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Jarasutanubandhana Ksitisa

jarāsutānubandhana-kṣitīśa-vṛnda-bandhana-śruter atīva sūrataḥ surarṣiṇāpi dūrataḥ sametya pārtha-yācitaṁ kratu-kriyāśaya citaṁ sad-unnayārtham uddhava-prayukta-mantra-sūddhavaḥ kṣayāya māgadheśituḥ purāgataḥ paraṁ pituḥ svasuḥ sutasya mandiraṁ sva-yogya-samsad-indiram tad-uddhavokta-mantraṇāt tadīya-bhakti-yantraṇāt kirīṭa-bhīma-saṅgataś chalena vipratāṁ gataḥ tadā jarāsutaṁ sajan niyodhum arthitaṁ bhajan yudhīha bhīmam unnayan mukhena tasya nirṇayann anena taṁ ca yodhayan svam enam atra bodhayan nijeṅgitādanekaśas tatāna cāsya sad-yaśaḥ sa māgadheśa-ghātanaḥ kṣitīśa-bandha-śātanaḥ samasta-yatna-sārthakaḥ prananditātma-pārthakaḥ sva-kḷpta-rājasūyakas tad-āpta-pūjya-bhūyakaḥ tataś ca cedipe ruṣā kṣipaty api kṣamājuṣām upetya vartma su-sthiraḥ sva-bhakta-nindanācira-prarūḍha-kopa-paddhatiḥ sva-cakra-sṛṣṭa-tad-dhatiḥ samāpta-pārtha-yajñakaḥ prasiddhi-bhāk samajñakaḥ. tad evam apy asau punaḥ sva-ghoṣa-vāsinas tu naḥ samardhayan samāgataḥ sukhī-karoti rāgataḥ
Translation

He heard, from a learned informant and also from afar through the divine sage Nārada, of the imprisonment of the whole host of kings held in Jarāsandha's grip. He met Yudhiṣṭhira, who had asked for his help, his heart set on performing a sacrifice. For the uplift of the righteous he took up the counsel Uddhava offered, and for the destruction of the lord of Magadha he came to the palace of his paternal aunt's son, whose assembly hall was a fitting home for Lakṣmī herself. By Uddhava's counsel, and bound by the devotion of his own people, he went with Arjuna and Bhīma and, by a ruse, took the guise of brāhmaṇas. Then, approaching Jarāsandha and asking him for a duel, he had Jarāsandha's own words settle that Bhīma would be the opponent; he set Bhīma to fight him, instructed Bhīma again and again by his own hints, and so spread Bhīma's good fame. He is the one who brought about the slaying of the lord of Magadha, who cut the kings' bonds, whose every effort bore fruit, and who gladdened his own Pārthas. He himself had arranged the Rājasūya sacrifice, and there he was honored as the one most worthy of worship. And then, when the king of Cedi reviled him in rage, he stood firm on the path of the forbearing; but his anger at the abuse of his devotees swiftly grew, and he had him slain by his own discus. He brought Pārtha's sacrifice to completion and became renowned. Even after all this, he has come again to us, the dwellers of his own Vraja, and out of love enriches us and makes us happy.

About Jarasutanubandhana Ksitisa

A single dense Sanskrit verse by Jiva Goswami compressing an entire arc of Bhagavatam narrative — Krishna's disguised mission with Arjuna and Bhima to defeat Jarasandha and free the imprisoned kings, the resulting Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira, and the killing of Shishupala once his blasphemy finally exhausted Krishna's forbearance — before closing, in its final line, on Krishna's return to 'us, the residents of his own cowherd community,' framing even his most political, kingdom-spanning pastimes from Vraja's own point of view.

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Who wrote Jarasutanubandhana Ksitisa?

Jarasutanubandhana Ksitisa was composed by Jiva Goswami.

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He heard, from a learned informant and also from afar through the divine sage Nārada, of the imprisonment of the whole host of kings held in Jarāsandha's grip. He met Yudhiṣṭhira, who had asked for his help, his heart set on performing a sacrifice. For the uplift of the righteous he took up the counsel Uddhava offered, and for the destruction of the lord of Magadha he came to the palace of his paternal aunt's son, whose assembly hall was a fitting home for Lakṣmī herself. By Uddhava's counsel, and bound by the devotion of his own people, he went with Arjuna and Bhīma and, by a ruse, took the g

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Jarasutanubandhana Ksitisa has 1 verse.

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