Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.50.40
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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yadu-rājāya
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to the King of the Yadus, Ugrasena
Compound: yadu + rāja. Ugrasena, Kaṁsa's father, reinstalled as king after Kṛṣṇa killed Kaṁsa (10.45). That Kṛṣṇa channels battle-wealth to Ugrasena and not to Himself underscores the principle of seva — the Lord's possessions are for His servants.
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prabhuḥ
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the Lord
Prabhu — master, sovereign. Used at the moment Kṛṣṇa gives away the wealth. The Bhāgavata logic: the true Prabhu is precisely the one who has no need to keep anything. Possession-by-renunciation, not by accumulation.
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āhṛtam
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which was brought (collected)
Past participle of ā + √hṛ. The ornaments are collected, then redirected. The Lord is the channel, not the destination, of war-wealth. Gauḍīya economics: Kṛṣṇa receives so that He may give; He does not receive in order to keep.
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vīra-bhūṣaṇam
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the ornaments of the heroes
Compound: vīra + bhūṣaṇa. The personal armor and jewels of the dead warriors — usually battle-spoils. By giving them away, Kṛṣṇa enacts the principle Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu encodes as akiñcanatva — possessionlessness.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī adds that jeweled ornaments had also been collected from the horses and other animals. What might be added here, for the sake of the squeamish, is that Jarāsandha came to Mathurā with the clear intention of slaughtering every last man in the city, including Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. It is out of the causeless mercy of the Lord that He gives the conditioned souls a taste of their own medicine and thus helps them become more sensitive to the laws of nature and the existence of a Supreme Godhead. Ultimately, Kṛṣṇa awarded Jarāsandha and others killed on the battlefield spiritual liberation. The Lord is strict, but He is not malicious. In fact, He is an ocean of mercy.
Krsna presented Ugrasena with all the ornaments from the bodies of the soldiers which had fallen on the battlefield (ayodhana gatam).
The ornaments from the dead warriors were unlimited in number. The value was beyond estimate. He gave everything to Ugrasena whom he personally enthroned with respect suitable for a king since he was himself indifferent to such wealth, observing the rules of etiquette.
The ornaments from the dead warriors were unlimited in number. The value was beyond estimate. He gave everything to Ugrasena whom he personally enthroned with respect suitable for a king, since he was himself indifferent to such wealth, and observed the rules of etiquette.
- Where do you keep 'spoils' that belong to a higher authority?
- How could turning over recent gains to the right party complete the work?
Lord Kṛṣṇa hands the battlefield-ornaments of the slain heroes to Ugrasena, the Yadu king. The Lord Himself keeps nothing — the wealth flows through Him to the kula. Bhakti's economic principle: the devotee renounces what God deposits in his hands, and God in turn deposits more.
My note
Source: vedabase.io