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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.17

శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ ఏవం ప్రబోధితో మిత్రైశ్చైద్యోఽగాత్ సానుగ: పురమ్ । హతశేషా: పునస్తేఽపి యయు: స్వం స్వం పురం నృపా: ॥ ౧౭ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
evaṁ prabodhito mitraiś
[evam prabodhito mitraish]
caidyo ’gāt sānugaḥ puram
[chaidyo ’gaat saanugah puram]
hata-śeṣāḥ punas te ’pi
[hata-sheshaah punas te ’pi]
yayuḥ svaṁ svaṁ puraṁ nṛpāḥ
[yayuh svam svam puram nripaah]
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said evam — thus prabodhitaḥ — persuaded mitraiḥ — by his friends caidyaḥ — Śiśupāla agāt — went sa - anugaḥ — with his followers puram — to his city hata — from the killed śeṣāḥ — who remained punaḥ — again te — they api — also yayuḥ — went svam svam — each to his own puram — city nṛpāḥ — kings .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
evaṁ prabodhito mitraiś
evam
thus
prabodhitaḥ
persuaded
mitraiḥ
by his friends
caidyo ’gāt sānugaḥ puram
caidyaḥ
Śiśupāla
agāt
went
sa - anugaḥ
with his followers
puram
to his city
hata-śeṣāḥ punas te ’pi
hata
from the killed
śeṣāḥ
who remained
punaḥ
again
te
they
api
also
yayuḥ svaṁ svaṁ puraṁ nṛpāḥ
yayuḥ
went
svam svam
each to his own
puram
city
nṛpāḥ
kings .
  • prabodhitaḥ — persuaded / awakened
    Past participle of pra-√budh. The verb of 'awakening,' but used here for political consolation. Vyāsa is wry: real prabodha is the awakening of the soul to Kṛṣṇa, which Jarāsandha cannot give Śiśupāla because he himself does not have it.
  • caidyaḥ — Śiśupāla (descendant of Cedi)
    Patronymic referring to the Cedi line. The Bhāgavatam will spend SB 10.74 on his liberation by Kṛṣṇa's cakra — a famous moment of dveṣa-bhakti culminating in mukti.
  • mitraiḥ — by his friends
    Plural instrumental of mitra. The asurika 'friend' (Jarāsandha) keeps Śiśupāla in saṁsāra; the Vaiṣṇava 'friend' (Uddhava, Akrūra, Nārada) draws his hearer to Kṛṣṇa. Both are called mitra; only one is suhṛt.
  • hata-śeṣāḥ — those who remained from the killed
    Hata (killed) + śeṣa (remainder). The remainder — the not-yet-killed — is everyone alive. The Bhāgavatam constantly reminds us we are all hata-śeṣas of Time, and the only question is whether the remaining time is offered to Kṛṣṇa.
  • puram — to his city
    Each man retreats to his own pura, his own walled identity. The opposite movement, which the next chapters will show, is to leave one's pura and enter Kṛṣṇa's pura, Dvārakā — exchange of cities is exchange of selves.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus persuaded by his friends, Śiśupāla took his followers and went back to his capital. The surviving warriors also returned to their respective cities.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus persuaded by his friends, Śiśupāla took his followers and went back to his capital. The surviving warriors also returned to their respective cities.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Those who remained after the others died (hata-śeṣāḥ) went to their cities. This indicates that many died.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Śiśupāla was enlightened by logic and sympathetic words (pra-bodhitaḥ) by well-wishers (mitraiḥ). Because they were friends, he was obliged to follow their words. With his father and others he returned to his city. The remainder, returned to their cities. This indicates that many died.

Related values
Shraddha (Faith / Reverence)Bhakti (Devotion)Saurya (Heroism / Bravery)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)Dhriti (Resilience / Steadfastness / Fortitude)Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)
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Like cattle wandering home after a storm has scattered them — each returning to its own pen, none any wiser — Śiśupāla and the kings retreat to their cities. They have been 'consoled' by philosophy without surrender; nothing in them has changed.

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