Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 54: The Marriage of Krishna and Rukmini

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.54.13

saureh sapta-dasaham vai

samyugani parajitah

trayo-vimsatibhih sainyair

jigye ekam aham param

SYNONYMS

saureh -- with Krishna; sapta-dasa -- seventeen; aham -- I; vai -- indeed; samyugani -- battles; parajitah -- lost; trayah-vimsatibhih -- twenty-three; sainyaih -- with armies; jigye -- won; ekam -- one; aham -- I; param -- only.

TRANSLATION

In battle with Krishna I and my twenty-three armies lost seventeen times; only once did I defeat Him.

PURPORT

Jarasandha offers his own life as an example of the inevitable happiness and distress of this material world.

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