sah -- he, Jarasandha; muktah -- freed; loka-nathabhyam -- by the two Lords of the universe; vriditah -- ashamed; vira -- by heroes; sammatah -- honored; tapase -- to perform austerities; krita-sankalpah -- having made up his mind; varitah -- was stopped; pathi -- on the road; rajabhih -- by kings; vakyaih -- with statements; pavitra -- purifying; artha -- having meanings; padaih -- with words; nayanaih -- with reasoning; prakritaih -- mundane; api -- also; sva -- own; karma-bandha -- due to the unavoidable reactions of past work; praptah -- obtained; ayam -- this; yadubhih -- by the Yadus; te -- your; parabhavah -- defeat.

Jarasandha, whom fighters had highly honored, was ashamed after being released by the two Lords of the universe, and thus he decided to undergo penances. On the road, however, several kings convinced him with both spiritual wisdom and mundane arguments that he should give up his idea of self-abnegation. They told him, "Your defeat by the Yadus was simply the unavoidable reaction of your past karma."