SB 10.54.13
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.