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As the women of Satrājit’s palace screamed and helplessly wept, Śatadhanvā took the jewel and left, like a butcher after he has killed some animals.
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- The Supreme Lord’s Māyā makes men forget their real selves, and thus, taking the body for the self, they consider others to be friends, enemies or neutral parties.
- Those who are bewildered perceive the one Supreme Soul, who resides in all embodied beings, as many, just as one may perceive the light in the sky, or the sky itself, as many.
- Therefore, with transcendental knowledge dispel the grief that is weakening and confounding your mind. Please resume your natural mood, O princess of the pristine smile.
- ukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus enlightened by Lord Balarāma, slender Rukmiṇī forgot her depression and steadied her mind by spiritual intelligence.
- At that time, O King, there was great rejoicing in all the homes of Yadupurī, whose citizens loved only Kṛṣṇa, chief of the Yadus.
- The kings and their daughters were totally astonished to hear the story of Rukmiṇī’s abduction, which was being glorified in song everywhere.
- He took birth in the womb of Vaidarbhī from the seed of Lord Kṛṣṇa and received the name Pradyumna. In no respect was He inferior to His father.
- A powerful fish swallowed Pradyumna, and this fish, along with others, was caught in a huge net and seized by fishermen.
- The fishermen presented that extraordinary fish to Śambara, who had his cooks bring it to the kitchen, where they began cutting it up with a butcher knife.
- After a short time, this son of Kṛṣṇa—Pradyumna—attained His full youth. He enchanted all women who gazed upon Him.
- Now kill this dreadful Śambara, Your formidable enemy. Although he knows hundreds of magic spells, You can defeat him with bewildering magic and other techniques.
- Pradyumna approached Śambara and called him to battle, hurling intolerable insults at him to foment a conflict.
- Drawing His sharp-edged sword, Pradyumna forcefully cut off Śambara’s head, complete with red mustache, helmet and earrings.
- Seeing Pradyumna, sweet-voiced, dark-eyed Rukmiṇī remembered her lost son, and her breasts became moist out of affection.
- Yes, He must be the same child I bore in my womb, since I feel great affection for Him and my left arm is quivering.
- Lord Savitā has come to see You, O Lord of the universe. He is blinding everyone’s eyes with his intensely effulgent rays.
- King Satrājit entered his opulent home, festively executing auspicious rituals. He had qualified brāhmaṇas install the Syamantaka jewel in the house’s temple room.
- Once Satrājit’s brother, Prasena, having hung the brilliant jewel about his neck, mounted a horse and went hunting in the forest.
- 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].
- Unaware of His true position and thinking Him an ordinary man, Jāmbavān angrily began fighting with the Supreme Lord, his master.
- 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.
- Thus addressed, Jāmbavān happily honored Lord Kṛṣṇa by offering Him his maiden daughter, Jāmbavatī, together with the jewel.
- When Devakī, Rukmiṇī-devī, Vasudeva and the Lord’s other relatives and friends heard that He had not come out of the cave, they all lamented.
- Hanging his head in great shame, Satrājit took the gem and returned home, all the while feeling remorse for his sinful behavior.
- Having thus intelligently made up his mind, King Satrājit personally arranged to present Lord Kṛṣṇa with his fair daughter and the Syamantaka jewel.
- As the women of Satrājit’s palace screamed and helplessly wept, Śatadhanvā took the jewel and left, like a butcher after he has killed some animals.
- When Satyabhāmā saw her dead father, she was plunged into grief. Lamenting “My father, my father! Oh, I am killed!” she fell unconscious.
- I wish to visit King Videha, who is most dear to Me.” O King, having said this, Lord Balarāma, the beloved descendant of Yadu, entered the city of Mithilā.
- Wherever his equally powerful son Akrūra stays, Lord Indra will provide sufficient rain. Indeed, that place will be free of miseries and untimely deaths.
- After the almighty Lord had shown the Syamantaka jewel to His relatives, thus dispelling the false accusations against Him, He returned it to Akrūra.
- Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses
- The heroes embraced Lord Acyuta, and the touch of His body freed them of sin. Looking at His affectionate, smiling face, they were overwhelmed with joy.
- King Yudhiṣṭhira said: O supreme controller, I do not know what pious deeds we fools have done so that we can see You, whom the masters of yogic perfection rarely see.
- Requested by the King to stay with them, the almighty Lord remained happily in Indraprastha during the months of the rainy season, giving joy to the eyes of the city’s residents.
- After the two Kṛṣṇas bathed there, they drank the river’s clear water. The great warriors then saw an attractive young girl walking nearby.
- I am known as Kālindī, and I live in a mansion my father built for me within the water of the Yamunā. There I will stay until I meet Lord Acyuta.
- When the demon Maya was saved from the fire by his friend Arjuna, Maya presented him with an assembly hall, in which Duryodhana would later mistake water for a solid floor.
- My dear King, Lord Kṛṣṇa forcibly took away Princess Mitravindā, the daughter of His aunt Rājādhidevī, before the eyes of the rival kings.
- But to ascertain the proper husband for my daughter, O chief of the Sātvatas, we previously set a condition to test the prowess of her suitors.
- These seven wild bulls are impossible to tame, O hero. They have defeated many princes, breaking their limbs.
- Lord Śauri tied up the bulls, whose pride and strength were now broken, and pulled them with ropes just as a child playfully pulls wooden toy bulls.
- The King of Kośala, his heart melting with affection, had the bride and groom seated on their chariot, and then he sent them on their way surrounded by a great army.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa also acquired thousands of other wives equal to these when He killed Bhaumāsura and freed the beautiful maidens the demon was holding captive.
- Obeisances unto You, the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva, Viṣṇu, the primeval person, the original seed. Obeisances unto You, the omniscient one.
- There Lord Kṛṣṇa saw sixteen thousand royal maidens, whom Bhauma had taken by force from various kings.
- The women became enchanted when they saw that most excellent of males enter. In their minds they each accepted Him, who had been brought there by destiny, as their chosen husband.
- Then the imperishable Supreme Personality, assuming a separate form for each bride, duly married all the princesses simultaneously, each in her own palace.
- From her maidservant’s hand Goddess Rukmiṇī took a yak-hair fan with a jeweled handle, and then she began to worship her master by fanning Him.
- Terrified of these kings, O lovely-browed one, We took shelter in the ocean. We have become enemies of powerful men, and We practically abandoned Our royal throne.
- O fine-browed lady, women are usually destined to suffer when they stay with men whose behavior is uncertain and who pursue a path not approved by society.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Although Lord Govinda was fully aware of what had actually occurred, when He heard reports that the Pāṇḍavas and Queen Kuntī had burned to death, He went with Lord Balarāma to the kingdom of the Kurus to fulfill the family obligations expected of Him.
COMMENTARY
In this chapter Satrājit is murdered, Kṛṣṇa kills Śatadhanvā and receives the Syamantaka jewel from Akrūra.
Since the jewel was the cause of Satrājit’s death, one learns that the object which ordinarily protects one can also kill him, if one offends Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa was quite aware that the Pāṇḍavas had escaped the assassination plot of Duryodhana. Yet upon hearing that Kuntī and the Pāṇḍavas were burned, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma went to the Kurus to perform the necessary rites.
|| 10.57.2 ||
bhīṣmaṁ kṛpaṁ sa viduraṁ gāndhārīṁ droṇam eva ca
tulya-duḥkhau ca saṅgamya hā kaṣṭam iti hocatuḥ
TRANSLATION
The two Lords met with Bhīṣma, Kṛpa, Vidura, Gāndhārī and Droṇa. Showing sorrow equal to theirs, They cried out, “Alas, how painful this is!”
|| 10.57.3 ||
labdhvaitad antaraṁ rājan śatadhanvānam ūcatuḥ
akrūra-kṛtavarmāṇau maniḥ kasmān na gṛhyate
TRANSLATION
Taking advantage of this opportunity, O King, Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā went to Śatadhanvā and said, “Why not take the Syamantaka jewel?”
COMMENTARY
Taking advantage of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma’s absence from Dvārakā, Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā went to Śatadhanvā and flattered him saying, “You are much braver than we are, so you should kill Satrājit.”
|| 10.57.4 ||
yo ’smabhyaṁ sampratiśrutya kanyā-ratnaṁ vigarhya naḥ
kṛṣṇāyādān na satrājit kasmād bhrātaram anviyāt
TRANSLATION
“Satrājit promised his jewellike daughter to us but then gave her to Kṛṣṇa instead, contemptuously neglecting us. So why should Satrājit not follow his brother’s path?”
COMMENTARY
In this verse Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā speak of Satrājit’s faults. According to previous statements in the Bhāgavatam, many suitors requested Satyabhāmā as their bride, and Satrājit had promised her to each one. “Should he not follow his brother Prasena to death because of this?”
However, senior commentators say that Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā, two great devotees of the Lord, were furious with Satrājit because he had insulted Kṛṣṇa and spread false rumors about Him in Dvārakā. Therefore, they instigated Śatadhanvā to kill him.
|| 10.57.5 ||
evaṁ bhinna-matis tābhyāṁ satrājitam asattamaḥ
śayānam avadhīl lobhāt sa pāpaḥ kṣīṇa jīvitaḥ
TRANSLATION
His mind thus influenced by their advice, wicked Śatadhanvā murdered Satrājit in his sleep simply out of greed. In this way the sinful Śatadhanvā shortened his own life span.
COMMENTARY
With his mind confused (bhinna-matis) by Akrūra and Kṛtavarmā, Śatadhanvā, out of greed for the jewel, killed Satrājit while he was sleeping. The word asattamaḥ (most wicked) indicates that Śatadhanvā was basically evil-minded and a firm hater of Satrājit.
|| 10.57.6 ||
strīṇāṁ vikrośamānānāṁ krandantīnām anātha-vat
hatvā paśūn saunika-van maṇim ādāya jagmivān
TRANSLATION
|| 10.57.7 ||
satyabhāmā ca pitaraṁ hataṁ vīkṣya śucārpitā
vyalapat tāta tāteti hā hatāsmīti muhyatī
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