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Shloka 6

Jarāsandha-nipātana, rāja-mokṣa, and rājasūya-sāhāyya-prārthanā

Jarāsandha’s fall, liberation of kings, and request for support

तस्य मेडद्य स्थितस्येह स्वधर्मे नियतात्मन: । अनागसं प्रजानां च प्रमादादिव जल्पथ

tasya medadya sthitasyeha svadharme niyatātmanaḥ | anāgasaṃ prajānāṃ ca pramādād iva jalpatha |

આજે હું અહીં મારા સ્વધર્મમાં સ્થિર છું, મનને સંયમમાં રાખીને. પ્રજાઓ પ્રત્યે પણ મેં કોઈ અપરાધ કર્યો નથી. છતાં તમે જાણે પ્રમાદવશ મને શત્રુ કે દોષિત કહી રહ્યા છો.

तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
मेद्यpure/clean (fit, blameless)
मेद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootमेद्य
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
स्थितस्यof (one) who is standing/abiding
स्थितस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootस्था (धातु) → स्थित (क्त)
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
इहhere/in this matter
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
स्वधर्मेin one’s own duty
स्वधर्मे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधर्म
Formmasculine, locative, singular
नियतात्मनःof the self-controlled (one)
नियतात्मनः:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनियतात्मन्
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
अनागसम्blameless/without offense
अनागसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनागस्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
प्रजानाम्of the subjects/people
प्रजानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
Formfeminine, genitive, plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्रमादात्from/through negligence
प्रमादात्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमाद
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
जल्पथyou speak/you prattle
जल्पथ:
TypeVerb
Rootजल्प् (धातु)
Formpresent (imperative/lot), 2nd, plural

जरासंध उवाच

J
Jarāsandha
P
prajāḥ (subjects/people)

Educational Q&A

Jarāsandha frames moral legitimacy in terms of svadharma (a ruler’s ordained duty) and niyama (self-restraint), claiming that blameless governance and disciplined conduct should not be met with careless accusations.

In the Sabha Parva context, Jarāsandha responds defensively to opponents who treat him as culpable; he asserts he is established in kṣatriya-duty and has not wronged the subjects, so calling him an offender is, in his view, mere pramāda (heedless misjudgment).