Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.50.19
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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śūrāḥ
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heroes
Plural — a class-statement, not a personal jab. Real śūratva (heroism) shows in action; vikatthana (boast) is its counterfeit. The verse is a small dharma-śāstra embedded in the battle narrative.
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vikatthante
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boast vainly
Vi + √kath, intensive — to babble, to brag. Gauḍīya ācāryas reuse this term as a warning against ātma-prakāśana, self-display, in spiritual practice: showing one's bhajana is the demonic counterfeit of doing one's bhajana.
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mumūrṣataḥ
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of one about to die
Desiderative of √mṛ — 'wishing to die.' Genitive of contempt. The Lord identifies Jarāsandha as already psychologically a corpse — his outcome (this birth) is fixed, even if his physical death waits for Bhīma.
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āturasya
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of one mentally agitated
Ātura — afflicted, feverish. The condition of one who cannot rest in any shelter. From the Bhāgavata standpoint, every non-devotee is ātura; the cure is śaraṇāgati.
Kṛṣṇa answers sarcastically, taking his words at face value, in order to instill eagerness in Jarāsandha to fight with him. Heroes do not show bravery by praising themselves. That is well known (vai). “Will you show bravery, being shamed by my words and being cowardly?” We do not accept your words in the heart or ear. Why? You are agitated because you will kill yourself. These are incoherent words of person about to die. Or you wish to die quickly by making me angry with your harsh words.
Kṛṣṇa answers boasting with the calm of one who has already decided the outcome. Heroes show their hands, not their tongues — and the words of a man already mentally dead are not worth quoting. Gauḍīyas read this as Bhagavān's instruction on satya-vacana.
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Source: vedabase.io