2
For the generous, nothing is beyond giving in charity. This answered possible reluctance to give something deeply valued.
3
For those with equal vision, no one is an outsider. Thus the guests encouraged Jarāsandha to grant their request without further discussion.

Key points from the purport

In the previous verse, Lord Kṛṣṇa and the two Pāṇḍava brothers, Bhīma and Arjuna, requested Jarāsandha to grant them whatever they asked of him.
Jarāsandha might also object that he could be giving charity to his enemies.
Thus Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas encouraged Jarāsandha to simply agree to grant their request without further discussion.

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

Chapter 72: The Slaying of the Demon Jarāsandha

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

They informed him, however, that Jarāsandha could not be defeated. As King Yudhiṣṭhira pondered how he could subdue Jarāsandha, Śrī Kṛṣṇa revealed to him the means for doing so, following the previous advice of Uddhava.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.72