संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तेन रुद्धाः हि राजानःtena ruddhāḥ hi rājānaḥfor by him kings were confined,
सर्वे जित्वा गिरिव्रजेsarve jitvā girivrajeall of them, conquered, in Girivraja,
कन्दरायाम् गिरि-इन्द्रस्यkandarāyām giri-indrasyain the cavern of the lord of mountains,
सिंहेन इव महा-द्विपाःsiṃhena iva mahā-dvipāḥlike great elephants by a lion;
सः अपि राजा जरासंधःsaḥ api rājā jarāsaṃdhaḥthat king Jarasandha,
यियक्षुः वसुधा-अधिपैःyiyakṣuḥ vasudhā-adhipaiḥdesiring to sacrifice the lords of the earth [to Rudra],
आराध्य हि महादेवम्ārādhya hi mahādevamfor, having propitiated Mahadeva,
निर्जिताः तेन पार्थिवाःnirjitāḥ tena pārthivāḥthe kings were conquered by him;
सः हि निर्जित्य निर्जित्यsaḥ hi nirjitya nirjityafor he, conquering again and again
पार्थिवान् पृतना-गतान्pārthivān pṛtanā-gatānthe kings who came with their armies,
पुरम् आनीय बद्ध्वा चpuram ānīya baddhvā cabringing them to the city and binding them,
चकार पुरुष-व्रजम्cakāra puruṣa-vrajammade [of them] a "pen of men."
रुद्धाruddhāoriginal form "ruddhā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कन्दरायांkandarāyāṃoriginal form "kandarāyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गिरीन्द्रस्यgirīndrasyaoriginal form "girīndrasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सिंहेनेवsiṃhenevaoriginal form "siṃheneva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाद्विपाःmahādvipāḥoriginal form "mahādvipāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सोsooriginal form "so", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जरासंधोjarāsaṃdhooriginal form "jarāsaṃdho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यियक्षुर्yiyakṣuroriginal form "yiyakṣur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वसुधाधिपैःvasudhādhipaiḥoriginal form "vasudhādhipaiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महादेवंmahādevaṃoriginal form "mahādevaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निर्जितास्nirjitāsoriginal form "nirjitās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पृतनागतान्pṛtanāgatānoriginal form "pṛtanāgatān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुरुषव्रजम्puruṣavrajamoriginal form "puruṣavrajam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the full vileness of the tyrant is revealed: he plotted a human sacrifice, turning a sacred rite into an atrocity. It is telling that Jarasandha 'propitiated Mahadeva,' yet turned the power he gained toward murder: a gift from above, put to evil use, is the worst sacrilege. Thus scripture shows the perversion of sacrifice — the slaughter of men in place of service to God; and what follows is a call for deliverance.