Shloka 52

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

तस्यां वयममित्रघ्न निवसामो5कुतो भया: । आलोच्य गिरिमुख्यं तं॑ मागधं तीर्णमेव च

Transliteration

tasyāṁ vayam amitraghna nivasāmo 'kuto-bhayāḥ | ālocya giri-mukhyaṁ taṁ māgadhaṁ tīrṇam eva ca ||

Translation

Dort werden wir wohnen, o Feindbezwinger, ohne Furcht von irgendeiner Seite. Nachdem wir jenen vornehmsten der Berge erwogen und auch Magadha überschritten (überwunden) haben, werden wir dort bleiben.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in that (place/condition)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• अमित्रघ्न: O slayer of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्रघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निवसामः: we dwell / we reside
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वस्
• Form: Present, First, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अकुतोभयाः: fearless (from any quarter)
• अकुतोभयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकुतोभय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आलोच्य: having considered / having reflected
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√लुच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• गिरिमुख्यम्: the chief of mountains
• गिरिमुख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गिरिमुख्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मागधम्: the Magadhan (Jarāsandha)
• मागधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तीर्णम्: crossed / passed over
• तीर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √तॄ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa
• Amitraghna (addressee epithet)
• Magadha (region/king referred to as Māgadha)
• Foremost mountain (giri-mukhya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.