ye ca dig-vijaye tasya

sannatiḿ na yayur nṛpāḥ

prasahya ruddhās tenāsann

ayute dve girivraje

ye -- those who; ca -- and; dik-vijaye -- during the conquest of all directions; tasya -- by him (Jarasandha); sannatim -- complete subservience; na yayuh -- did not accept; nripah -- kings; prasahya -- by force; ruddhah -- made captive; tena -- by him; asan -- they were; ayute -- ten thousands; dve -- two; giri-vraje -- in the fortress known as Girivraja.


Texto

Twenty thousand kings who had refused to submit absolutely to Jarasandha during his world conquest had been forcibly imprisoned by him in the fortress named Girivraja.

Significado

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti points out that these kings refused the payment of tribute and other forms of submission to Jarasandha. Also, there is a well-known account in the Mahabharata and other literatures that Jarasandha desired to worship Maha-bhairava by offering him the lives of one hundred thousand kings in sacrifice.