SanskritIASTMeaning
विना हंसेन लोके अस्मिन्vinā haṃsena loke asmin"Without Hamsa in this world
न अहम् जीवितुम् उत्सहेna aham jīvitum utsaheI have not the strength to live," —
इति एताम् मतिम् आस्थायiti etām matim āsthāyahaving taken up this thought,
डिभकः निधनम् गतःḍibhakaḥ nidhanam gataḥDibhaka gave himself to death;
तथा तु डिभकम् श्रुत्वाtathā tu ḍibhakam śrutvāand hearing of Dibhaka,
हंसः पर-पुरं-जयःhaṃsaḥ para-puraṃ-jayaḥHamsa, conqueror of enemy cities,
प्रपेदे यमुनाम् एवprapede yamunām evahastened to the Yamuna
सः अपि तस्याम् न्यमज्जतsaḥ api tasyām nyamajjataand he too plunged into it;
तौ सः राजा जरासंधःtau saḥ rājā jarāsaṃdhaḥthose two, king Jarasandha,
श्रुत्वा अप्सु निधनम् गतौśrutvā apsu nidhanam gatauhaving heard that they perished in the waters,
स्व-पुरम् शूरसेनानाम्sva-puram śūrasenānāmto his own city of the Shurasenas
प्रययौ भरत-ऋषभprayayau bharata-ṛṣabhawithdrew, O bull of the Bharatas;
ऽस्मिन्'sminoriginal form "'smin", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाहंnāhaṃoriginal form "nāhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इत्य्ityoriginal form "ity", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतांetāṃoriginal form "etāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
डिभकोḍibhakooriginal form "ḍibhako", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निधनंnidhanaṃoriginal form "nidhanaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
डिभकंḍibhakaṃoriginal form "ḍibhakaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
परपुरंजयःparapuraṃjayaḥoriginal form "parapuraṃjayaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सोsooriginal form "so", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्यांtasyāṃoriginal form "tasyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्रुत्वाप्सुśrutvāpsuoriginal form "śrutvāpsu", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निधनंnidhanaṃoriginal form "nidhanaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वपुरंsvapuraṃoriginal form "svapuraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शूरसेनानांśūrasenānāṃoriginal form "śūrasenānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भरतर्षभbharatarṣabhaoriginal form "bharatarṣabha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the pillars of the tyrant fall — not struck down by an enemy but destroyed by themselves. It is telling that the strength of untruth is unstable from within: bound by passion, it collapses at a chance word. Thus scripture shows that evil carries within it the seed of its own ruin; and what follows tells of the Vrishnis' return to Mathura.