haniṣyāmi balaḿ hy etad

bhuvi bhāraḿ samāhitam

māgadhena samānītaḿ

vaśyānāḿ sarva-bhūbhujām

akṣauhiṇībhiḥ sańkhyātaḿ

bhaṭāśva-ratha-kuñjaraiḥ

māgadhas tu na hantavyo

bhūyaḥ kartā balodyamam

hanishyami -- I will kill; balam -- army; hi -- certainly; etat -- this; bhuvi -- upon the earth; bharam -- a burden; samahitam -- collected; magadhena -- by the King of Magadha, Jarasandha; samanitam -- brought together; vasyanam -- subservient; sarva -- all; bhu-bhujam -- of the kings; akshauhinibhih -- in akshauhinis; sankhyatam -- counted; bhata -- (consisting) of foot soldiers; asva -- horses; ratha -- chariots; kunjaraih -- and elephants; magadhah -- Jarasandha; tu -- however; na hantavyah -- should not be killed; bhuyah -- again; karta -- he will make; bala -- (to collect) an army; udyamam -- the endeavor.


Texto

[The Supreme Lord thought:] Since it is such a burden on the earth, I will destroy Jarasandha's army, consisting of akshauhinis of foot soldiers, horses, chariots and elephants, which the King of Magadha has assembled from all subservient kings and brought together here. But Jarasandha himself should not be killed, since in the future he will certainly assemble another army.

Significado

After due consideration, Lord Krishna decided that since He had descended to the earth to destroy the demons, and since Jarasandha was so enthusiastic to bring all the demons to the Lord's front door, it was definitely more efficient to keep Jarasandha alive and busy.