संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तस्य आस्ताम् हंस-डिभकौtasya āstām haṃsa-ḍibhakauhe had Hamsa and Dibhaka,
अशस्त्र-निधनौ उभौaśastra-nidhanau ubhauboth [not to perish] by weapons,
मन्त्रे मतिमताम् श्रेष्ठौmantre matimatām śreṣṭhauthe best of the wise in counsel,
युद्ध-शास्त्र-विशारदौyuddha-śāstra-viśāradauskilled in the science of war;
यौ तौ मया ते कथितौyau tau mayā te kathitauthose of whom I have told you
पूर्वम् एव महा-बलौpūrvam eva mahā-balaubefore, the two mighty ones —
त्रयः त्रयाणाम् लोकानाम्trayaḥ trayāṇām lokānāmthree — fit for the three worlds,
पर्याप्ताः इति मे मतिःparyāptāḥ iti me matiḥso is my opinion;
एवम् एषः तदा वीरevam eṣaḥ tadā vīrathus he then, O hero,
बलिभिः कुकुर-अन्धकैःbalibhiḥ kukura-andhakaiḥwas tolerated by the mighty Kukuras and Andhakas
वृष्णिभिः च महा-राजvṛṣṇibhiḥ ca mahā-rājaand by the Vrishnis, O great king,
नीति-हेतोः उपेक्षितःnīti-hetoḥ upekṣitaḥfor the sake of policy.'
तस्यास्तांtasyāstāṃoriginal form "tasyāstāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हंसडिभकाव्haṃsaḍibhakāvoriginal form "haṃsaḍibhakāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अशस्त्रनिधनाव्aśastranidhanāvoriginal form "aśastranidhanāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मतिमतांmatimatāṃoriginal form "matimatāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
युद्धशास्त्रविशारदौyuddhaśāstraviśāradauoriginal form "yuddhaśāstraviśāradau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाबलौmahābalauoriginal form "mahābalau", 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
एषeṣaoriginal form "eṣa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुकुरान्धकैःkukurāndhakaiḥoriginal form "kukurāndhakaiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृष्णिभिश्vṛṣṇibhiśoriginal form "vṛṣṇibhiś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाराजmahārājaoriginal form "mahārāja", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नीतिहेतोर्nītihetororiginal form "nītihetor", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here Krishna explains the long patience of the Vrishnis: it was held not by timidity but by policy — waiting for the right hour. It is significant that wisdom knows how to endure evil until its time without making peace with it: forbearance is not approval but calculation. Scripture thus shows patience as strategy, not weakness; and [next the plan to overthrow the tyrant turns into action].