Å›aureḥ sapta-daÅ›Ähaá¹ vai
saá¹yugÄni parÄjitaḥ
trayo-vimśatibhiḥ sainyair
jigye ekam ahaá¹ param

 Å›aureḥ - with Kṛṣṇa; sapta-daÅ›a - seventeen; aham - I; vai - indeed; saá¹yugÄni - battles; parÄjitaḥ - lost; trayaḥ-vimÅ›atibhiḥ - twenty-three; sainyaiḥ - with armies; jigye - won; ekam - one; aham - I; param - only.


Text

In battle with Kṛṣṇa I and my twenty-three armies lost seventeen times; only once did I defeat Him.

Purport

JarÄsandha offers his own life as an example of the inevitable happiness and distress of this material world.