śaureḥ sapta-daśāhaḿ vai
saḿyugāni parājitaḥ
trayo-viḿśatibhiḥ sainyair
jigye ekam ahaḿ param
saureh -- with Krishna; sapta-dasa -- seventeen; aham -- I; vai -- indeed; samyugani -- battles; parajitah -- lost; trayah-vimsatibhih -- twenty-three; sainyaih -- with armies; jigye -- won; ekam -- one; aham -- I; param -- only.
In battle with Krishna I and my twenty-three armies lost seventeen times; only once did I defeat Him.
Jarasandha offers his own life as an example of the inevitable happiness and distress of this material world.
