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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.50.54

सुधर्मां पारिजातं च महेन्द्र: प्राहिणोद्धरे: । यत्र चावस्थितो मर्त्यो मर्त्यधर्मैर्न युज्यते ॥ ५४ ॥
sudharmāṁ pārijātaṁ ca
[sudharmaam paarijaatam cha]
mahendraḥ prāhiṇod dhareḥ
[mahendrah praahinod dhareh]
yatra cāvasthito martyo
[yatra chaavasthito martyo]
martya-dharmair na yujyate
[martya-dharmair na yujyate]
Word-for-word
sudharmām — the Sudharmā assembly hall pārijātam — the pārijāta tree ca — and mahā - indraḥ — Lord Indra, King of heaven prāhiṇot — delivered hareḥ — to Lord Kṛṣṇa yatra — in which (Sudharmā) ca — and avasthitaḥ — situated martyaḥ — a mortal martya - dharmaiḥ — by the laws of mortality na yujyate — is not affected .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sudharmāṁ pārijātaṁ ca
sudharmām
the Sudharmā assembly hall
pārijātam
the pārijāta tree
ca
and
mahendraḥ prāhiṇod dhareḥ
mahā - indraḥ
Lord Indra, King of heaven
prāhiṇot
delivered
hareḥ
to Lord Kṛṣṇa
yatra cāvasthito martyo
yatra
in which (Sudharmā)
ca
and
avasthitaḥ
situated
martyaḥ
a mortal
martya-dharmair na yujyate
martya - dharmaiḥ
by the laws of mortality
na yujyate
is not affected .
Important Words
  • sudharmām — the Sudharmā assembly hall
    Sudharmā — Indra's own court-hall, transferred to Dvārakā. Su + dharmā — 'of excellent dharma.' Mortals seated within it are exempt from the laws of mortality; the hall itself confers a kind of immortality through proximity to the Lord.
  • pārijātam — the pārijāta tree
    The fragrant kalpa-vṛkṣa of svarga. Brought voluntarily here; in chapter 59 Kṛṣṇa takes it again, this time by force, for Satyabhāmā. Gauḍīyas relish the chiasmus.
  • martya-dharmaiḥ — by the laws of mortality
    Compound: martya (mortal) + dharma (intrinsic law), instrumental plural. Inside Sudharmā the mortal does not undergo mortal-dharma — hunger, fatigue, aging cease. The hall is a transcendence-pocket inside the city, the way the dhāma is a transcendence-pocket inside the cosmos.
  • mahā-indraḥ — Lord Indra, King of heaven
    Compound: mahā + Indra. The king of demigods delivers gifts to the king of Dvārakā. Hierarchy on full display: even the highest demigod is courier, not host, when Bhagavān descends.
Lord Indra brought Śrī Kṛṣṇa the Sudharmā assembly hall, standing within which a mortal man is not subject to the laws of mortality. Indra also gave the pārijāta tree.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Lord Indra brought Śrī Kṛṣṇa the Sudharmā assembly hall, standing within which a mortal man is not subject to the laws of mortality. Indra also gave the pārijāta tree.
Commentary

He established the parijata tree there. This is in the past tense in relation to Sukadeva and Pariksit’s conversation.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Indra brought the pārijāta tree, or rather gave it up when Kṛṣṇa took it. Or, previous to that pastime, Kṛṣṇa arranged for a variety of pārijātas as described in verse 51, different from that stolen from Svarga. These were brought by Indra. The Sudharmā hall however was only one. Indra did not willing send it. The word hareḥ indicates the Kṛṣṇa took it by force.

Related values & verses
Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)
Related verses
BG 15.9 BG 9.1 BG 4.8 BG 10.1 BG 18.64 BG 15.7 BG 2.62 BG 3.11 BG 10.4 BG 12.3 BG 15.2 SB 4.29.2 BG 2.21 BG 16.1 BG 9.11 BG 3.30 BG 7.1
Concepts
Jiva
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Indra brings the Sudharmā assembly hall where mortals are not subject to mortality, and the pārijāta tree. Cosmic resources arrive when the Lord asks; the gods contribute their best to His architectural project.
Reflection Questions
  • What 'cosmic resources' might come to your life if the project were the Lord's?
  • Where do you under-ask because you assume nothing higher will help?
Analogy

Indra brings to Kṛṣṇa the Sudharmā assembly-hall — within which mortals are not subject to mortality — and the pārijāta tree. The king of heaven becomes a delivery-attendant for the king of Dvārakā. The hierarchy is plainly stated: Indra serves; Kṛṣṇa receives.

Stories
The pārijāta brought by Indra, taken later by Kṛṣṇa

Here in 10.50.54 Indra voluntarily delivers the pārijāta to Dvārakā. Later (SB 10.59), Kṛṣṇa Himself takes the pārijāta from Indra's garden for Satyabhāmā — and Indra resists, only to be subdued.

Gauḍīya commentators read the pair: first Indra gives gladly, then Indra hoards. The pattern shows that even devotional surrender at one moment can give way to forgetfulness the next; only constant remembrance of the Lord's position keeps the demigods in their proper role.

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