Mahabharata · 2.17.6–7
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्य नामाकरोत् तत्र प्रजापतिसमः पिता ॥
जरया संधितो यस्माज् जरासंधस् ततो ऽभवत् ॥
सो ऽवर्धत महातेजा मगधाधिपतेः सुतः ॥
प्रमाणबलसंपन्नो हुताहुतिर् इवानलः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tasya nāmākarot tatra prajāpatisamaḥ pitā ||
jarayā saṃdhito yasmāj jarāsaṃdhas tato 'bhavat ||
so 'vardhata mahātejā magadhādhipateḥ sutaḥ ||
pramāṇabalasaṃpanno hutāhutir ivānalaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तस्य नाम अकरोत् तत्रtasya nāma akarot tatrathere he gave him a name
प्रजापति-समः पिताprajāpati-samaḥ pitāthe father, equal to Prajapati:
जरया संधितः यस्मात्jarayā saṃdhitaḥ yasmāt'Since he is joined by Jara — hence
जरासंधः ततः अभवत्jarāsaṃdhaḥ tataḥ abhavathe became Jarasandha';
सः अवर्धत महा-तेजाःsaḥ avardhata mahā-tejāḥhe grew, greatly radiant,
मगध-अधिपतेः सुतःmagadha-adhipateḥ sutaḥthe son of the lord of Magadha,
प्रमाण-बल-संपन्नःpramāṇa-bala-saṃpannaḥendowed with stature and strength,
हुत-आहुतिः इव अनलःhuta-āhutiḥ iva analaḥlike fire [growing] from oblations poured into it;
नामाकरोत्nāmākarotoriginal form "nāmākarot", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रजापतिसमःprajāpatisamaḥoriginal form "prajāpatisamaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
संधितोsaṃdhitooriginal form "saṃdhito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यस्माज्yasmājoriginal form "yasmāj", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जरासंधस्jarāsaṃdhasoriginal form "jarāsaṃdhas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽभवत्'bhavatoriginal form "'bhavat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सोsooriginal form "so", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽवर्धत'vardhataoriginal form "'vardhata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महातेजाmahātejāoriginal form "mahātejā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मगधाधिपतेःmagadhādhipateḥoriginal form "magadhādhipateḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रमाणबलसंपन्नोpramāṇabalasaṃpannooriginal form "pramāṇabalasaṃpanno", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हुताहुतिर्hutāhutiroriginal form "hutāhutir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवानलःivānalaḥoriginal form "ivānalaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
'The father, equal to Prajapati, gave him a name there: "Since he is joined by Jara, he became Jarasandha." And he grew, greatly radiant, the son of the lord of Magadha, endowed with [mighty] stature and strength, like fire [fed] by oblations.'
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Here the name preserves the memory of his rescuer — 'joined by Jara.' It is significant that the very name of the tyrant carries within it a hidden truth: what is joined can also be sundered — as will come to pass when Bhima tears him in two. Scripture thus quietly foretells his destruction in the name itself; and next comes the sage's return.