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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.56.15

సోఽపి చక్రే కుమారస్య మణిం క్రీడనకం బిలే । అపశ్యన్ భ్రాతరం భ్రాతా సత్రాజిత్ పర్యతప్యత ॥ ౧౫ ॥
so ’pi cakre kumārasya
[so ’pi chakre kumaarasya]
maṇiṁ krīḍanakaṁ bile
[manim kreedanakam bile]
apaśyan bhrātaraṁ bhrātā
[apashyan bhraataram bhraataa]
satrājit paryatapyata
[satraajit paryatapyata]
Word-for-word
saḥ — he, Jāmbavān api — moreover cakre — made kumārasya — for his child maṇim — the jewel krīḍanakam — a toy bile — in the cave apaśyan — not seeing bhrātaram — his brother bhrātā — the brother satrājit — Satrājit paryatapyata — became deeply troubled .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
so ’pi cakre kumārasya
maṇiṁ krīḍanakaṁ bile
apaśyan bhrātaraṁ bhrātā
satrājit paryatapyata
saḥ
he, Jāmbavān
api
moreover
cakre
made
kumārasya
for his child
maṇim
the jewel
krīḍanakam
a toy
bile
in the cave
apaśyan
not seeing
bhrātaram
his brother
bhrātā
the brother
satrājit
Satrājit
paryatapyata
became deeply troubled .
Important Words
  • krīḍanakam — a toy, plaything
    From √krīḍ, to play. The Bhāgavata's favourite verb-cluster — līlā, krīḍā — names Kṛṣṇa's whole activity. The jewel finally enters the krīḍā-frame, no longer an investment. It has been redeemed by becoming a toy.
  • bile — in the cave
    Locative of bila. Caves in the Bhāgavatam are sites of revelation — Hiraṇyākṣa's, Kapila's, now Jāmbavān's. Going deep underground is the iconography of going deep within.
  • paryatapyata — became deeply troubled
    Imperfect of pari + √tap. The same root tapas — but here tap is suffering, not austerity. The two are continuous: Satrājit's hoarding has caused his own tapas — only the wrong kind.
Within the cave Jāmbavān let his young son have the Syamantaka jewel as a toy to play with. Meanwhile Satrājit, not seeing his brother return, became deeply troubled.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Within the cave Jāmbavān let his young son have the Syamantaka jewel as a toy to play with. Meanwhile Satrājit, not seeing his brother return, became deeply troubled.
Commentary

Those people who were of similar evil nature heard this and whispered about it to each other (ajapan).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The gem served as a toy for Jāmbavān’s son, who was in the cave.

Related values & verses
Related values
Bhakti (Devotion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)
Related verses
SB 1.2BG 14.1 BG 15.7 BG 15.9 BG 3.27 BG 3.3 BG 3.11 BG 9.11 BG 6.35 BG 14.12 BG 12.6 BG 15.2 BG 17.3 BG 5.4 BG 5.18 BG 12.5
Concepts
Jiva
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Analogy

The most precious jewel in the three worlds becomes a baby's rattle in a bear-cave — a tableau worth its own dhyāna. What humans hoard, the children of devotees use as toys. The jewel's career has dignified itself only now.

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