sahadevam tat-tanayam

 bhagavan bhuta-bhavanah

abhyasiñcad ameyatma

 magadhanam patim prabhuh

mocayam asa rajanyan

 samruddha magadhena ye

 

Translation: 

 

The immeasurable Supreme Personality of Godhead, the sustainer and benefactor of all living beings, coronated Jarasandha’s son, Sahadeva, as the new ruler of the Magadhas. The Lord then freed all the kings Jarasandha had imprisoned.

 

Purport: 

 

Srila Prabhupada writes: “Although Jarasandha was killed, neither Krsna nor the two Pandava brothers made a claim to the throne. Their purpose in killing Jarasandha was to stop him from creating a disturbance to the proper discharge of world peace. A demon always creates disturbances, whereas a demigod always tries to keep peace in the world. The mission of Lord Krsna is to give protection to the righteous persons and to kill the demons who disturb a peaceful situation. Therefore Lord Krsna immediately called for the son of Jarasandha, whose name was Sahadeva, and with due ritualistic ceremonies the Lord asked him to occupy the seat of his father and reign over the kingdom peacefully. Lord Krsna is the master of the whole cosmic creation, and He wants everyone to live peacefully and execute Krsna consciousness. After installing Sahadeva on the throne, He released all the kings and princes who had been imprisoned unnecessarily by Jarasandha.”

 

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to the Tenth Canto, Seventy-second Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “The Slaying of the Demon Jarasandha.”