Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

संश्लेषिते मया दैवात्‌ कुमार: समपद्यत । तव भाग्यान्महाराज हेतुमात्रमहं त्विह

Transliteration

saṃśleṣite mayā daivāt kumāraḥ samapadyata | tava bhāgyān mahārāja hetumātram ahaṃ tv iha ||

Translation

Quand je les ai réunies, par la force du destin le prince a pris naissance. Ô grand roi, cela s’est produit grâce à ta bonne fortune ; ici je ne suis qu’un simple instrument.

Word by Word

• संश्लेषिते: when (it was) joined
• संश्लेषिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-श्लिष् (धातु) → संश्लेषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग (pronoun), तृतीया, एकवचन

• दैवात्: by fate / from destiny
• दैवात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• कुमारः: the prince / boy
• कुमारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समपद्यत: came to be / arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√पद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग (pronoun), षष्ठी, एकवचन

• भाग्यात्: from (your) good fortune
• भाग्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• हेतुमात्रम्: mere instrument / only a cause
• हेतुमात्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग (pronoun), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• इह: here / in this matter
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्रीकृष्ण (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• महārāja (a great king, addressed)
• कुमार (the prince)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches humility and ethical restraint: even when one performs a decisive act, one should not claim full credit, recognizing that outcomes depend on daiva (providence) and the other party’s bhāgya (merit/fortune). One is often only a nimitta—an instrument.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker explains that after joining separated parts together, a prince came into existence. Addressing the king, the speaker attributes the successful result to destiny and the king’s good fortune, while presenting themselves as merely an instrumental cause.