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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.11

భో భో: పురుషశార్దూల దౌర్మనస్యమిదం త్యజ । న ప్రియాప్రియయో రాజన్ నిష్ఠా దేహిషు ద‍ృశ్యతే ॥ ౧౧ ॥
bho bhoḥ puruṣa-śārdūla
[bho bhoh purusha-shaardoola]
daurmanasyam idaṁ tyaja
[daurmanasyam idam tyaja]
na priyāpriyayo rājan
[na priyaapriyayo raajan]
niṣṭhā dehiṣu dṛśyate
[nishthaa dehishu drishyate]
bhoḥ bhoḥ — O sir puruṣa — among men śārdūla — O tiger daurmana - syam — depressed state of mind idam — this tyaja — give up na — no priya — of the desirable apriyayoḥ — or the undesirable rājan — O King niṣṭhā — permanence dehiṣu — among embodied beings dṛśyate — is seen .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bho bhoḥ puruṣa-śārdūla
bhoḥ bhoḥ
O sir
puruṣa
among men
śārdūla
O tiger
daurmanasyam idaṁ tyaja
daurmana - syam
depressed state of mind
idam
this
tyaja
give up
na priyāpriyayo rājan
na
no
priya
of the desirable
apriyayoḥ
or the undesirable
rājan
O King
niṣṭhā dehiṣu dṛśyate
niṣṭhā
permanence
dehiṣu
among embodied beings
dṛśyate
is seen .
  • śārdūla — tiger (vocative)
    Tiger-of-men: stock epic flattery between defeated demons. The Bhāgavatam reproduces such epithets faithfully to show how the asurika mind props up its dignity with titles even in its lowest moment.
  • daurmana-syam — depressed state of mind
    From durmanas (bad-minded, depressed). Note how Jarāsandha names depression but offers no actual remedy — only the māyāvāda-style consolation that 'nothing is permanent.' Gauḍīyas distinguish this dry detachment from prema's true equanimity.
  • priya-apriyayoḥ — of the desirable and undesirable
    Dual genitive: priya (dear) + apriya (un-dear). The Gītā's same pair (BG 2.57) — but in the Gītā it is overcome by surrender to the Lord; in Jarāsandha's mouth it dwindles to fatalism.
  • niṣṭhā — permanence
    From ni-√sthā, 'to stand firm'. The same word that in Gītā 3.3 and 18.50 names the firmness of devotional or jñāna-niṣṭhā. Jarāsandha can name the absence of niṣṭhā in the world; he cannot name the niṣṭhā in bhakti that is the answer.
  • dehiṣu — among embodied beings
    Locative plural of dehin. Bodies are unstable; the dehin (the embodied self) is eternal — exactly what Balarāma will spell out at v. 45ff. Jarāsandha touches the truth but doesn't enter it.
[Jarāsandha said:] Listen, Śiśupāla, O tiger among men, give up your depression. After all, embodied beings’ happiness and unhappiness is never seen to be permanent, O King.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
[Jarāsandha said:] Listen, Śiśupāla, O tiger among men, give up your depression. After all, embodied beings' happiness and unhappiness is never seen to be permanent, O King.
Commentary

One does not see any permanence (nistha) of happiness and distress.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Śukadeva mocks Śiśupāla through Jarāsandha’s words. He repeats “Bho , bho” to make Śiśupāla, in great pain, face him. It is not proper for a tiger among men to become depressed. Since you are king you should know that the jīva takes many bodies. That is indicated when he says, “O king (rājan)!”

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Like a doctor whose own house is on fire prescribing calm to others, Jarāsandha lectures Śiśupāla on impermanence — the same Jarāsandha who, in eighteen battles, refused to learn the very lesson he teaches. Impersonal philosophy, divorced from surrender, becomes a polished mask for unhealed envy.

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