Shloka 10
Jarā’s Account and the Enthronement of Jarāsandha (जरासंधोत्पत्तिः अभिषेकश्च)
अथवैनं निहत्याजौ शेषेणापि समाहता: । प्राप्रुयाम ततः स्वर्ग ज्ञातित्राणपरायणा:,अथवा यदि जरासंधको युद्धमें मारकर उसके पक्षमें रहनेवाले शेष सैनिकोंद्वारा हम भी मारे गये तो भी हमें कोई हानि नहीं है। अपने जाति-भाइयोंकी रक्षामें संलग्न होनेके कारण हमें स्वर्गकी ही प्राप्ति होगी
athavainaṁ nihatyājau śeṣeṇāpi samāhatāḥ | prāpnuyāma tataḥ svargaṁ jñātitrāṇaparāyaṇāḥ ||
Или же, убив его в битве, если и мы будем сражены оставшимися силами, что стоят на его стороне, — и тогда для нас не будет утраты. Ибо, всецело преданные защите своих родичей, мы затем достигнем небес.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames righteous risk in war: if one fights with the ethical aim of protecting one’s own people (jñātitrāṇa) and accepts death without self-interest, that very dharmic intention is said to lead to heavenly merit rather than harm.
Vāyudeva presents a resolve regarding Jarāsandha: either they will kill him in battle, or—even if they are killed by the remaining supporters—there is no regret, because dying while committed to safeguarding their kinsmen is portrayed as a path to svarga.