अनारमन्तो निघ्नन्तो महास्त्रैः शत्रुघातिभिः। न हन्यामो वयं तस्य त्रिभिर्वर्षशतैर्बलम्
Even if we fought without ceasing, striking with mighty weapons and slaying enemies, we could not destroy his army in three hundred years.
तस्य ह्यमरसङ्काशौ बलेन बलिनां वरौ। नामभ्यां हंसडिबिकावशस्त्रनिधनावुभौ
For he had two warriors, Hamsa and Dibhika by name, equal to immortals in strength, foremost among the mighty, both doomed to die by weapons.
तावुभौ सहितौ वीरौ जरासन्धश्च वीर्यवान्। त्रयस्त्रयाणां लोकानां पर्याप्ता इति मे मतिः
Those two heroes together, along with the powerful Jarasandha, were, in my judgment, sufficient to conquer the three worlds.
न हि केवलमस्माकं यावन्तोऽन्ये च पार्थिवाः। तथैव तेषामासीच्च बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतां वर
Indeed, not only we, but all the other kings as well, O best of the wise, held the same opinion.
अष्टादश मया तस्य सङ्ग्रामा रोमहर्षणाः। दत्ता न च हतो राजञ्जरासन्धो महाबलः
I fought eighteen thrilling battles against him, O King, but Jarasandha of great might was not slain.
अथ हंस इति ख्यातः कश्चिदासीन्महान्नृपः। रामेण स हतस्तत्र सङ्ग्रामेऽष्टादशावरे
Then there was a certain great king named Hamsa, renowned by that name, who was slain there in battle by Rama during the eighteenth encounter.
हतो हंस इति प्रोक्तस्य केनापि भारत। तच्छ्रुत्वा डिबिको राजन्यमुनाम्भस्यमज्जत
When it was said that Hamsa had been slain, O Bharata, upon hearing this, Dibhika, the royal warrior, drowned himself in the waters of the Yamuna.
विना हसेन लोकेऽस्मिन्नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे। इत्येतां मतिमास्थाय डिबिको निधनं गतः
Thinking, 'Without Hamsa, I cannot bear to live in this world,' Dibhika, holding to this resolve, met his end.
तथा तु डिबिकं श्रुत्वा हंसः परुपुरञ्जयः। प्रपेदे यमुनामेव सोपि तस्यां न्यमज्जत
Hearing thus the cry of the ḍibika bird, the swan, the conqueror of enemy cities, also entered the Yamunā and there submerged himself.
तौ स राजा जराजन्धः श्रुत्वा च निधनं गतौ। पुरं शून्येन मनसा प्रययौ भरतर्षभ
When the king Jarāsandha heard that both had met their end, he, with a desolate mind, departed for the city, O best of the Bharatas.
ततो वयमित्रघ्न तस्मिन्प्रतिगते नृपे। पुनरान्दिनः सर्वे मधुरायां वसामहे
Then, O slayer of enemies, after that king had departed, all of us Andhakas again dwelt in Madhurā.
यदा त्वभ्येत्य पितरं सा वै राजीवलोचना। कंसभार्या जरासन्धं दुहिता मागधं नृपम्। चोदयत्येव राजेन्द्र पतिव्यसनदुःखिता
Whenever the lotus-eyed wife of Kaṃsa, the daughter of the Magadha king Jarāsandha, approached her father, O king, afflicted by the sorrow of her husband's death, she would urge him.
पतिघ्नं मे जहीत्येवं पुनः पुनररिन्दम। ततो वयं महाराज तं मन्त्रं पूर्वमन्त्रितम्
Again and again she would say, 'Slay my husband's killer!' Thus, O destroyer of foes, we, O great king, recalled that counsel previously deliberated.
संस्मरन्तो विमनसो व्यपयाता नराधिप। पृथक्त्वेन महाराज सङ्क्षिप्य महतीं श्रियम्
Remembering that, our minds disturbed, we departed, O king of men, each separately, having abandoned great prosperity.
पलायामो भयात्तस्य ससुतज्ञातिबान्धवाः। इति सञ्चिन्त्य सर्वे स्म प्रतीचीं दिशमाश्रिताः
Out of fear of him, with sons, relatives, and kinsmen, we all considered and fled, taking refuge in the western direction.
कुशस्थलीं पुरीं रम्यां रैवतेनोपशोभिताम्। ततो निवेशं तस्यां च कृतवन्तो वयं नृप
We then made our settlement, O king, in the delightful city of Kuśasthalī, adorned by Raivata.
तथैव दुर्गसंस्कारं देवैरपि दुरासदम्। स्त्रियोऽपि यस्यां युध्येयुः किमु वृष्णिमहारथाः
There we fortified it, making it impregnable even for the gods; even women could fight there—what then of the mighty Vṛṣṇi warriors?
तस्यां वयममित्रघ्न निवसामोऽकुतोभयाः। आलोच्य गिरिमुख्यं तं मागधं तीर्णमेव च
There, O slayer of foes, we dwelt without fear, having considered that the great mountain and the Magadha king had been crossed.
माधवाः कुरुशार्दूल परां मुदमवाप्नुवन्। एवं वयं जरासन्धादभितः कृतकिल्बिषाः
The Mādhavas, O tiger among Kurus, attained supreme joy; thus we, though guilty before Jarāsandha, were safe.
सामर्थ्यवन्तः सम्बन्धाद्गोमन्तं समुपाश्रिताः। त्रियोजनायतं सद्म त्रिस्कन्धं योजनावधि
Being powerful and connected by kinship, we took refuge in Gomanta—a mansion three yojanas long, with three ramparts, extending for a yojana.
योजनान्ते शतद्वारं वीरविक्रमतोरणम्। अष्टादशावरैर्नद्धं क्षत्रियैर्युद्धदुर्मदैः
At the end of a yojana, with a hundred gates and heroic, valiant gateways, it was guarded by eighteen ramparts and Kṣatriyas fierce in battle.
अष्टादश सहस्राणि भ्रातृणां सन्ति नः कले। आहुकस्य शतं पुत्रा एकैकस्त्रिदशावरः
There are eighteen thousand brothers among us; Āhuka has a hundred sons, each one guarding three ramparts.
चारुदेष्णः सह भ्रात्रा चक्रदेवोऽथ सात्यकिः। अहं च रोहिणेयश्च साम्बः प्रद्युम्न एव च
Cārudeṣṇa with his brother, Cakradeva, Sātyaki, myself, the son of Rohiṇī, Sāmba, and Pradyumna as well.
एवमेते रथाः सप्त राजन्नन्यान्निबोध मे। कृतवर्मा ह्यनाधृष्टिः समीकः समिर्तिजयः
Thus, these are seven chariot-warriors, O king; now hear from me of others: Kṛtavarmā, Anādhṛṣṭi, Samīka, and Samīrtijaya.
कङ्कः शङ्कुश्च कुन्तिश्च सप्तैते वै महारथाः। `प्रद्युम्नश्चानिरुद्धश्च भानुरक्रूरसारणौ
Kaṅka, Śaṅku, and Kunti—these seven are great chariot-warriors; Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Bhānu, Akrūra, and Sāraṇa.
निशठश्च गदश्चैव सप्त चैते महारथाः। विकमो झिल्लिबभ्रू च उद्धवोऽथ विदूरथः
Niśaṭha and Gada, these two, and seven other great chariot-warriors: Vikama, Jhillika, Babhrū, Uddhava, and Vidūratha.
वसुदेवोग्रसेनौ च सप्तैते मन्त्रिपुङ्गवाः। प्रसेनजिच्च यमलो राजराजगुणान्वितः
Vasudeva, Ugrasena, and these seven foremost counselors, along with Prasenajit and Yamala, endowed with kingly virtues—
स्यमन्तको मणिर्यस्य रुक्मं निस्रुवते बहु। पुत्रौ चान्धकभोजस्य वृद्धो राजा च ते दश
—the Syamantaka jewel, from which much gold flows, belongs to him; and the two sons of Andhaka and Bhoja, the aged king, and these ten—
वज्रसंहनना वीरी वीर्यवन्तो महाबलाः। स्मरन्तो मध्यमं देशं वृष्णिवीरा गतज्वराः
—are heroes with bodies hard as thunderbolts, mighty and strong, remembering their central land, the Vṛṣṇi warriors, free from distress.
पाण्डवैश्चापि सततं नाथवन्तो वयं नृप। सर्वसम्पद्गुणैः सिद्धे तस्मिन्नेवं व्यवस्थिते
And we are always protected by the Pāṇḍavas, O King, endowed with all perfections and virtues, with matters thus established.