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SB 10.54.51

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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 51

prāṇāvaśeṣa utsṛṣṭo
dviḍbhir hata-bala-prabhaḥ
smaran virūpa-karaṇaṁ
vitathātma-manorathaḥ
cakre bhojakaṭaṁ nāma
nivāsāya mahat puram


SYNONYMS

prāṇa—his life air; avaśeṣaḥ—remaining only; utṣṛṣṭaḥ—expelled; dviḍbhiḥ—by his enemies; hata—destroyed; bala—his strength; prabhaḥ—and bodily effulgence; smaran—remembering; virūpa-karaṇam—his disfigurement; vitatha—frustrated; ātma—his personal; manaḥ-rathaḥ—desires; cakre—he made; bhoja-kaṭam nāma—named Bhojakaṭa; nivāsāya—for his residence; mahat—large; puram—a city.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda


TRANSLATION

Left with only his life air, cast out by his enemies and deprived of his strength and bodily radiance, Rukmī could not forget how he had been disfigured. In frustration he constructed for his residence a large city, which he called Bhojakaṭa.



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