Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.72.30
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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jahāsa-uccaiḥ
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laughed out loud
Verb + adverb. Loud laughter — uccaiḥ jahāsa — is the demonic signature in the Bhāgavatam. Cf. Hiraṇyakaśipu, Kaṁsa, Śiśupāla.
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amarṣitaḥ
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intolerant
Nominative past participle. From amarṣa — wrath, intolerance of insult. The laugh is hollow; underneath sits fury. The two moods together (mockery + rage) are the demon's mark.
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mandāḥ
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O fools
Vocative plural. He addresses all three as manda — slow-witted. The word will be unmade by the next paragraph as the 'fools' fell him.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments that Jarāsandha felt inner satisfaction because he thought that his enemies had been humiliated by having to dress like brāhmaṇas to approach him. Thus the ācārya understands Jarāsandha’s mind as follows: “O weak ones, forget the botheration of fighting. Why not just accept my head? By dressing yourselves as brāhmaṇas begging charity, you have made your heroism set like the sun, but if somehow you have not lost your courage, I will give you battle.” The ācārya finally points out that the goddess of learning intends the phrase amarṣito mandāḥ to read amarṣito ’mandāḥ. In other words, Lord Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas are amandāḥ, “never foolish.” And that is why they chose the best tactic for doing away once and for all with the cruel Jarāsandha.
He laughed because he got inner satisfaction that they had to demean themselves by dressing as brahmanas. "O fools! Oh weaklings! Why should you have to fight at all? I will give you my head. By dressing yourselves as begging brahmanas your bravery is finished. However, if you have not given up your courage, I will give you a fight." The unintended meaning of manda however by sandhi, is Amanda, "O intelligent ones."
Jarāsandha laughed loudly since though they had pretended to be humble brāhmaṇas in the end he was satisfied on knowing the truth and also wanted to mock them. He was proud and without reserve, showing himself as a king (rāja). The people of Magadha had angry natures. Thus it was appropriate that the king of Magadha showed anger (amarṣitaḥ). O cowards (mandāḥ)! He says this because they came disguised as brāhmaṇas. Another meaning is amarṣitaḥ amandāḥ. This means “O intelligent ones or most excellent ones!”
A man whose pride is greater than his caution laughs out loud when he should have shut the door. Jarāsandha's roar of mockery is the same sound Hiraṇyakaśipu made before the pillar split.
Asked whether his Lord lived in this pillar, Hiraṇyakaśipu laughed and struck it. The pillar split, Nṛsiṁha emerged. Jarāsandha's uccaiḥ jahāsa is the same demonic laughter — pride at its peak, the moment before fall.
Gauḍīyas read this laugh as the demon's last full breath, the loudest sound before silence.
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