Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तावुभौ सहितौ वीरौ जरासंधश्च वीर्यवान्‌ । त्रयस्त्रयाणां लोकानां पर्याप्ता इति मे मति:,भैया युधिष्ठिर! मेरा तो ऐसा विश्वास है कि एक साथ रहनेवाले वे दोनों वीर हंस और डिम्भक तथा पराक्रमी जरासंध--ये तीनों मिलकर तीनों लोकोंका सामना करनेके लिये पर्याप्त थे

Transliteration

tāv ubhau sahitau vīrau jarāsandhaś ca vīryavān | trayas trayāṇāṁ lokānāṁ paryāptā iti me matiḥ |

Translation

Śrī Kṛṣṇa bersabda: “Dua wira itu—Haṃsa dan Ḍimbhaka—apabila bersatu, dan ditambah Jarāsandha yang perkasa; pada hematku, tiga orang ini memadai untuk menghadapi tiga alam.”

Word by Word

तौthose two

उभौboth

सहितौtogether, united

वीरौtwo heroes

जरासन्धःJarāsandha

चand

वीर्यवान्mighty, possessed of valor

त्रयःthree

त्रयाणाम्of the three

लोकानाम्worlds

पर्याप्ताःsufficient, capable

इतिthus (quotative)

मेmy

मतिःopinion, thought

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Jarāsandha

Yudhiṣṭhira

the three worlds (trailokya)

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?

Kṛṣṇa emphasizes that concentrated valor and unity can make a few equal to immense forces; therefore one must not judge threats by numbers alone, but by capability—then respond through dharma-informed strategy rather than mere bravado.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa is speaking to Yudhiṣṭhira, evaluating the formidable power of Jarāsandha (together with two allied heroes mentioned as ‘those two’), stating that the trio could, in his estimation, stand against the three worlds—highlighting the seriousness of the political-military challenge.