Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.13-14

yadā mridhe kaurava-sriñjayānām

vīreshv atho vīra-gatim gateshu

vrikodarāviddha-gadābhimarśa-

bhagnoru-dande dhritarāshtra-putre

bhartuh priyam draunir iti sma paśyan

krishnā-sutānām svapatām śirāmsi

upāharad vipriyam eva tasya

jugupsitam karma vigarhayanti

SYNONYMS

yadā — when; mridhe — in the battlefield; kaurava — the party of Dhritarāshtra; sriñjayānām — of the party of the Pāndavas; vīreshu — of the warriors; atho — thus; vīra-gatim — the destination deserved by the warriors; gateshu — being obtained; vrikodara — Bhīma (the second Pāndava); āviddha — beaten; gadā — by the club; abhimarśa — lamenting; bhagna — broken; uru-dande — spinal cord; dhritarāshtra-putre — the son of King Dhritarāshtra; bhartuh — of the master; priyam — pleasing; draunih — the son of Dronācārya; iti — thus; sma — shall be; paśyan — seeing; krishnā — Draupadī; sutānām — of the sons; svapatām — while sleeping; śirāmsi — heads; upāharat — delivered as a prize; vipriyam — pleasing; eva — like; tasya — his; jugupsitam — most heinous; karma — act; vigarhayanti — disapproving.

TRANSLATION

When the respective warriors of both camps, namely the Kauravas and the Pāndavas, were killed on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra and the dead warriors obtained their deserved destinations, and when the son of Dhritarāshtra fell down lamenting, his spine broken, being beaten by the club of Bhīmasena, the son of Dronācārya [Aśvatthāmā] beheaded the five sleeping sons of Draupadī and delivered them as a prize to his master, foolishly thinking that he would be pleased. Duryodhana, however, disapproved of the heinous act, and he was not pleased in the least.

PURPORT

Transcendental topics of the activities of Lord Śrī Krishna in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begin from the end of the battle at Kurukshetra, where the Lord Himself spoke about Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā. Therefore, both the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are transcendental topics of Lord Krishna. The Gītā is krishna-kathā, or topics of Krishna, because it is spoken by the Lord, and the Bhāgavatam is also krishna-kathā because it is spoken about the Lord. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted everyone to be informed of both krishna-kathās by His order. Lord Krishna Caitanya is Krishna Himself in the garb of a devotee of Krishna, and therefore the versions of both Lord Krishna and Śrī Krishna Caitanya Mahāprabhu are identical. Lord Caitanya desired that all who are born in India seriously understand such krishna-kathās and then after full realization preach the transcendental message to everyone in all parts of the world. That will bring about the desired peace and prosperity of the stricken world.

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