Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 57 Verse 3

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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.57.3

labdhvaitad antaraḿ rājan

śatadhanvānam ūcatuḥ

akrūra-kṛtavarmāṇau

maniḥ kasmān na gṛhyate

SYNONYMS

labdhvā — achieving; etat — this; antaram — opportunity; rājan — O King (Parīkṣit); śatadhanvānam — to Śatadhanvā; ūcatuḥ — said; akrūra-kṛtavarmāṇau — Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā; maniḥ — the jewel; kasmāt — why; na gṛhyate — should not be taken.

TRANSLATION

Taking advantage of this opportunity, O King, Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā went to Śatadhanvā and said, "Why not take the Syamantaka jewel?

PURPORT

Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā reasoned that since Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were absent from Dvārakā, Satrājit could be killed and the jewel stolen. Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī mentions that these two must have flattered Śatadhanvā telling him, "You are much braver than we are; so you kill him."

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