Shloka 41

Jarā’s Account and the Enthronement of Jarāsandha (जरासंधोत्पत्तिः अभिषेकश्च)

Devanagari script

ते समानीतमात्रे तु शकले पुरुषर्षभ । एकमूर्तिधरो वीर: कुमार: समपद्यत,नरश्रेष्ठ उन टुकड़ोंका परस्पर संयोग होते ही एक शरीरधारी वीर कुमार बन गया

Transliteration

te samānītamātre tu śakale puruṣarṣabha | ekamūrtidharo vīraḥ kumāraḥ samapadyata ||

Translation

သို့သော် ထိုအပိုင်းအစများ ပေါင်းစည်းသွားသည့် ခဏချင်းမှာပင်၊ လူတို့အနက် နွားထီးသဖွယ်သူရဲကောင်းရေ၊ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာတစ်ခုတည်းဖြင့် သူရဲကောင်းလူငယ်တစ်ဦး ပေါ်ပေါက်လာ၏။

Word by Word

तेthey (those pieces)

समानीत-मात्रेat the mere bringing together

तुbut/indeed

शकलेin/among the pieces; in the fragment

पुरुष-ऋषभO bull among men

एक-मूर्ति-धरःbearing a single form; having one body

वीरःhero

कुमारःa youth/prince

समपद्यतcame into being; became

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīkṛṣṇa (speaker)

puruṣarṣabha (addressee, unspecified in the given excerpt)

kumāra (a heroic youth, unnamed)

śakala (fragments/pieces as an object)

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 verse highlights a motif of reintegration: when scattered parts are properly united, a complete and potent form emerges. Ethically, it can be read as valuing cohesion, right ordering, and the recovery of integrity from fragmentation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa describes a wondrous event: the moment the fragments are brought together, they combine into one body, and a heroic youth appears as a single-formed being.