Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अवमुच्य किरीटं स केशान्‌ समनुगृहा[ च । उदतिष्ठज्जरासंधो वेलातिग इवार्णव:,जरासंधने किरीट उतारकर केशोंको कसकर बाँध लिया। तत्पश्चात्‌ वह युद्धके लिये उठकर खड़ा हो गया; मानो महासागर अपनी मर्यादा--तटवर्तिनी भूमिको लाँघ जानेको उद्यत हो गया हो

Transliteration

avamucya kirīṭaṃ sa keśān samanugṛhya ca | udatiṣṭhaj jarāsandho velātiga ivārṇavaḥ ||

Translation

冠を投げ捨て、髪をきつく結い直すと、ジャラーサンダは戦いのために立ち上がった――まるで大海がうねり、岸の限界を越えようとするかのように。

Word by Word

अवमुच्यhaving removed/taken off

किरीटम्crown/diadem

सःhe

केशान्hair

समनुगृह्यhaving firmly gathered/secured

चand

उदतिष्ठत्stood up/arose

जरासन्धःJarasandha

वेलातिगःone who oversteps the shore/limit

इवas if/like

अर्णवःocean

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Jarāsandha

crown (kirīṭa)

hair (keśa)

ocean (ārṇava)

shore/limit (velā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The simile of the ocean crossing its shore suggests that martial energy and ambition, if unchecked, can transgress proper limits; dharma requires restraint even amid kṣatriya valor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jarāsandha, preparing for combat, removes his crown and tightens his hair, then rises ready to fight, compared to a vast ocean swelling as though to overrun its boundary.