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SB 10.54.13

Devanāgarī

शौरे: सप्तदशाहं वै संयुगानि पराजित: । त्रयोविंशतिभि: सैन्यैर्जिग्ये एकमहं परम् ॥ १३ ॥

Text

śaureḥ sapta-daśāhaṁ vai saṁyugāni parājitaḥ trayo-viṁśatibhiḥ sainyair jigye ekam ahaṁ param

Synonyms

śaureḥ—with Kṛṣṇa;sapta-daśa—seventeen;aham—I;vai—indeed;saṁyugāni—battles;parājitaḥ—lost;trayaḥ-viṁśatibhiḥ—twenty-three;sainyaiḥ—with armies;jigye—won;ekam—one;aham—I;param—only.

Translation

In battle with Kṛṣṇa I and my twenty-three armies lost seventeen times; only once did I defeat Him.

Purport

Jarāsandha offers his own life as an example of the inevitable happiness and distress of this material world.
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