Krishna Challenges Jarasandha

Verse 1 (2.22.1)

न स्मरामि कदा वैरं कृतं युष्माभिरित्युत । चिन्तयंश्च न पश्यामि भवतां प्रति वैकृतम् ॥

na smarāmi kadā vairaṃ kṛtaṃ yuṣmābhirityuta | cintayaṃśca na paśyāmi bhavatāṃ prati vaikṛtam

"I do not recall that there was ever any enmity between us; and though I think it over, I see no wrong I have done you.

Verse 2 (2.22.2)

वैकृते वा सति कथं मन्यध्वं मामनागसम् । अरिं वै ब्रूत हे विप्राः सतां समय एष हि ॥

vaikṛte vā sati kathaṃ manyadhvaṃ māmanāgasam | ariṃ vai brūta he viprāḥ satāṃ samaya eṣa hi

"Or if there was some wrong, tell me: how can you take me, who am innocent, for an enemy? Speak, brahmins, for that is the custom of the good.

Verse 3 (2.22.3)

अर्थधर्मोपघाताद्धि मनः समुपतप्यते । योऽनागसि प्रसजति क्षत्रियो हि न संशयः ॥

arthadharmopaghātāddhi manaḥ samupatapyate | yo'nāgasi prasajati kṣatriyo hi na saṃśayaḥ

"For the mind is pained when wealth and dharma are harmed. The kshatriya who falls upon an innocent man — of that there is no doubt —

Note on the text: Corrected संशयटः → संशयः (misprint in Wikisource; stray akshara, as in the critical edition).

Verse 4 (2.22.4)

अतोऽन्यथा चरँल्लोके धर्मज्ञः सन्महारथः । वृजिनां गतिमाप्नोति श्रेयसोऽप्युपहन्ति च ॥

ato'nyathā caram̐lloke dharmajñaḥ sanmahārathaḥ | vṛjināṃ gatimāpnoti śreyaso'pyupahanti ca

"acting thus against what is right in the world, though he knows dharma and is a great chariot-warrior, goes the way of sinners and destroys his own welfare.

Verse 5 (2.22.5)

त्रैलोक्ये क्षत्रधर्मो हि श्रेयान्वै साधुचारिणाम् । नान्यं धर्मं प्रशंसन्ति ये च धर्मविदो जनाः ॥

trailokye kṣatradharmo hi śreyānvai sādhucāriṇām | nānyaṃ dharmaṃ praśaṃsanti ye ca dharmavido janāḥ

"In the three worlds the dharma of the kshatriya is the best for those of good conduct; those who know dharma praise no other.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds, with a different reading, to 2.20.5ab; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 6 (2.22.6)

तस्य मेऽद्य स्थितस्येह स्वधर्मे नियतात्मनः । अनागसं प्रजानां च प्रमादादिव जल्पथ ॥

tasya me'dya sthitasyeha svadharme niyatātmanaḥ | anāgasaṃ prajānāṃ ca pramādādiva jalpatha

"I stand firm today in my own dharma, self-controlled and innocent towards my subjects; yet you talk as if out of folly."

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line corresponds to 2.20.5cd.

Verse 7 (2.22.7)

कुलकार्यं महाबाहो कश्चिदेकः कुलोद्वहः । वहते यस्तन्नियोगाद्वयमभ्युद्यतास्त्वयि ॥

kulakāryaṃ mahābāho kaścidekaḥ kulodvahaḥ | vahate yastanniyogādvayamabhyudyatāstvayi

"Mighty-armed one, there is one among us, the upholder of his line, who bears the burden of his house; at his command we have risen against you.

Verse 8 (2.22.8)

त्वया चोपहृता राजन्क्षत्रिया लोकवासिनः । तदागः क्रूरमुत्पाद्य मन्यसे किमनागसम् ॥

tvayā copahṛtā rājankṣatriyā lokavāsinaḥ | tadāgaḥ krūramutpādya manyase kimanāgasam

"You have carried off the kshatriyas who dwell in the world, O king. Having done that cruel wrong, how can you think yourself innocent?

Verse 9 (2.22.9)

राजा राज्ञः कथं साधून्हिंस्यान्नृपतिसत्तम । तद्राज्ञः सन्निगृह्य त्वं रुद्रायोपजिहीर्षसि ॥

rājā rājñaḥ kathaṃ sādhūnhiṃsyānnṛpatisattama | tadrājñaḥ sannigṛhya tvaṃ rudrāyopajihīrṣasi

"How can a king harm good kings, best of rulers? Yet you have imprisoned kings and mean to offer them up to Rudra.

Verse 10 (2.22.10)

अस्मांस्तदेनोपगच्छेत्कृतं बार्हद्रथ त्वया । वयं हि शक्ता धर्मस्य रक्षणे धर्मचारिणः ॥

asmāṃstadenopagacchetkṛtaṃ bārhadratha tvayā | vayaṃ hi śaktā dharmasya rakṣaṇe dharmacāriṇaḥ

"That sin, committed by you, son of Brihadratha, would fall on us too; for we walk in dharma and are able to protect it.

Note on the text: Corrected हिं → हि (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, as in the critical edition).

Verse 11 (2.22.11)

तस्मादद्योपगच्छामस्तव बार्हद्रथान्तिकम् । मनुष्याणां समालम्भो न च दृष्टः कदाचन । स कथं मानुषैर्देवं यष्टुमिच्छसि शङ्करम् ॥

tasmādadyopagacchāmastava bārhadrathāntikam | manuṣyāṇāṃ samālambho na ca dṛṣṭaḥ kadācana | sa kathaṃ mānuṣairdevaṃ yaṣṭumicchasi śaṅkaram

"That is why we have come to you today, son of Brihadratha. The slaughter of human beings in sacrifice has never been seen anywhere; how then can you wish to worship the god Shankara with men?

Note on the text: Removed Wikisource's interpolation marks (` … ') around the bracketed text. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second and third lines are 2.20.10.

Verse 12 (2.22.12)

सवर्णो हि सवर्णानां पशुसञ्ज्ञां करिष्यसि । कोऽन्य एवं यथा हि त्वं जरासन्ध वृथामतिः ॥

savarṇo hi savarṇānāṃ paśusañjñāṃ kariṣyasi | ko'nya evaṃ yathā hi tvaṃ jarāsandha vṛthāmatiḥ

"You, of the same class as they, would treat men of your own class as sacrificial beasts! Who else is like you, Jarasandha, so misguided?

Note on the text: Corrected कोऽन्यं → कोऽन्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, as the critical edition reads ko 'nya).

Verse 13 (2.22.13)

यस्यां यस्यामवस्थायां यद्यत्कर्म करोति यः । तस्यां तस्यामवस्थायां तत्फलं समवाप्नुयात् ॥

yasyāṃ yasyāmavasthāyāṃ yadyatkarma karoti yaḥ | tasyāṃ tasyāmavasthāyāṃ tatphalaṃ samavāpnuyāt

"Whatever deed a man does in whatever condition, in that very condition he will reap its fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 14 (2.22.14)

ते त्वां ज्ञातिक्षयकरं यममार्तानुसारिणः । ज्ञातिवृद्धिनिमित्तार्थं विनिहन्तुमिहागताः ॥

te tvāṃ jñātikṣayakaraṃ yamamārtānusāriṇaḥ | jñātivṛddhinimittārthaṃ vinihantumihāgatāḥ

"We, who stand by the afflicted, have come here to strike you down — a very Yama, destroyer of kinsmen — so that our kin may prosper.

Verse 15 (2.22.15)

नास्ति लोके पुमानन्यः क्षत्रियेष्विति चैव तत् । मन्यसे स च ते राजन्सुमहान्बुद्धिविप्लवः ॥

nāsti loke pumānanyaḥ kṣatriyeṣviti caiva tat | manyase sa ca te rājansumahānbuddhiviplavaḥ

"You think there is no other man among the kshatriyas of the world; and that, O king, is a very great delusion of your mind.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षत्रियोष्विति → क्षत्रियेष्विति (misprint in Wikisource; ो for े, as in the critical edition).

Verse 16 (2.22.16)

को हि जानन्नभिजनमात्मवान्क्षत्रियो नृप । नाविशेत्स्वर्गमतुलं रणानन्तरमव्ययम् ॥

ko hi jānannabhijanamātmavānkṣatriyo nṛpa | nāviśetsvargamatulaṃ raṇānantaramavyayam

"What self-possessed kshatriya, O king, knowing his own lineage, would not enter the matchless, imperishable heaven that follows battle?

Verse 17 (2.22.17)

स्वर्गं ह्येव समास्थाय रणयज्ञेषु दीक्षिताः । जयन्ति क्षत्रिया लोकांस्तद्विद्धि मनुजर्षभ ॥

svargaṃ hyeva samāsthāya raṇayajñeṣu dīkṣitāḥ | jayanti kṣatriyā lokāṃstadviddhi manujarṣabha

"Setting their minds on heaven alone and consecrated for the sacrifice of battle, kshatriyas win the worlds; know this, bull among men.

Verse 18 (2.22.18)

स्वर्गयोनिर्महद्ब्रह्म स्वर्गयोनिर्महद्यशः । स्वर्गयोनिस्तपो युद्धे मृत्युः सोऽव्यभिचारवान् ॥

svargayonirmahadbrahma svargayonirmahadyaśaḥ | svargayonistapo yuddhe mṛtyuḥ so'vyabhicāravān

"The great Veda is a source of heaven, great fame is a source of heaven, austerity is a source of heaven; but death in battle is the way to it that never fails.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वर्गं योनिस्तपो → स्वर्गयोनिस्तपो (misprint in Wikisource; the compound is broken apart, cf. the two स्वर्गयोनिः before it and the critical edition).

Verse 19 (2.22.19)

एष ह्यैन्द्रो वैजयन्तो गुणैर्नित्यं समाहितः । येनासुरान्पराजित्य जगत्पाति शतक्रतुः ॥

eṣa hyaindro vaijayanto guṇairnityaṃ samāhitaḥ | yenāsurānparājitya jagatpāti śatakratuḥ

"This is Indra's Vaijayanta, ever rich in virtues, by which Shatakratu defeated the asuras and protects the world.

Verse 20 (2.22.20)

स्वर्गमार्गाय कस्य स्याद्विग्रहो वै यथा तव । मागधैर्विपुलैः सैन्यैर्बाहुल्यबलदर्पितः ॥

svargamārgāya kasya syādvigraho vai yathā tava | māgadhairvipulaiḥ sainyairbāhulyabaladarpitaḥ

"For whom could war be such a road to heaven as it is for you, swollen with pride in the strength of your vast Magadha armies?

Verse 21 (2.22.21)

माऽवमंस्थाः परान्राजन्नास्ति वीर्यं नरे नरे । समं तेजस्त्वया चैव विशिष्टं वा नरेश्वर ॥

mā'vamaṃsthāḥ parānrājannāsti vīryaṃ nare nare | samaṃ tejastvayā caiva viśiṣṭaṃ vā nareśvara

"Do not despise others, O king. There is valour in man after man; there may be prowess equal to yours, or even greater, lord of men.

Note on the text: Corrected चेजस्त्वया → तेजस्त्वया (misprint in Wikisource; च for त, as the critical edition reads tejas tvayā).

Verse 22 (2.22.22)

यावदेतदसम्बुद्धं तावदेव भवेत्तव । विषह्यमेतदस्माकमतो राजन्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

yāvadetadasambuddhaṃ tāvadeva bhavettava | viṣahyametadasmākamato rājanbravīmi te

"Only so long as this goes unrecognised can your pride last. But it is something we are able to overcome; that is why I tell you this, O king.

Verse 23 (2.22.23)

जहि त्वं सदृशेष्वेव मानं दर्पं च मागध । मा गमः ससुतामात्यः सबलश्च यमक्षयम् ॥

jahi tvaṃ sadṛśeṣveva mānaṃ darpaṃ ca māgadha | mā gamaḥ sasutāmātyaḥ sabalaśca yamakṣayam

"Cast off your conceit and pride before your equals, king of Magadha, lest you go to Yama's abode with your sons, ministers and army.

Verse 24 (2.22.24)

दम्भोद्भवः कार्तवीर्य उत्तरश्च बृहद्रथः । श्रेयसो ह्यवमत्येह विनेशुः सबला नृपाः ॥

dambhodbhavaḥ kārtavīrya uttaraśca bṛhadrathaḥ | śreyaso hyavamatyeha vineśuḥ sabalā nṛpāḥ

"Dambhodbhava, Kartavirya, Uttara and Brihadratha — these kings perished with their armies because they scorned their betters.

Verse 25 (2.22.25)

युयुक्षमाणास्त्वत्तो हि न वयं ब्राह्मणा ध्रुवम् । शौरिरस्मि हृषीकेशो नृवीरौ पाण्डवाविमौ । अनयोर्मातुलेयं च कृष्णं मां विद्धि ते रिपुम् ॥

yuyukṣamāṇāstvatto hi na vayaṃ brāhmaṇā dhruvam | śaurirasmi hṛṣīkeśo nṛvīrau pāṇḍavāvimau | anayormātuleyaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ māṃ viddhi te ripum

"We who are eager to grapple with you are certainly not brahmins. I am Shauri, Hrishikesha, and these two heroes are Pandavas. Know me as Krishna, their mother's brother's son, and your enemy.

Note on the text: The first two lines are 2.20.23 (with a different reading); the third line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (2.22.26)

त्वामाह्वयामहे राजन्स्थिरो युध्यस्व मागध । मुञ्च वा नृपतीन्सर्वान् गच्छ वा त्वं यमक्षयम् ॥

tvāmāhvayāmahe rājansthiro yudhyasva māgadha | muñca vā nṛpatīnsarvān gaccha vā tvaṃ yamakṣayam

"We challenge you, O king. Stand firm and fight, king of Magadha! Either set all the kings free, or go to Yama's abode."

Note on the text: Corrected युध्वस्व → युध्यस्व (misprint in Wikisource; व for य) and मुच्छ → मुञ्च (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct), both as in the critical edition.

Verse 27 (2.22.27)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा जरासन्धः क्रुद्धो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

etacchrutvā jarāsandhaḥ kruddho vacanamabravīt

Hearing this, Jarasandha spoke in anger:

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "`वैशम्पायन उवाच", which had slipped into the verse text with a wiki mark; Wikisource prints only this one line as verse 27. Speaker corrected from कृष्ण (carried over) to वैशम्पायन. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 28 (2.22.28)

नाहं कंसः प्रलम्बो वा न बाणो न च मुष्टिकः । नरको नेन्द्रतपनो न केशी न च पूतना ॥

nāhaṃ kaṃsaḥ pralambo vā na bāṇo na ca muṣṭikaḥ | narako nendratapano na keśī na ca pūtanā

"I am not Kamsa, nor Pralamba, nor Bana, nor Mushtika; not Naraka, not Indratapana, not Keshi, nor Putana,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 29 (2.22.29)

न कालयवनो वाऽपि ये त्वया निहता युधि । त्वं तु गोपकुलोत्पन्नो जातिं वै पौर्विकीं स्मर ॥

na kālayavano vā'pi ye tvayā nihatā yudhi | tvaṃ tu gopakulotpanno jātiṃ vai paurvikīṃ smara

"nor even Kalayavana — those whom you killed in battle. You were born in a family of cowherds; remember the station you were born to,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 30 (2.22.30)

योऽस्मद्भयादतिक्रम्य सागरानूपमाश्रितः । जन्मभूमिं परित्यज्य मधुरां प्राकृतो यथा ॥

yo'smadbhayādatikramya sāgarānūpamāśritaḥ | janmabhūmiṃ parityajya madhurāṃ prākṛto yathā

"you who, out of fear of me, ran off and took refuge in the marshland by the sea, abandoning your birthplace Madhura like a common man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 31 (2.22.31)

सोऽधुना कत्थसे शौरे शरदीव यथा घनः । अद्यानृण्यं करिष्यामि भोजराजस्य धीमतः ॥

so'dhunā katthase śaure śaradīva yathā ghanaḥ | adyānṛṇyaṃ kariṣyāmi bhojarājasya dhīmataḥ

"And now, Shauri, you boast like a cloud in autumn. Today I shall pay my debt to the wise king of the Bhojas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 32 (2.22.32)

जामातुरौग्रसेनस्य त्वां निहत्याद्य माधव । चिरकाङ्क्षितो मे सङ्ग्रामस्त्वां हन्तुं ससुहृद्गणम् ॥

jāmāturaugrasenasya tvāṃ nihatyādya mādhava | cirakāṅkṣito me saṅgrāmastvāṃ hantuṃ sasuhṛdgaṇam

"my son-in-law, the son of Ugrasena — by killing you today, Madhava. Long have I wanted a battle with you, to kill you together with your band of friends.

Note on the text: Corrected समुहृद्गुणम् → ससुहृद्गणम् (misprint in Wikisource; म for स and गु for ग, as the critical edition's apparatus reads sasuhṛdgaṇam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 33 (2.22.33)

दिष्ट्या मे सफलो यत्नः कृतो देवैः सवासवैः । क्लीबाविमौ च गोविन्द भीमसेनार्जुनावुभौ ॥

diṣṭyā me saphalo yatnaḥ kṛto devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ | klībāvimau ca govinda bhīmasenārjunāvubhau

"By good fortune the gods, with Vasava, have made my effort bear fruit. And these two weaklings, Govinda, Bhimasena and Arjuna both,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 34 (2.22.34)

हिंस्यामि युधि विक्रम्य सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगाविव ॥

hiṃsyāmi yudhi vikramya siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgāviva

"I shall kill in battle with my prowess, as a lion kills two small deer."

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading वैशम्पायन उवाच between the two halves of verse 34 (2-22-34x); this half ends Jarasandha's speech. Corrected हिंस्यासि → हिंस्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; स for म, as the critical edition's apparatus reads hiṃsyāmi). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 35 (2.22.35)

तस्य रोषाभिभूतस्य जरासन्धस्य गर्जतः ॥

tasya roṣābhibhūtasya jarāsandhasya garjataḥ

As Jarasandha roared, overcome with fury,

Note on the text: Split: second half of Wikisource verse 34, after the heading वैशम्पायन उवाच; speaker set to वैशम्पायन. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 36 (2.22.36)

सर्वभूतानि वित्रेसुर्ये तत्रासन्समागताः ॥

sarvabhūtāni vitresurye tatrāsansamāgatāḥ

all the beings gathered there trembled.

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading श्रीभगवानुवाच between the two halves of verse 35 (2-22-35x); this half closes Vaishampayana's narration. Corrected वित्रेमुषे → वित्रेसुर्ये (misprint in Wikisource; as the critical edition's apparatus reads vitresur ye). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 37 (2.22.37)

किं गर्जसि जरासन्ध कर्मणा तत्समाचर ॥

kiṃ garjasi jarāsandha karmaṇā tatsamācara

"Why do you roar, Jarasandha? Carry it out in deed.

Note on the text: Split: second half of Wikisource verse 35, after the heading श्रीभगवानुवाच; speaker set to श्रीभगवान् (Krishna). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 38 (2.22.38)

मम निर्देशकर्तृभ्यां पाण्डवाभ्यां नृपाधम । सामात्यं ससुतं चाद्य घातयिष्याम्यहं रणे । न कथञ्चन जीवन्वै प्रवेक्ष्यसि पुरोत्तमम् ॥

mama nirdeśakartṛbhyāṃ pāṇḍavābhyāṃ nṛpādhama | sāmātyaṃ sasutaṃ cādya ghātayiṣyāmyahaṃ raṇe | na kathañcana jīvanvai pravekṣyasi purottamam

"Through these two Pandavas who carry out my orders, basest of kings, I shall have you killed in battle today, along with your ministers and sons. In no way will you enter your fine city alive."

Note on the text: Removed the closing interpolation mark (') of the bracketed passage. Corrected मात्यं → सामात्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, the line is a syllable short; the critical edition's apparatus reads sāmātyam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in its apparatus after 2.20.24 (appendix passage 5).

Verse 39 (2.22.39)

नाजितान्वै नरपतीनहमादद्मि काश्चन । अजितः पर्यवस्थाता कोऽत्र यो न मया जितः ॥

nājitānvai narapatīnahamādadmi kāścana | ajitaḥ paryavasthātā ko'tra yo na mayā jitaḥ

"I never take any king who is unconquered. Who here stands against me unconquered — who is there whom I have not conquered?

Verse 40 (2.22.40)

क्षत्रियस्यैतदेवाहुर्धर्म्यं कृष्णोपजीवनम् । विक्रम्य वशमानीय कामतो यत्समाचरेत् ॥

kṣatriyasyaitadevāhurdharmyaṃ kṛṣṇopajīvanam | vikramya vaśamānīya kāmato yatsamācaret

"This, Krishna, is said to be the righteous livelihood of a kshatriya: to overcome by prowess, bring under his power, and then do as he pleases.

Verse 41 (2.22.41)

देवतार्थमुपाहृत्य राज्ञः कृष्ण कथं भयात् । अहमद्य विमुञ्चेयं क्षात्रं व्रतमनुस्मरन् ॥

devatārthamupāhṛtya rājñaḥ kṛṣṇa kathaṃ bhayāt | ahamadya vimuñceyaṃ kṣātraṃ vratamanusmaran

"Having brought the kings here for the deity, how could I set them free today out of fear, Krishna, mindful as I am of the kshatriya's vow?

Note on the text: Corrected देवातार्थम् → देवतार्थम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign) and विमुच्येयं → विमुञ्चेयं (misprint in Wikisource; the passive form cannot take राज्ञः as object), both as in the critical edition.

Verse 42 (2.22.42)

सैन्यं सैन्येन व्यूढेन एक एकेन वा पुनः । द्वाभ्यां त्रिभिर्वा योत्स्येऽहं युगपत्पृथगेव वा ॥

sainyaṃ sainyena vyūḍhena eka ekena vā punaḥ | dvābhyāṃ tribhirvā yotsye'haṃ yugapatpṛthageva vā

"Army against arrayed army, or one against one, or against two or three — I will fight, all at once or each in turn."

Note on the text: Corrected युगत् → युगपत् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, as in the critical edition).

Verse 43 (2.22.43)

एवमुक्त्वा जरासन्धः सहदेवाभिषेचनम् । आज्ञापयत्तदा राजा युयुत्सुर्भीमकर्मभिः ॥

evamuktvā jarāsandhaḥ sahadevābhiṣecanam | ājñāpayattadā rājā yuyutsurbhīmakarmabhiḥ

Having spoken thus, King Jarasandha, eager to fight those men of terrible deeds, then ordered the consecration of Sahadeva.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from the misprinted heading वैशम्पाय to वैशम्पायन. Corrected अज्ञापयत् → आज्ञापयत् (misprint in Wikisource; short अ for आ) and ययुत्सुः → युयुत्सुः (misprint in Wikisource; य for यु), both as in the critical edition.

Verse 44 (2.22.44)

स तु सेनापतिं राजा सस्मार भरतर्षभ । कौशिकं चित्रसेनं च तस्मिन्युद्ध उपस्थिते ॥

sa tu senāpatiṃ rājā sasmāra bharatarṣabha | kauśikaṃ citrasenaṃ ca tasminyuddha upasthite

Then, bull among the Bharatas, as the battle drew near, the king called to mind his commanders, Kaushika and Chitrasena,

Verse 45 (2.22.45)

ययोस्ते नामनी राजन्हंसेति डिबिकेति च । पूर्वं सङ्कथिते पुम्भिर्नृलोके लोकसत्कृते ॥

yayoste nāmanī rājanhaṃseti ḍibiketi ca | pūrvaṃ saṅkathite pumbhirnṛloke lokasatkṛte

whose names, O king, were Hamsa and Dibika — names once spoken of by men in the world of men and honoured everywhere.

Verse 46 (2.22.46)

तं तु राजन्विभुः शौरी राजानं बलिनां वरम् । स्मृत्वा पुरुषशार्दूलः शार्दूलसमविक्रमम् ॥

taṃ tu rājanvibhuḥ śaurī rājānaṃ balināṃ varam | smṛtvā puruṣaśārdūlaḥ śārdūlasamavikramam

But the mighty Shauri, tiger among men, O king, remembering that the king, best of the strong, was a tiger in prowess,

Verse 47 (2.22.47)

सत्यसन्धो जरासन्धं भुवि भीमपराक्रमम् । भागमन्यस्य निर्दिष्टमवध्यं मधुभिर्मृधे ॥

satyasandho jarāsandhaṃ bhuvi bhīmaparākramam | bhāgamanyasya nirdiṣṭamavadhyaṃ madhubhirmṛdhe

and true to his word, regarding Jarasandha, of terrible prowess on earth, as the share assigned to another, not to be slain in battle by the Madhus,

Note on the text: Corrected मधुर्भिर्मृधेः → मधुभिर्मृधे (misprint in Wikisource; stray repha and visarga; Wikisource's own footnote glosses मधुभिः as यादवैः).

Verse 48 (2.22.48)

नात्मनाऽऽत्मवतां मुख्य इयेष मधुसूदनः । ब्राह्मीमाज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य हन्तुं हलधरानुजः ॥

nātmanā''tmavatāṃ mukhya iyeṣa madhusūdanaḥ | brāhmīmājñāṃ puraskṛtya hantuṃ haladharānujaḥ

Madhusudana, foremost of the self-possessed, younger brother of the plough-bearer, honouring Brahma's command, did not wish to kill him himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).