Shloka 6

Jarāsandha-nipātana, rāja-mokṣa, and rājasūya-sāhāyya-prārthanā

Jarāsandha’s fall, liberation of kings, and request for support

Devanagari script

तस्य मेडद्य स्थितस्येह स्वधर्मे नियतात्मन: । अनागसं प्रजानां च प्रमादादिव जल्पथ

Transliteration

tasya medadya sthitasyeha svadharme niyatātmanaḥ | anāgasaṃ prajānāṃ ca pramādād iva jalpatha |

Translation

ఈ రోజు నేను ఇక్కడ నా స్వధర్మంలో స్థిరంగా ఉన్నాను, మనస్సును నియంత్రించుకొని. ప్రజల పట్ల కూడా నేను ఏ అపరాధం చేయలేదు. అయినా మీరు నిర్లక్ష్యవశాత్తు నన్ను శత్రువని లేదా దోషినని అంటున్నారు.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• मेद्य: pure/clean (fit, blameless)
• मेद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेद्य
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• स्थितस्य: of (one) who is standing/abiding
• स्थितस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (क्त)
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• इह: here/in this matter
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्वधर्मे: in one’s own duty
• स्वधर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• नियतात्मनः: of the self-controlled (one)
• नियतात्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियतात्मन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अनागसम्: blameless/without offense
• अनागसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनागस्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रजानाम्: of the subjects/people
• प्रजानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: feminine, genitive, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रमादात्: from/through negligence
• प्रमादात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाद
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

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

• जल्पथ: you speak/you prattle
• Type: Verb
• Root: जल्प् (धातु)
• Form: present (imperative/lot), 2nd, plural

Speaker

जरासंध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jarāsandha
• prajāḥ (subjects/people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Jarāsandha frames moral legitimacy in terms of svadharma (a ruler’s ordained duty) and niyama (self-restraint), claiming that blameless governance and disciplined conduct should not be met with careless accusations.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sabha Parva context, Jarāsandha responds defensively to opponents who treat him as culpable; he asserts he is established in kṣatriya-duty and has not wronged the subjects, so calling him an offender is, in his view, mere pramāda (heedless misjudgment).