Shloka 63

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

तेन रुद्धा हि राजान: सर्वे जित्वा गिरिव्रजे । कन्दरे पर्वतेन्द्रस्य सिंहेनेव महाद्विपा:

Transliteration

tena ruddhā hi rājānaḥ sarve jitvā Girivraje | kandare parvatendrasya siṃheneva mahādvipāḥ ||

Translation

ସେ ସମସ୍ତ ରାଜାଙ୍କୁ ଜିତି ଗିରିବ୍ରଜରେ ଏପରି ଭାବେ ବନ୍ଦୀ କରି ରଖିଛି—ଯେପରି ପର୍ବତେନ୍ଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ଗୁହାରେ ସିଂହ ମହାଗଜମାନଙ୍କୁ ଅଟକାଇ ରଖେ।

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• रुद्धाः: confined/blocked
• रुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जित्वा: having conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा)

• गिरिव्रजे: in Girivraja (mountain-enclosure/fort)
• गिरिव्रजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिव्रज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कन्दरे: in a cave/gorge
• कन्दरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्दर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वतेन्द्रस्य: of the lord of mountains (best mountain)
• पर्वतेन्द्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वतेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सिंहेन: by a lion
• सिंहेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• महाद्विपाः: great elephants
• महाद्विपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्विप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa
• rājānaḥ (kings)
• Girivraja
• parvatendra (lord of mountains)
• kandara (mountain cave)
• siṃha (lion)
• mahādvipa (great elephants)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical wrong of tyrannical conquest: true kṣatriya power should uphold dharma, not reduce fellow rulers to caged captives. The simile of a lion confining elephants stresses both the imbalance of force and the disgrace inflicted on the defeated.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīkṛṣṇa describes how a powerful ruler has defeated many kings and is holding them imprisoned at Girivraja, likening their confinement to great elephants trapped in a mountain cave by a lion.