Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.50.42
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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kṛṣṇa-tejasā
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by the power of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Instrumental compound. The Vṛṣṇis fight, but the tejas is Kṛṣṇa's. Gauḍīya principle: the devotee's effort is real, but the śakti behind it is Bhagavān's. Compare Arjuna at Kurukṣetra — he draws the bow, but the victory is the Sārathi's.
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akṣiṇvan
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they destroyed
Imperfect 3rd plural of √kṣi — to diminish, exhaust. The Vṛṣṇis exhaust the armies. Same root underlies akṣata (the auspicious unbroken rice grain) — but inverted; the army is the broken thing, the Yadus the akṣata.
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vṛṣṇayaḥ
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the Vṛṣṇis
The Yadu sub-clan to which Kṛṣṇa belongs. Named here, in this chapter that ends with the founding of Dvārakā as their new home. The Vṛṣṇis are about to be transplanted; this verse names them as still in Mathurā, still on the brink.
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tyaktaḥ
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abandoned
Past participle of √tyaj. The crowning humiliation — Jarāsandha is even released by his enemies, not killed and not captured. The Yadus refuse him the dignity of a final fight. He is left over.
The Vrsnis destroyed (aksinvan) his army.
The Yadus, rather than Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, fought at these times. And even the main fighters like Sātyaki did not have to fight. Kṛṣṇa arranged that their powers increased like blazing fire (kṛṣna-tejasā). They were never without this power for it is stated in verse 44 that Kālayavana had heard of their powers. The king was released each time by the Vṛṣṇis (aribhiḥ) according to Kṛṣṇa’s wish. Or, when all the enemies were killed by the Vṛṣṇis (aribhiḥ) he was released by Kṛṣṇa.
- Where do you grow tired of cycles that the Lord has not yet declared finished?
- How do you stay in the same fight without fatigue?
The Vṛṣṇis, powered by Kṛṣṇa's tejas, finish off every army Jarāsandha brings — and the king, abandoned by his enemies, goes home each time. The line is austere: the demon is not even granted death by Yadu hand. He is dismissed.
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