SanskritIASTMeaning
लोक-संहननाः वीराःloka-saṃhananāḥ vīrāḥheroes able to crush the world,
वीर्य-वन्तः महा-बलाःvīrya-vantaḥ mahā-balāḥvaliant, mighty in strength,
स्मरन्तः मध्यमम् देशम्smarantaḥ madhyamam deśamrecalling the middle country,
वृष्णि-मध्ये गत-व्यथाःvṛṣṇi-madhye gata-vyathāḥare now free of sorrow among the Vrishnis;
सः त्वम् सम्राट्-गुणैः युक्तःsaḥ tvam samrāṭ-guṇaiḥ yuktaḥyou, endowed with the qualities of a sovereign,
सदा भरत-सत्तमsadā bharata-sattamaalways, O best of the Bharatas,
क्षत्रे सम्राजम् आत्मानम्kṣatre samrājam ātmānamover the kshatriyas [as] sovereign, yourself
कर्तुम् अर्हसि भारतkartum arhasi bhāratayou deserve to make, O Bharata;
न तु शक्यम् जरासंधेna tu śakyam jarāsaṃdhebut it is not possible, [while] Jarasandha
जीव-माने महा-बलेjīva-māne mahā-balethe mighty, is alive,
राजसूयः त्वया प्राप्तुम्rājasūyaḥ tvayā prāptumfor you to attain the Rajasuya —
एषा राजन् मतिः ममeṣā rājan matiḥ mamasuch, O king, is my opinion;
लोकसंहननाlokasaṃhananāoriginal form "lokasaṃhananā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वीराvīrāoriginal form "vīrā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वीर्यवन्तोvīryavantooriginal form "vīryavanto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाबलाःmahābalāḥoriginal form "mahābalāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्मरन्तोsmarantooriginal form "smaranto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मध्यमंmadhyamaṃoriginal form "madhyamaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देशंdeśaṃoriginal form "deśaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृष्णिमध्येvṛṣṇimadhyeoriginal form "vṛṣṇimadhye", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गतव्यथाःgatavyathāḥoriginal form "gatavyathāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वंtvaṃoriginal form "tvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सम्राड्गुणैर्samrāḍguṇairoriginal form "samrāḍguṇair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भरतसत्तमbharatasattamaoriginal form "bharatasattama", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आत्मानंātmānaṃoriginal form "ātmānaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शक्यंśakyaṃoriginal form "śakyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जीवमानेjīvamāneoriginal form "jīvamāne", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाबलेmahābaleoriginal form "mahābale", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजसूयस्rājasūyasoriginal form "rājasūyas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मतिर्matiroriginal form "matir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here Krishna sets a boundary: the highest glory cannot be attained while the tyrant stands. It is telling that righteous sovereignty is incompatible with evil left unchecked: one cannot be crowned sovereign while leaving the world under the heel of injustice. Thus scripture shows that true authority requires first the destruction of tyranny; and what follows tells of the fate of the captive kings.