SB 10.70.24
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 24
- ye ca dig-vijaye tasya
- sannatiṁ na yayur nṛpāḥ
- prasahya ruddhās tenāsann
- ayute dve girivraje
SYNONYMS
ye — those who; ca — and; dik-vijaye — during the conquest of all directions; tasya — by him (Jarāsandha); sannatim — complete subservience; na yayuḥ — did not accept; nṛpāḥ — kings; prasahya — by force; ruddhāḥ — made captive; tena — by him; ayute — ten thousands; dve — two; giri-vraje — in the fortress known as Girivraja.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Twenty thousand kings who had refused to submit absolutely to Jarāsandha during his world conquest had been forcibly imprisoned by him in the fortress named Girivraja.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that these kings refused the payment of tribute and other forms of submission to Jarāsandha. Also, there is a well-known account in the Mahābhārata and other literatures that Jarāsandha desired to worship Mahā-bhairava by offering him the lives of one hundred thousand kings in sacrifice.