Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.54.9

hanyamāna-balānīkā

vṛṣṇibhir jaya-kāńkṣibhiḥ

rājāno vimukhā jagmur

jarāsandha-puraḥ-sarāḥ

SYNONYMS

hanyamāna — being killed; bala-anīkāḥ — whose armies; vṛṣṇibhiḥ — by the Vṛṣṇis; jaya — for victory; kāńkṣibhiḥ — who were eager; rājānaḥ — the kings; vimukhāḥ — discouraged; jagmuḥ — left; jarāsandha-puraḥ-sarāḥ — headed by Jarāsandha.

TRANSLATION

Seeing their armies being struck down by the Vṛṣṇis, who were eager for victory, the kings headed by Jarāsandha were discouraged and left the battlefield.

PURPORT

Although Śiśupāla had not married Rukmiṇī, he passionately considered her his property, and thus he was devastated, like a man who has lost his beloved wife.

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