Shloka 3

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त: स नृपतिर्युद्ध वव्रे महाद्युति: । जरासंधस्ततो राजा भीमसेनेन मागध:,उनके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर महातेजस्वी मगधनरेश राजा जरासंधने भीमसेनके साथ युद्ध करना स्वीकार किया

Transliteration

evam uktaḥ sa nṛpatir yuddhaṃ vavre mahādyutiḥ | jarāsandhas tato rājā bhīmasenena māgadhaḥ ||

Translation

こう告げられると、赫々たる王は戦いの挑戦を受けた。かくしてマガダ国の王ジャラーサンダは、ビーマセーナと戦うことに同意した――言葉のやり取りから、武人の掟に従う力の試練へと、事は決定的に移ったのである。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular, past passive participle

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृपतिः: the king
• नृपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वव्रे: chose / accepted
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ
• Form: लिट्, perfect, 3, Singular, Ātmanepada

• महाद्युतिः: of great splendor
• महाद्युतिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जरासन्धः: Jarasandha
• जरासन्धः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमसेनेन: with Bhimasena
• भीमसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मागधः: the Magadhan (king)
• मागधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मागध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Jarāsandha
• Bhīmasena
• Magadha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma: when formally challenged, a ruler may accept combat as an honor-bound means of settling a grave dispute, provided it follows accepted norms of consent and valor.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being addressed (in context, challenged), Jarāsandha—the Magadhan king—agrees to fight Bhīmasena, moving the episode from negotiation to an agreed duel.