SanskritIASTMeaning
भूयः च अद्भुत-वीर्य-ओजाःbhūyaḥ ca adbhuta-vīrya-ojāḥand further, of wondrous valor and might,
धर्मम् एव अनुपालयन्dharmam eva anupālayanever guarding dharma,
किम् हितम् सर्व-लोकानाम्kim hitam sarva-lokānām"what would be the good of all the worlds?"
भवेत् इति मनः दधेbhavet iti manaḥ dadhe— on that he set his mind;
अनुगृह्णन् प्रजाः सर्वाःanugṛhṇan prajāḥ sarvāḥfavoring all his subjects,
सर्व-धर्म-विदाम् वरःsarva-dharma-vidām varaḥthe best among knowers of every dharma,
अविशेषेण सर्वेषाम्aviśeṣeṇa sarveṣāmwithout distinction, to all
हितम् चक्रे युधिष्ठिरःhitam cakre yudhiṣṭhiraḥYudhishthira did good;
एवम् गते ततः तस्मिन्evam gate tataḥ tasminwhen it was thus with him,
पितरि इव अश्वसन् जनाःpitari iva aśvasan janāḥpeople rested as with a father;
न तस्य विद्यते द्वेष्टाna tasya vidyate dveṣṭāhe has no one who hates him,
ततः अस्य अजात-शत्रुताtataḥ asya ajāta-śatrutāhence his [name] "unborn enemy" [Ajatashatru];
भूयश्bhūyaśoriginal form "bhūyaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाद्भुतवीर्यौजाcādbhutavīryaujāoriginal form "cādbhutavīryaujā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवानुपालयन्evānupālayanoriginal form "evānupālayan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
किंkiṃoriginal form "kiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हितंhitaṃoriginal form "hitaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वलोकानांsarvalokānāṃoriginal form "sarvalokānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भवेद्bhavedoriginal form "bhaved", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मनोmanooriginal form "mano", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वधर्मविदांsarvadharmavidāṃoriginal form "sarvadharmavidāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वेषांsarveṣāṃoriginal form "sarveṣāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हितंhitaṃoriginal form "hitaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवंevaṃoriginal form "evaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततस्tatasoriginal form "tatas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितरीवाश्वसञ्pitarīvāśvasañoriginal form "pitarīvāśvasañ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽस्याजातशत्रुता'syājātaśatrutāoriginal form "'syājātaśatrutā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the secret of the name "Ajatashatru" is disclosed: the righteous man has no enemy, for he wrongs no one. It is telling that the king weighs the design of a great sacrifice against the question, "what is the good of all the worlds?" — even his own glory he subordinates to the common good. Thus the scripture shows that the absence of enemies is the fruit not of strength but of impartial kindness; and further the king summons a council.