SB 10.73.1-6

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 73: Lord Kṛṣṇa Blesses the Liberated Kings

SB 10.73 Summary - SB 10.73.7

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXTS 1-6

śrī-śuka uvāca

ayute dve śatāny aṣṭau

niruddhā yudhi nirjitāḥ

te nirgatā giridroṇyāṁ

malinā mala-vāsasaḥ

kṣut-kṣāmāḥ śuṣka-vadanāḥ

saṁrodha-parikarśitāḥ

dadṛśus te ghana-śyāmaṁ

pīta-kauśeya-vāsasam

śrīvatsāṅkaṁ catur-bāhuṁ

padma-garbhāruṇekṣaṇam

cāru-prasanna-vadanaṁ

sphuran-makara-kuṇḍalam

padma-hastaṁ gadā-śaṅkha

rathāṅgair upalakṣitam

kirīṭa-hāra-kaṭaka-

kaṭi-sūtrāṅgadāñcitam

bhrājad-vara-maṇi-grīvaṁ

nivītaṁ vana-mālayā

pibanta iva cakṣurbhyāṁ

lihanta iva jihvayā

jighranta iva nāsābhyāṁ

rambhanta iva bāhubhiḥ

praṇemur hata-pāpmāno

mūrdhabhiḥ pādayor hareḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ayute — ten thousands; dve — two; śatāni — hundreds; aṣṭau — eight; niruddhāḥ — imprisoned; yudhi — in battle; nirjitāḥ — defeated; te — they; nirgatāḥ — coming out; giridroṇyām — in the fortress of Giridroṇī, Jarāsandha's capital; malināḥ — dirty; mala — dirty; vāsasaḥ — whose clothes; kṣut — by hunger; kṣāmāḥ — emaciated; śuṣka — dried up; vadanāḥ — faces; saṁrodha — by their bondage; parikarśitāḥ — greatly weakened; dadṛśuḥ — saw; te — they; ghana — like a cloud; śyāmam — dark blue; pīta — yellow; kauśeya — of silk; vāsasam — whose clothing; śrīvatsa — by the distinctive sign known as Śrīvatsa; aṅkam — marked; catuḥ — four; bāhum — having arms; padma — of a lotus; garbha — like the whorl; aruṇa — pink; īkṣaṇam — eyes; cāru — charming; prasanna — and pleasant; vadanam — face; sphurat — gleaming; makara — shaped like sea monsters; kuṇḍalam — with earrings; padma — a lotus; hastam — in His hand; gadā — by His club; śaṅkha — conchshell; ratha-aṅgaiḥ — and disc weapon; upalakṣitam — identified; kirīṭa — with a helmet; hāra — jeweled necklace; kaṭaka — gold bracelets; kaṭi-sūtra — belt; aṅgada — and armlets; añcitam — decorated; bhrājat — brilliant; vara — excellent; maṇi — a jewel (the Kaustubha); grīvam — on His neck; nivītam — hanging (from His neck); vana — of forest flowers; mālayā — with a garland; pibantaḥ — drinking; iva — as if; cakṣurbhyām — with their eyes; lihantaḥ — licking; iva — as if; jihvayā — with their tongues; jighrantaḥ — smelling; iva — as if; nāsābhyām — with their nostrils; rambhantaḥ — embracing; iva — as if; bāhubhiḥ — with their arms; praṇemuḥ — they bowed down; hata — destroyed; pāpmānaḥ — whose sins; mūrdhabhiḥ — with their heads; pādayoḥ — at the feet; hareḥ — of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

---

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Jarāsandha had defeated 20,800 kings in combat and thrown them into prison. As these kings emerged from the Giridroṇī fortress, they appeared dirty and shabbily dressed. They were emaciated by hunger, their faces were dried up, and they were greatly weakened by their long imprisonment.

The kings then beheld the Lord before them. His complexion was dark blue like the color of a cloud, and He wore a yellow silk garment. He was distinguished by the Śrīvatsa mark on His chest, His four mighty arms, the pinkish hue of His eyes, which resembled the whorl of a lotus, His lovely, cheerful face, His gleaming makara earrings and the lotus, club, conchshell and disc in His hands. A helmet, a jeweled necklace, a golden belt, and golden bracelets and armlets decorated His form, and on His neck He wore both the brilliant, precious Kaustubha gem and a garland of forest flowers. The kings seemed to drink His beauty with their eyes, lick Him with their tongues, relish His fragrance with their nostrils and embrace Him with their arms. Their past sins now eradicated, the kings all bowed down to Lord Hari, placing their heads at His feet.

SB 10.73 Summary - SB 10.73.7