Shloka 8
जरासंधो हि रुषितो रौहिणेयप्रधर्षित: । अस्मद्वधार्थ चिक्षेप गदां वै सर्वधातिनीम्,एक समयकी बात है, रोहिणीनन्दन बलरामजीने युद्धमें जरासंधको पछाड़ दिया था। इससे कुपित होकर जरासंधने हमलोगोंके वधके लिये अपनी सर्वघातिनी गदाका प्रहार किया
jarāsaṃdho hi ruṣito rauhiṇeyapradarṣitaḥ | asmad-vadhārthaṃ cikṣepa gadāṃ vai sarvadhātinīm ||
Vāyu said: “Jarāsandha, enraged because he had been humiliated by Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma), hurled—aiming at our destruction—his mace, truly a weapon that brings death to all.”
श्रीवायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how humiliation and anger can escalate into indiscriminate violence: Jarāsandha’s wounded pride turns into a resolve to kill, symbolized by the ‘all-destroying’ mace. Ethically, it warns that unchecked wrath (krodha) leads to destructive, adharma-leaning action.
Vāyu recounts an earlier incident: after Balarāma (Rauhiṇeya) defeats and humiliates Jarāsandha in battle, Jarāsandha, furious, throws his deadly mace with the intention of killing ‘us’ (the group aligned with the speaker’s side).