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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.72.44

एकपादोरुवृषणकटिपृष्ठस्तनांसके । एकबाह्वक्षिभ्रूकर्णे शकले दद‍ृशु: प्रजा: ॥ ४४ ॥
eka-pādoru-vṛṣaṇa-
[eka-paadoru-vrishana-]
kaṭi-pṛṣṭha-stanāṁsake
[kati-prishtha-stanaamsake]
eka-bāhv-akṣi-bhrū-karṇe
[eka-baahv-akshi-bhroo-karne]
śakale dadṛśuḥ prajāḥ
[shakale dadrishuh prajaah]
Word-for-word
eka — with one pāda — leg ūru — thigh vṛṣaṇa — testicle kati — hip pṛṣṭha — side of the back stana — chest aṁsake — and shoulder eka — with one bāhu — arm akṣi — eye bhrū — eyebrow karṇe — and ear śakale — two pieces dadṛśuḥ — saw prajāḥ — the citizens .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
eka-pādoru-vṛṣaṇa-
eka
with one
pāda
leg
ūru
thigh
vṛṣaṇa
testicle
kaṭi-pṛṣṭha-stanāṁsake
kati
hip
pṛṣṭha
side of the back
stana
chest
aṁsake
and shoulder
eka-bāhv-akṣi-bhrū-karṇe
eka
with one
bāhu
arm
akṣi
eye
bhrū
eyebrow
karṇe
and ear
śakale dadṛśuḥ prajāḥ
śakale
two pieces
dadṛśuḥ
saw
prajāḥ
the citizens .
Important Words
  • śakale — two pieces
    Nominative dual. Śakala — half, piece. The verse uses dual throughout: eka pāda, ūru, vṛṣaṇa — one of each, on each piece. The split is perfect because the join was perfect.
  • dadṛśuḥ — saw
    Perfect plural. The citizens (prajāḥ) see. Public death of a tyrant is itself a teaching — the city that suffered him watches him divided.
  • prajāḥ — the citizens
    Nominative plural. The witnesses. Note: not the army, not the priests — the people. The death is for them as much as for the 20,800 captive kings.
The King’s subjects then saw him lying in two separate pieces, each with a single leg, thigh, testicle, hip, shoulder, arm, eye, eyebrow and ear, and with half a back and chest.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The King's subjects then saw him lying in two separate pieces, each with a single leg, thigh, testicle, hip, shoulder, arm, eye, eyebrow and ear, and with half a back and chest.
Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The limbs are mentioned from lower to upper body. All the people present saw this. No one could have any doubt. Or they watched in amazement.

Related values & verses
Related values
Adambhitva (Non-hypocrisy / Authenticity)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Discriminative Wisdom
Related verses
BG 5.18 BG 8.4 BG 14.12 BG 14.1 BG 12.1 BG 18.37 BG 11.1 BG 3.3 BG 12.3 BG 4.8 BG 15.9 SB 1.2BG 6.35
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
The subjects saw the king in two pieces — each with single leg, eye, eyebrow, half a back. The dramatic image fixes in memory what abstract victory could not.
Reflection Questions
  • What dramatic memory shapes my understanding of a past struggle?
  • How could I let an image, not only an idea, anchor a spiritual insight?
Analogy

A coin split exactly down its middle shows the king's face on both halves. Jarāsandha's body, torn along the join, displays the two infants the demoness Jarā had once united. The two halves laid out in symmetry are the king's birth retold in his death.

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