ताम् आपतन्तीं दृष्ट्वैव गदां रोहिणिनन्दनः ॥
प्रतिघातार्थम् अस्त्रं वै स्थूणाकर्णम् अवासृजत् ॥
अस्त्रवेगप्रतिहता सा गदा प्रापतद् भुवि ॥
दारयन्ती धरां देवीं कम्पयन्तीव पर्वतान् ॥
तत्र स्म राक्षसी घोरा जरा नामाशुविक्रमा ॥
संधयाम् आस तं जातं जरासंधम् अरिंदमम् ॥
द्वाभ्यां जातो हि मातृभ्याम् अर्धदेहः पृथक् पृथक् ॥
तया स संधितो यस्माज् जरासंधस् ततः स्मृतः ॥
tām āpatantīṃ dṛṣṭvaiva gadāṃ rohiṇinandanaḥ ||
pratighātārtham astraṃ vai sthūṇākarṇam avāsṛjat ||
astravegapratihatā sā gadā prāpatad bhuvi ||
dārayantī dharāṃ devīṃ kampayantīva parvatān ||
tatra sma rākṣasī ghorā jarā nāmāśuvikramā ||
saṃdhayām āsa taṃ jātaṃ jarāsaṃdham ariṃdamam ||
dvābhyāṃ jāto hi mātṛbhyām ardhadehaḥ pṛthak pṛthak ||
tayā sa saṃdhito yasmāj jarāsaṃdhas tataḥ smṛtaḥ ||
"Having seen the mace rushing on, the son of Rohini [Balarama], to repel it, released the weapon Sthunakarna. Repelled by the force of the weapon, that mace fell to the ground, splitting the goddess Earth, as if shaking the mountains. There was a fearsome rakshasi there, named Jara, swift in valor; she joined that [newborn], Jarasandha, subduer of foes. For he was born of two mothers, in half-bodies, separately; by her he was joined, and hence he is called 'Jarasandha' [joined by Jara]."
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The name Jarasandha preserves the secret of his birth: an infant split in two, joined by the rakshasi Jara. It is significant that the enemy's very name records his nature — assembled from parts, incomplete by birth. This verse teaches that legends weave destiny into a name: as Karna is "the Cutter," so Jarasandha is "the Joined"; and behind every epithet stands a story explaining both the nature and the fate of its bearer.