Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 57 Verse 27

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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.57.27

keśavo dvārakām etya

nidhanaḿ śatadhanvanaḥ

aprāptiḿ ca maṇeḥ prāha

priyāyāḥ priya-kṛd vibhuḥ

SYNONYMS

keśavaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; dvārakām — to Dvārakā; etya — coming; nidhanam — the demise; śatadhanvanaḥ — of Śatadhanvā; aprāptim — the failure to obtain; ca — and; maṇeḥ — the jewel; prāha — he told; priyāyāḥ — of His beloved (Queen Satyabhāmā); priya — the pleasure; kṛt — doing; vibhuḥ — the all-powerful Lord.

TRANSLATION

Lord Keśava arrived in Dvārakā and described the demise of Śatadhanvā and His own failure to find the Syamantaka jewel. He spoke in a way that would please His beloved, Satyabhāmā.

PURPORT

Naturally Queen Satyabhāmā was pleased to hear that her father's murderer had been brought to justice. But her father's Syamantaka jewel still had to be recovered, and thus she was also pleased to hear of Lord Kṛṣṇa's determination to recover it.

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