śrutvā - hearing; ajitam - unconquered; jarāsandham - Jarāsandha; nṛpateḥ - the King; dhyāyataḥ - as he pondered; hariḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; āha - told; upāyam - the means; tam - to him; eva - indeed; ādyaḥ - the original person; uddhavaḥ - Uddhava; yam - which; uvāca ha - had spoken.

When King Yudhiṣṭhira heard that Jarāsandha remained undefeated, he set to pondering, and then the primeval Lord, Hari, told him the means Uddhava had described for defeating Jarāsandha.