haniá¹£yÄmi balaá¹ hy etad
bhuvi bhÄraá¹ samÄhitam
mÄgadhena samÄnÄ«taá¹
vaÅ›yÄnÄá¹ sarva-bhÅ«bhujÄm
aká¹£auhiṇībhiḥ saá¹…khyÄtaá¹
bhaá¹ÄÅ›va-ratha-kuñjaraiḥ
mÄgadhas tu na hantavyo
bhÅ«yaḥ kartÄ balodyamam
haniá¹£yÄmi - I will kill; balam - army; hi - certainly; etat - this; bhuvi - upon the earth; bhÄram - a burden; samÄhitam - collected; mÄgadhena - by the King of Magadha, JarÄsandha; samÄnÄ«tam - brought together; vaÅ›yÄnÄm - subservient; sarva - all; bhÅ«-bhujÄm - of the kings; aká¹£auhiṇībhiḥ - in aká¹£auhiṇīs; saá¹…khyÄtam - counted; bhaá¹a - (consisting) of foot soldiers; aÅ›va - horses; ratha - chariots; kuñjaraiḥ - and elephants; mÄgadhaḥ - JarÄsandha; tu - however; na hantavyaḥ - should not be killed; bhÅ«yaḥ - again; kartÄ - he will make; bala - (to collect) an army; udyamam - the endeavor.
[The Supreme Lord thought:] Since it is such a burden on the earth, I will destroy JarÄsandha’s army, consisting of aká¹£auhiṇīs of foot soldiers, horses, chariots and elephants, which the King of Magadha has assembled from all subservient kings and brought together here. But JarÄsandha himself should not be killed, since in the future he will certainly assemble another army.
After due consideration, Lord Kṛṣṇa decided that since He had descended to the earth to destroy the demons, and since JarÄsandha was so enthusiastic to bring all the demons to the Lord’s front door, it was definitely more efficient to keep JarÄsandha alive and busy.
