Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)
अस्ति:ः प्राप्तिश्न नाम्ना ते सहदेवानुजेडबले । बलेन तेन स्वज्ञातीनभिभूय वृथामति:
astiḥ prāptiś ca nāmnā te sahadevānuje bale | balena tena svajñātīn abhibhūya vṛthāmatiḥ ||
シュリー・クリシュナは言った。「汝らにはアスティという者と、プラープティという者がいる。いずれもサハデーヴァの年少の弟で、力は強い。だがその力を頼みとして、彼は自らの親族をさえ圧し伏せ、ついには迷妄に陥り、その判断は空しくなるのだ。」
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Strength (bala) is not a license to oppress one’s own people; when power is used to subdue kinsmen, it leads to vṛthā-mati—vain, misguided judgment—contrary to dharma and responsible conduct.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa identifies individuals by name (Asti and Prāpti), describing them as strong and connected to Sahadeva, and then critiques the ethical failure that arises when such strength is turned against one’s own relatives.