Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 57 Verses 12-13

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 57: Satrājit Murdered, the Jewel Returned

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.57.12-13

nāham īsvarayoḥ kuryāḿ

helanaḿ rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ

ko nu kṣemāya kalpeta

tayor vṛjinam ācaran

kaḿsaḥ sahānugo 'pīto

yad-dveṣāt tyājitaḥ śriyā

jarāsandhaḥ saptadaśa-

saḿyugād viratho gataḥ

SYNONYMS

na — not; aham — I; īśvarayoḥ — toward the Lords; kuryām — can commit; helanam — offense; rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ — toward Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa; kaḥ — who; nu — indeed; kṣemāya — good fortune; kalpeta — can achieve; tayoḥ — to Them; vṛjinam — trouble; ācaran — causing; kaḿsaḥ — King Kaḿsa; saha — along with; anugaḥ — his followers; apītaḥ — dead; yat — against whom; dveṣāt — because of his hatred; tyājitaḥ — abandoned; śriyā — by his opulence; jarāsandhaḥ — Jarāsandha; saptadaśa — seventeen; saḿyugāt — resulting from battles; virathaḥ — deprived of his chariot; gataḥ — became.

TRANSLATION

[Kṛtavarmā said:] I dare not offend the Supreme Lords, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Indeed, how can one who troubles Them expect any good fortune? Kaḿsa and all his followers lost both their wealth and their lives because of enmity toward Them, and after battling Them seventeen times Jarāsandha was left without even a chariot.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the word helanam indicates acting against the Lords' will, and that vṛjinam indicates an offense against the Lords.

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