SB 10.54.13

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī

SB 10.54.12 - SB 10.54.14

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

TEXT 13

śaureḥ sapta-daśāhaṁ vai

saṁyugāni parājitaḥ

trayo-viṁśatibhiḥ sainyair

jigye ekam ahaṁ param

SYNONYMS

śaureḥ—with Kṛṣṇa; sapta-daśa—seventeen; aham—I; vai—indeed; saṁyugāni—battles; parājitaḥ—lost; trayaḥ-viṁśatibhiḥ—twenty-three; sainyaiḥ—with armies; jigye—won; ekam—one; aham—I; param—only.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TRANSLATION

In battle with Kṛṣṇa I and my twenty-three armies lost seventeen times; only once did I defeat Him.

PURPORT

Jarāsandha offers his own life as an example of the inevitable happiness and distress of this material world.