Shloka 52
Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)
तस्यां वयममित्रघ्न निवसामो5कुतो भया: । आलोच्य गिरिमुख्यं तं॑ मागधं तीर्णमेव च
tasyāṁ vayam amitraghna nivasāmo 'kuto-bhayāḥ | ālocya giri-mukhyaṁ taṁ māgadhaṁ tīrṇam eva ca ||
হে শত্রুনাশক! সেখানে আমরা চারিদিক থেকে নির্ভয়ে বাস করব। সেই শ্রেষ্ঠ পর্বতকে বিবেচনা করে এবং মগধকে (জরাসন্ধকে) অতিক্রম করে (পরাভূত করে), আমরা সেখানেই থাকব।
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Deliberation (ālocya) should precede action, and a well-chosen secure refuge enables fearlessness (akuto-bhayāḥ). The verse highlights prudent counsel and strategic steadiness rather than impulsive reaction.
Śrīkṛṣṇa addresses a warrior-ally as “slayer of foes,” proposing that they stay in a particular place without fear, after assessing a key mountain stronghold and the situation regarding the Māgadha (the Magadhan power/king) as having been ‘crossed over’ or neutralized.