Mahābhārata · 2.18.11–12
॥
Devanāgarī
निहतश् च जरासंधो मोक्षिताश् च महीक्षितः ॥
राजसूयश् च मे लब्धो निदेशे तव तिष्ठतः ॥
क्षिप्रकारिन् यथा त्व् एतत् कार्यं समुपपद्यते ॥
मम कार्यं जगत्कार्यं तथा कुरु नरोत्तम ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
nihataś ca jarāsaṃdho mokṣitāś ca mahīkṣitaḥ ||
rājasūyaś ca me labdho nideśe tava tiṣṭhataḥ ||
kṣiprakārin yathā tv etat kāryaṃ samupapadyate ||
mama kāryaṃ jagatkāryaṃ tathā kuru narottama ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
निहतः च जरासंधःnihataḥ ca jarāsaṃdhaḥand Jarasandha struck down,
मोक्षिताः च मही-क्षितःmokṣitāḥ ca mahī-kṣitaḥand the lords of the earth freed,
राजसूयः च मे लब्धःrājasūyaḥ ca me labdhaḥand the Rajasuya obtained by me --
निदेशे तव तिष्ठतःnideśe tava tiṣṭhataḥ[so long as] I stand under your guidance;
क्षिप्र-कारिन् यथा तु एतत्kṣipra-kārin yathā tu etatO swift of action, as this
कार्यम् समुपपद्यतेkāryam samupapadyatedeed comes to pass,
मम कार्यम् जगत्-कार्यम्mama kāryam jagat-kāryammy deed is the deed of the world --
तथा कुरु नर-उत्तमtathā kuru nara-uttamaso accomplish it, O best of men;
निहतश्nihataśoriginal form "nihataś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जरासंधोjarāsaṃdhooriginal form "jarāsaṃdho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मोक्षिताश्mokṣitāśoriginal form "mokṣitāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महीक्षितःmahīkṣitaḥoriginal form "mahīkṣitaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजसूयश्rājasūyaśoriginal form "rājasūyaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लब्धोlabdhooriginal form "labdho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षिप्रकारिन्kṣiprakārinoriginal form "kṣiprakārin", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्व्tvoriginal form "tv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कार्यंkāryaṃoriginal form "kāryaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कार्यंkāryaṃoriginal form "kāryaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जगत्कार्यंjagatkāryaṃoriginal form "jagatkāryaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नरोत्तमnarottamaoriginal form "narottama", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"[Consider it done:] Jarasandha struck down, the lords of the earth freed, and the Rajasuya obtained by me -- [so long as] I stand under your guidance. O swift of action, as this deed is [best] accomplished, so accomplish it, O best of men; for my deed is the deed of [all] the world."
Versión
56425f3c241b · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:13:23 UTC
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Here the king counts the deed as already accomplished, since it stands under the Lord's guidance. It is significant that he calls his own deed "the deed of the world": a righteous undertaking is not self-serving but for the common good. Thus scripture shows that one who has surrendered to the Lord attains certainty of outcome; and further on -- the impossibility of living without Him.