Shloka 64

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

Devanagari script

स हि राजा जरासंधो यियक्षुर्वसुधाधिपै: । महादेव॑ महात्मानमुमापतिमरिंदम

Transliteration

sa hi rājā jarāsandho yiyakṣur vasudhādhipaiḥ | mahādevaṃ mahātmānam umāpatiṃ arindama śatrudamana |

Translation

ଶତ୍ରୁଦମନ! ରାଜା ଜରାସନ୍ଧ ଉଗ୍ର ତପସ୍ୟାରେ ଉମାପତି ମହାତ୍ମା ମହାଦେବଙ୍କୁ ଆରାଧନା କରି ଏକ ବିଶେଷ ଶକ୍ତି ଲାଭ କରିଛି; ସେଇ ଶକ୍ତିରେ ସେ ପୃଥିବୀର ଅଧିପତିମାନଙ୍କୁ ପରାଜିତ କରିଛି। ଏବେ ସେ ରାଜାମାନଙ୍କୁ ବଳି ଦେଇ ଯଜ୍ଞ କରିବାକୁ ଚାହୁଁଛି। ହେ ନୃପଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ସେ ନିଜ ପ୍ରତିଜ୍ଞା ପ୍ରାୟ ପୂରଣ କରିସାରିଛି।

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• यियक्षुः: desiring to sacrifice/perform a sacrifice
• यियक्षुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Desiderative participle (sananta), present active, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसुधाधिपैः: by/with the lords of the earth (kings)
• वसुधाधिपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Jarāsandha
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• kings (vasudhādhipa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights an ethical warning: spiritual power gained through devotion and austerity can be misdirected when yoked to adharma. Jarāsandha’s strength, though rooted in worship of Mahādeva, is turned toward coercion and a sacrificial project that violates the moral limits of kingship by treating other rulers as victims.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa explains that Jarāsandha, empowered through intense worship of Śiva (Umā’s lord), has defeated many kings and is now intent on completing a sacrifice that requires offering captured kings. Kṛṣṇa notes that Jarāsandha’s vow is nearly complete, increasing the urgency to intervene.