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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.56.13

తమేకదా మణిం కణ్ఠే ప్రతిముచ్య మహాప్రభమ్ । ప్రసేనో హయమారుహ్య మృగాయాం వ్యచరద్ వనే ॥ ౧౩ ॥
tam ekadā maṇiṁ kaṇṭhe
[tam ekadaa manim kanthe]
pratimucya mahā-prabham
[pratimuchya mahaa-prabham]
praseno hayam āruhya
[praseno hayam aaruhya]
mṛgāyāṁ vyacarad vane
[mrigaayaam vyacharad vane]
tam — that ekadā — once maṇim — the jewel kaṇṭhe — on his neck pratimucya — fixing mahā — greatly prabham — effulgent prasenaḥ — Prasena (the brother of Satrājit) hayam — a horse āruhya — mounting mṛgāyām — for hunting vyacarat — went about vane — in the forest .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tam ekadā maṇiṁ kaṇṭhe
tam
that
ekadā
once
maṇim
the jewel
kaṇṭhe
on his neck
pratimucya mahā-prabham
pratimucya
fixing
mahā
greatly
prabham
effulgent
praseno hayam āruhya
prasenaḥ
Prasena (the brother of Satrājit)
hayam
a horse
āruhya
mounting
mṛgāyāṁ vyacarad vane
mṛgāyām
for hunting
vyacarat
went about
vane
in the forest .
  • prasenaḥ — Prasena
    Satrājit's brother. The proper name will become an accusation — 'Kṛṣṇa killed Prasena' — in three verses. Names in the Bhāgavatam are never decorative; this one is being set up for misuse.
  • mahā-prabham — greatly effulgent
    Compound: mahā (great) + prabham (effulgence). The same prabha that lit Satrājit; now it lights Prasena into a target. The jewel's light is a magnet for trouble — borrowed brightness always draws something.
  • mṛgāyām — for hunting
    From √mṛg, to chase. Hunting in the Mahābhārata and Bhāgavata frame is rarely innocent; it is the activity that costs Pāṇḍu his life, that costs Daśaratha Śravaṇa's curse. Prasena follows the pattern.
Once Satrājit’s brother, Prasena, having hung the brilliant jewel about his neck, mounted a horse and went hunting in the forest.

The inauspicious result of Satrājit’s refusal of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s request is about to manifest.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Once Satrājit's brother, Prasena, having hung the brilliant jewel about his neck, mounted a horse and went hunting in the forest.
Commentary

Tying the jewel around his neck (pratimucya), his brother went hunting.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He gave the gem to Prasena to fool the Lord. Viṣṇu Purāṇa explains that Satrājit understood that Kṛṣṇa would ask for the jewel and therefore, because of greed for the jewel, gave it to Prasena, his brother. Prasena covered it with a gold case in order to protect it and hide it from others and hung it around his neck. Once he went hunting, wandering about in a special manner--alone and without much ability (vy—carat).

Related values
Bhakti (Devotion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)
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Concepts
Jiva

A jewel meant for the temple is taken into the forest by a younger brother on horseback — wealth not surrendered to Kṛṣṇa eventually rides out alone into wild places, where the predator waits.

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