वासुदेव उवाच
जरासंधश् चेदिराजो नैषादिश् च महाबलः ॥
यदि स्युर् न हताः पूर्वम् इदानीं स्युर् भयंकराः ॥
सुयोधनस् तान् अवश्यं वृणुयाद् रथसत्तमान् ॥
ते ऽस्माभिर् नित्यसंदुष्टाः संश्रयेयुश् च कौरवान् ॥
ते हि वीरा महात्मानः कृतास्त्रा दृढयोधिनः ॥
धार्तराष्ट्रीं चमूं कृत्स्नां रक्षेयुर् अमरा इव ॥
सूतपुत्रो जरासंधश् चेदिराजो निषादजः ॥
सुयोधनं समाश्रित्य तपेरन् पृथिवीम् इमाम् ॥
vāsudeva uvāca
jarāsaṃdhaś cedirājo naiṣādiś ca mahābalaḥ ||
yadi syur na hatāḥ pūrvam idānīṃ syur bhayaṃkarāḥ ||
suyodhanas tān avaśyaṃ vṛṇuyād rathasattamān ||
te 'smābhir nityasaṃduṣṭāḥ saṃśrayeyuś ca kauravān ||
te hi vīrā mahātmānaḥ kṛtāstrā dṛḍhayodhinaḥ ||
dhārtarāṣṭrīṃ camūṃ kṛtsnāṃ rakṣeyur amarā iva ||
sūtaputro jarāsaṃdhaś cedirājo niṣādajaḥ ||
suyodhanaṃ samāśritya taperan pṛthivīm imām ||
"Jarasandha, the king of Chedi [Shishupala], and the mighty son of Nishada [Ekalavya] — had they not been slain before, they would now be terrifying. Suyodhana would certainly have chosen them, the best of warriors; they, ever hostile to us, would have joined the Kauravas. For they were heroes, great in spirit, skilled in weapons, steadfast fighters; they would have guarded the whole army of Dhartarashtra as if immortal. The son of a suta [Karna], Jarasandha, the king of Chedi, born of Nishada, having resorted to Suyodhana, would have scorched this earth."
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Krishna reveals the foresight of providence: the enemies removed, had they lived, would now be destroying the earth on Duryodhana's side. It is significant that the good was accomplished well in advance, before the need became apparent. This verse teaches that wisdom foresees trouble from afar and averts it beforehand; and what seems long past and unconnected to the present was in fact a preparation — for the higher design sows early so that it may reap in its own season.