SB 10.54.51
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.