Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.57.3

labdhvaitad antaram rajan

satadhanvanam ucatuh

akrura-krtavarmanau

manih kasman na grhyate

SYNONYMS

labdhva -- achieving; etat -- this; antaram -- opportunity; rajan -- O King (Pariksit); satadhanvanam -- to Satadhanva; ucatuh -- said; akrura-krtavarmanau -- Akrura and Krtavarma; manih -- the jewel; kasmat -- why; na grhyate -- should not be taken.

TRANSLATION

Taking advantage of this opportunity, O King, Akrura and Krtavarma went to Satadhanva and said, "Why not take the Syamantaka jewel?

PURPORT

Akrura and Krtavarma reasoned that since Krsna and Balarama were absent from Dvaraka, Satrajit could be killed and the jewel stolen. Srila Sridhara Svami mentions that these two must have flattered Satadhanva telling him, "You are much braver than we are; so you kill him."

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