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Shloka 8

Jarāsandha-vadha-upadeśa and the Departure toward Magadha (जरासन्धवधोपदेशः मागधप्रस्थानं च)

(तस्य बालस्य यत्‌ कृत्यं तत्‌ कुरुष्व नराधिप । मम नाम्ना च लोके5स्मिन्‌ ख्यात एष भविष्यति ।।) राजन्‌! अब इस बालकके लिये जो आवश्यक संस्कार हैं, उन्हें करो। यह इस संसारमें मेरे ही नामसे विख्यात होगा। मेरुं वा खादितुं शक्ता कि पुनस्तव बालकम्‌ | गृहसम्पूजनात्‌ तुष्ट्या मया प्रत्यर्पितस्तव,मुझमें सुमेरु पर्वतको भी निगल जानेकी शक्ति है; फिर तुम्हारे इस बच्चेको खा जाना कौन बड़ी बात है? किंतु तुम्हारे घरमें जो मेरी भलीभाँति पूजा होती आयी है, उसीसे संतुष्ट होकर मैंने तुम्हें यह बालक समर्पित किया है

tasya bālasya yat kṛtyaṃ tat kuruṣva narādhipa | mama nāmnā ca loke 'smin khyāta eṣa bhaviṣyati || meruṃ vā khādituṃ śaktā kiṃ punas tava bālakam | gṛhasampūjanāt tuṣṭyā mayā pratyarpitas tava ||

O König, vollziehe für dieses Kind die Riten und Pflichten, die ihm gebühren. In dieser Welt wird es unter meinem eigenen Namen berühmt werden. Ich habe die Macht, selbst den Berg Meru zu verschlingen—was wäre da dein Kind? Doch, erfreut über die treue Verehrung, die seit langem in deinem Hause dargebracht wird, gebe ich dir dieses Kind zurück.

तस्यof that (boy)
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
बालस्यof the child
बालस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
यत्whatever (which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
कृत्यम्duty/necessary rite
कृत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्य
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कुरुष्वdo (you)!
कुरुष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
नराधिपO king (lord of men)
नराधिप:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootनराधिप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ममof me / my
मम:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
नाम्नाby (my) name
नाम्ना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
ख्यातःrenowned
ख्यातः:
TypeAdjective
Rootख्यात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भविष्यतिwill be/become
भविष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Ś
Śrīkṛṣṇa (speaker)
N
narādhipa (a king, addressee)
B
bāla (the child)
M
Meru/Sumeru (mountain)

Educational Q&A

Worldly power is secondary to dharma and devotion: the king should fulfill the child’s prescribed rites and responsibilities, while the divine response comes not from coercion but from being pleased by sincere, sustained worship and proper honoring.

Śrīkṛṣṇa addresses a king, instructing him to carry out the child’s necessary rites and duties, predicting the child’s renown by Kṛṣṇa’s name. He underscores his own overwhelming power (able to swallow even Meru) yet explains that, satisfied with the household’s devoted worship, he returns the child safely to the king.