संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
भये तु समुपक्रान्तेbhaye tu samupakrāntewhen danger drew near,
जरासंधे समुद्यतेjarāsaṃdhe samudyate[when] Jarasandha rose up,
मन्त्रः अयम् मन्त्रितः राजन्mantraḥ ayam mantritaḥ rājansuch was the counsel held, O king,
कुलैः अष्टादश-अवरैःkulaiḥ aṣṭādaśa-avaraiḥby eighteen clans:
अनारमन्तः निघ्नन्तःanāramantaḥ nighnantaḥwithout resting, striking
महा-अस्त्रैः शत-घातिभिःmahā-astraiḥ śata-ghātibhiḥwith great weapons, each slaying a hundred [at once],
न हन्याम वयम् तस्यna hanyāma vayam tasyawe would not destroy his
त्रिभिः वर्ष-शतैः बलम्tribhiḥ varṣa-śataiḥ balamarmy even in three hundred years;
तस्य हि अमर-संकाशौtasya hi amara-saṃkāśaufor he had two, like immortals,
बलेन बलिनाम् वरौbalena balinām varauthe mightiest among the mighty,
नामभ्याम् हंस-डिभकौnāmabhyām haṃsa-ḍibhakaunamed Hamsa and Dibhaka,
इति आस्ताम् योध-सत्तमौiti āstām yodha-sattamauthe finest of warriors;
तौ उभौ सहितौ वीरौtau ubhau sahitau vīrauthose two heroes, [joined together],
जरासंधः च वीर्यवान्jarāsaṃdhaḥ ca vīryavānand valiant Jarasandha —
त्रयः त्रयाणाम् लोकानाम्trayaḥ trayāṇām lokānāmthe three — to the three worlds
पर्याप्ताः इति मे मतिःparyāptāḥ iti me matiḥare equal, [such] is my opinion;
मन्त्रोmantrooriginal form "mantro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽयं'yaṃoriginal form "'yaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मन्त्रितोmantritooriginal form "mantrito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुलैर्kulairoriginal form "kulair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अष्टादशावरैःaṣṭādaśāvaraiḥoriginal form "aṣṭādaśāvaraiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनारमन्तोanāramantooriginal form "anāramanto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निघ्नन्तोnighnantooriginal form "nighnanto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महास्त्रैःmahāstraiḥoriginal form "mahāstraiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शतघातिभिःśataghātibhiḥoriginal form "śataghātibhiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वयंvayaṃoriginal form "vayaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्रिभिर्tribhiroriginal form "tribhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वर्षशतैर्varṣaśatairoriginal form "varṣaśatair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ह्य्hyoriginal form "hy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अमरसंकाशौamarasaṃkāśauoriginal form "amarasaṃkāśau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बलिनांbalināṃoriginal form "balināṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नामभ्यांnāmabhyāṃoriginal form "nāmabhyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हंसडिभकाव्haṃsaḍibhakāvoriginal form "haṃsaḍibhakāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इत्य्ityoriginal form "ity", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आस्तांāstāṃoriginal form "āstāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
योधसत्तमौyodhasattamauoriginal form "yodhasattamau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ताव्tāvoriginal form "tāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जरासंधश्jarāsaṃdhaśoriginal form "jarāsaṃdhaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्रयस्trayasoriginal form "trayas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्रयाणांtrayāṇāṃoriginal form "trayāṇāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
लोकानांlokānāṃoriginal form "lokānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पर्याप्ताparyāptāoriginal form "paryāptā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here Krishna soberly acknowledges the enemy's superior might. It is telling that the Lord does not gloss over the danger but names it plainly: a true counselor does not flatter with false hope but points to the difficulty, so that the right path may be sought. Thus scripture shows honesty in assessing an obstacle; and what follows tells how the enemy fell not by force but by fate.