Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 - Chapter 56

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: प्राय: कृष्णेन निहतो मणिग्रीवो वनं गत: ।भ्राता ममेति तच्छ्रुत्वा कर्णे कर्णेऽजपन् जना: ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: prāyaḥ kṛṣṇena nihatomaṇi-grīvo vanaṁ gataḥbhrātā mameti tac chrutvākarṇe karṇe ’japan janāḥ Translation: He said, “Kṛṣṇa probably killed my brother, who went to the forest wearing the jewel on his neck.” The general populace heard this accusation and began whispering it in one another’s ears....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: भगवांस्तदुपश्रुत्य दुर्यशो लिप्तमात्मनि ।मार्ष्टुं प्रसेनपदवीमन्वपद्यत नागरै: ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: bhagavāṁs tad upaśrutyaduryaśo liptam ātmanimārṣṭuṁ prasena-padavīmanvapadyata nāgaraiḥ Translation: When Lord Kṛṣṇa heard this rumor, He wanted to remove the stain on His reputation. So He took some of Dvārakā’s citizens with Him and set out to retrace Prasena’s path. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: हतं प्रसेनं अश्वं च वीक्ष्य केशरिणा वने ।तं चाद्रिपृष्ठे निहतमृक्षेण दद‍ृशुर्जना: ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: hataṁ prasenaṁ aśvaṁ cavīkṣya keśariṇā vanetaṁ cādri-pṛṣṭhe nihatamṛkṣeṇa dadṛśur janāḥ Translation: In the forest they found Prasena and his horse, both killed by the lion. Further on they found the lion dead on a mountainside, slain by Ṛkṣa [Jāmbavān]. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: ऋक्षराजबिलं भीममन्धेन तमसावृतम् ।एको विवेश भगवानवस्थाप्य बहि: प्रजा: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: ṛkṣa-rāja-bilaṁ bhīmamandhena tamasāvṛtameko viveśa bhagavānavasthāpya bahiḥ prajāḥ Translation: The Lord stationed His subjects outside the terrifying, pitch-dark cave of the king of the bears, and then He entered alone. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: तत्र द‍ृष्ट्वा मणिप्रेष्ठं बालक्रीडनकं कृतम् ।हर्तुं कृतमतिस्तस्मिन्नवतस्थेऽर्भकान्तिके ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: tatra dṛṣṭvā maṇi-preṣṭhaṁbāla-krīḍanakaṁ kṛtamhartuṁ kṛta-matis tasminnavatasthe ’rbhakāntike Translation: There Lord Kṛṣṇa saw that the most precious of jewels had been made into a child’s plaything. Determined to take it away, He approached the child. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तमपूर्वं नरं द‍ृष्ट्वा धात्री चुक्रोश भीतवत् ।तच्छ्रुत्वाभ्यद्रवत् क्रुद्धो जाम्बवान् बलिनां वर: ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tam apūrvaṁ naraṁ dṛṣṭvādhātrī cukrośa bhīta-vattac chrutvābhyadravat kruddhojāmbavān balināṁ varaḥ Translation: The child’s nurse cried out in fear upon seeing that extraordinary person standing before them. Jāmbavān, strongest of the strong, heard her cries and angrily ran toward the Lord. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: स वै भगवता तेन युयुधे स्वामिनात्मन: ।पुरुषं प्राकृतं मत्वा कुपितो नानुभाववित् ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: sa vai bhagavatā tenayuyudhe svāmīnātmanaḥpuruṣam prākṛtaṁ matvākupito nānubhāva-vit Translation: Unaware of His true position and thinking Him an ordinary man, Jāmbavān angrily began fighting with the Supreme Lord, his master. Purport: The words puruṣaṁ prākṛtaṁ matvā, “thinking Him a mundane person,” are very significant. So-called Vedic scholars, including most Western ones, enjoy translating the word puruṣam as “man” even when the word refers to Lord Kṛṣṇa, and thus their unauthorized translations of Vedic literature are tainted by their materialistic conceptions of the Godhead....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: द्वन्द्वयुद्धं सुतुमुलमुभयोर्विजिगीषतो: ।आयुधाश्मद्रुमैर्दोर्भि: क्रव्यार्थे श्येनयोरिव ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: dvandva-yuddhaṁ su-tumulamubhayor vijigīṣatoḥāyudhāśma-drumair dorbhiḥkravyārthe śyenayor iva Translation: The two fought furiously in single combat, each determined to win. Contending against each other with various weapons and then with stones, tree trunks and finally their bare arms, they struggled like two hawks battling over a piece of flesh. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: आसीत्तदष्टाविंशाहमितरेतरमुष्टिभि: ।वज्रनिष्पेषपरुषैरविश्रममहर्निशम् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: āsīt tad aṣṭā-vimśāhamitaretara-muṣṭibhiḥvajra-niṣpeṣa-paruṣairaviśramam ahar-niśam Translation: The fight went on without rest for twenty-eight days, the two opponents striking each other with their fists, which fell like the cracking blows of lightning. Purport: Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that the fight continued day and night without intermission.

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: कृष्णमुष्टिविनिष्पातनिष्पिष्टाङ्गोरुबन्धन: ।क्षीणसत्त्व: स्विन्नगात्रस्तमाहातीव विस्मित: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: kṛṣṇa-muṣṭi-viniṣpātaniṣpiṣṭāṅgoru bandhanaḥkṣīṇa-sattvaḥ svinna-gātrastam āhātīva vismitaḥ Translation: His bulging muscles pummeled by the blows of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s fists, his strength faltering and his limbs perspiring, Jāmbavān, greatly astonished, finally spoke to the Lord. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: जाने त्वां सर्वभूतानां प्राण ओज: सहो बलम् ।विष्णुं पुराणपुरुषं प्रभविष्णुमधीश्वरम् ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: jāne tvāṁ saṛva-bhūtānāṁprāṇa ojaḥ saho balamviṣṇuṁ purāṇa-puruṣaṁprabhaviṣṇum adhīśvaram Translation: [Jāmbavān said:] I know now that You are the life air and the sensory, mental and bodily strength of all living beings. You are Lord Viṣṇu, the original person, the supreme, all-powerful controller. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: त्वं हि विश्वसृजां स्रष्टा सृष्टानामपि यच्च सत् ।काल: कलयतामीश: पर आत्मा तथात्मनाम् ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: tvaṁ hi viśva-sṛjām sraṣṭāsṛṣṭānām api yac ca satkālaḥ kalayatām īśaḥpara ātmā tathātmanām Translation: You are the ultimate creator of all creators of the universe, and of everything created You are the underlying substance. You are the subduer of all subduers, the Supreme Lord and Supreme Soul of all souls....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: यस्येषदुत्कलितरोषकटाक्षमोक्षै-र्वर्त्मादिशत् क्षुभितनक्रतिमिङ्गलोऽब्धि: ।सेतु: कृत: स्वयश उज्ज्वलिता च लङ्कारक्ष:शिरांसि भुवि पेतुरिषुक्षतानि ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: yasyeṣad-utkalita-roṣa-kaṭākṣa-mokṣairvartmādiśat kṣubhita-nakra-timiṅgalo ’bdhiḥsetuḥ kṛtaḥ sva-yaśa ujjvalitā ca laṅkārakṣaḥ-śirāṁsi bhuvi petur iṣu-kṣatāni Translation: You are He who impelled the ocean to give way when His sidelong glances, slightly manifesting His anger, disturbed the crocodiles and timiṅgila fish within the watery depths. You are He who built a great bridge to establish His fame, who burned down the city of Laṅkā, and whose arrows severed the heads of Rāvaṇa, which then fell to the ground....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29-30 Sanskrit: इति विज्ञातविज्ञानमृक्षराजानमच्युत: ।व्याजहार महाराज भगवान् देवकीसुत: ॥ २९ ॥अभिमृश्यारविन्दाक्ष: पाणिना शंकरेण तम् ।कृपया परया भक्तं मेघगम्भीरया गिरा ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: iti vijñāta-viijñānamṛkṣa-rājānam acyutaḥvyājahāra mahā-rājabhagavān devakī-sutaḥ Translation: [Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] O King, Lord Kṛṣṇa then addressed the king of the bears, who had understood the truth. The lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead, the son of Devakī, touched Jāmbavān with His hand, which bestows all blessings, and spoke to His devotee with sublime compassion, His grave voice deeply resounding like a cloud....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31 Sanskrit: मणिहेतोरिह प्राप्ता वयमृक्षपते बिलम् ।मिथ्याभिशापं प्रमृजन्नात्मनो मणिनामुना ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: maṇi-hetor iha prāptāvayam ṛkṣa-pate bilammithyābhiśāpaṁ pramṛjannātmano maṇināmunā Translation: [Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] It is for this jewel, O lord of the bears, that we have come to your cave. I intend to use the jewel to disprove the false accusations against Me. Purport: