Fourteen Worlds
FOURTEEN WORLDSVedic Cosmology

SB 10.50.41

Devanāgarī

एवं सप्तदशकृत्वस्तावत्यक्षौहिणीबल: । युयुधे मागधो राजा यदुभि: कृष्णपालितै: ॥ ४१ ॥

Text

evaṁ saptadaśa-kṛtvas tāvaty akṣauhiṇī-balaḥ yuyudhe māgadho rājā yadubhiḥ kṛṣṇa-pālitaiḥ

Synonyms

evam—in this way;sapta-daśa—seventeen;kṛtvaḥ—times;tāvati—even thus (being defeated);akṣauhiṇī—consisting of entire divisions;balaḥ—his military strength;yuyudhe—fought;māgadhaḥrājā—the King of Magadha;yadubhiḥ—with the Yadus;kṛṣṇa-pālitaiḥ—protected by Kṛṣṇa.

Translation

Seventeen times the King of Magadha met defeat in this very way. And yet throughout these defeats he fought on with his akṣauhiṇī divisions against the forces of the Yadu dynasty who were protected by Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

← SB 10.50.40Chapter 50SB 10.50.42