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ŚB 10.50.41

Devanagari

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; māgadhaḥ rājā — 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.