SB 10.56.31 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.56.31

मणिहेतोरिह प्राप्ता वयमृक्षपते बिलम् । मिथ्याभिशापं प्रमृजन्नात्मनो मणिनामुना ॥ ३१ ॥

maṇi-hetor iha prāptā

[mani-hetor iha praaptaa]

vayam ṛkṣa-pate bilam

[vayam riksha-pate bilam]

mithyābhiśāpaṁ pramṛjann

[mithyaabhishaapam pramrijann]

ātmano maṇināmunā

[aatmano maninaamunaa]

Word-for-word

maṇi — the jewel hetoḥ — because of iha — here prāptāḥ — have come vayam — we ṛkṣa - pate — O lord of the bears bilam — to the cave mithyā — false abhiśāpam — the accusation pramṛjan — to dispel ātmanaḥ — against Myself maṇinā — with the jewel amunā — this .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

maṇi-hetor iha prāptā

maṇi

the jewel

hetoḥ

because of

iha

here

prāptāḥ

have come

vayam ṛkṣa-pate bilam

vayam

ṛkṣa - pate

O lord of the bears

bilam

to the cave

mithyābhiśāpaṁ pramṛjann

mithyā

false

abhiśāpam

the accusation

pramṛjan

to dispel

ātmano maṇināmunā

ātmanaḥ

against Myself

maṇinā

with the jewel

amunā

this .

Important Words

maṇi-hetoḥ — for the sake of the jewel
Compound: maṇi (jewel) + hetoḥ (cause, ablative). The Lord names His pretext — and Gauḍīya commentators love this: Bhagavān's stated cause is always partial; the real cause is always the devotee. The gem is hetu; Jāmbavatī is phala.
mithyā abhiśāpam — false accusation
Compound: mithyā (false) + abhiśāpa (curse, accusation). The Bhāgavatam names slander as an abhiśāpa — a curse-class speech act. Spoken false words about Bhagavān have weight, and must be cleared by deed, not by counter-word.
pramṛjan — to dispel, wipe clean
Present participle of pra + √mṛj. Same root family as mārṣṭum (v.17) and mṛjāmi (v.40). The chapter's verb of cleaning recurs at each pivot — Bhagavān cleans His name, Jāmbavān cleans his confusion, Satrājit cleans his greed.

[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] It is for this jewel, O lord of the bears, that we have come to your cave. I intend to use the jewel to disprove the false accusations against Me.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] It is for this jewel, O lord of the bears, that we have come to your cave. I intend to use the jewel to disprove the false accusations against Me.

Commentary

Many of us came to this cave for the jewel, and I have entered it (not stated but understood), in order to dispel the false rumors about me by that jewel.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

I came to the door of your caver for the jewel. With the jewel I will completely remove suspicion. Bu seeing Prasena killed by the lion doubt is removed, but to completely remove doubt, the jewel should be brought back (pra—mṛjan). The Lord had considered saying this but for fear of repetition he only hinted at it.

Related values & verses

Related values

Bhakti (Devotion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)

Concepts

Jiva

Personal Guidance

It is for this jewel that we have come to your cave; I intend to use it to disprove false accusations against Me. The Lord names His specific mission; even apparently small objects serve large reputational purposes.

Reflection Questions

What 'jewel' have you been pursuing that is actually about clearing someone's name?
Where does the small object carry the large message?

Analogy

Bhagavān tells His devotee plainly: I came for this jewel — not for the gem itself, but to disprove the slander against Me. The Lord cares about His yaśas in His devotees' world, because the slander wounds the bhaktas, not Him.

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