Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)
भये तु समतिक्रान्ते जरासंधे समुद्यते । मन्त्रो<यं मन्त्रितो राजन् कुलैरष्टादशावरै:
“Thus the fear of Kaṃsa passed away; yet Jarāsandha, enraged, rose up, intent on taking vengeance upon us. O King, at that time the eighteen clans of the Bhoja line—ministers, priests, and others—gathered together and deliberated as follows…”
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