Mahābhārata · 2.20.1–2
॥
Devanāgarī
जरासंध उवाच
न स्मरेयं कदा वैरं कृतं युष्माभिर् इत्य् उत ॥
चिन्तयंश् च न पश्यामि भवतां प्रति वैकृतम् ॥
वैकृते चासति कथं मन्यध्वं माम् अनागसम् ॥
अरिं विब्रूत तद् विप्राः सतां समय एष हि ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
jarāsaṃdha uvāca
na smareyaṃ kadā vairaṃ kṛtaṃ yuṣmābhir ity uta ||
cintayaṃś ca na paśyāmi bhavatāṃ prati vaikṛtam ||
vaikṛte cāsati kathaṃ manyadhvaṃ mām anāgasam ||
ariṃ vibrūta tad viprāḥ satāṃ samaya eṣa hi ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
न स्मरेयम् कदा वैरम्na smareyam kadā vairamI do not recall that ever [any] enmity
कृतम् युष्माभिः इति उतkṛtam yuṣmābhiḥ iti utawas committed by you [against me];
चिन्तयन् च न पश्यामिcintayan ca na paśyāmiand, reflecting, I do not see
भवताम् प्रति वैकृतम्bhavatām prati vaikṛtamany wrong [of mine] against you;
वैकृते च असति कथम्vaikṛte ca asati katham[when] there is no wrong, how
मन्यध्वम् माम् अनागसम्manyadhvam mām anāgasamcan you consider me, blameless,
अरिम् विब्रूत तत् विप्राःarim vibrūta tat viprāḥan enemy? Tell me, then, O brahmins,
सताम् समयः एषः हिsatām samayaḥ eṣaḥ hifor such is the compact [rule] of the good;
जरासंधjarāsaṃdhaoriginal form "jarāsaṃdha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्मरेयंsmareyaṃoriginal form "smareyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैरंvairaṃoriginal form "vairaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृतंkṛtaṃoriginal form "kṛtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
युष्माभिर्yuṣmābhiroriginal form "yuṣmābhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इत्य्ityoriginal form "ity", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चिन्तयंश्cintayaṃśoriginal form "cintayaṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भवतांbhavatāṃoriginal form "bhavatāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चासतिcāsatioriginal form "cāsati", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कथंkathaṃoriginal form "kathaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मन्यध्वंmanyadhvaṃoriginal form "manyadhvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अरिंariṃoriginal form "ariṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तद्tadoriginal form "tad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सतांsatāṃoriginal form "satāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समयsamayaoriginal form "samaya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एषeṣaoriginal form "eṣa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
Jarasandha said: “I do not recall that you have ever done me any wrong; and, reflecting, I see no wrong of mine against you. If there is no wrong, how can you think me, who am blameless, an enemy? Tell me plainly, then, O brahmins, for such is the custom of the good.”
Versión
fea9701dab17 · publicado 16 jul 2026, 15:13:24 UTC
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Here the tyrant considers himself blameless, for he has done no wrong specifically to those who have come. It is telling that the wrongdoer measures guilt only by offense to himself, not by the suffering he causes others: selfishness narrows conscience down to personal accounts. Thus scripture shows the blindness of one who sees no evil in evil at large; what follows speaks of the harm in attacking the blameless.