SB 1.15.9
तेनाहृताः प्रमथनाथमखाय भूपा यन्मोचितास्तदनयन्बलिमध्वरे ते ॥ ९ ॥
āryo’nujas tava gajāyuta-sattva-vīryaḥ
tenāhṛtāḥ pramatha-nātha-makhāya bhūpā
yan-mocitās tad-anayan balim adhvare te
Synonyms
yat-tejasā — by whose [i.e., His] prowess; tava — your; anujaḥ — younger brother; āryaḥ — the honorable [Bhīma, my elder brother (mama jyeṣṭha-bhrātā bhīmaḥ);38 who is honorable by me (pūjyaḥ)39]; sattva — [who possesses] the dynamic will [utsāha-śakti40]; vīryaḥ — [and] strength [balaṁ ca]; gaja-ayuta — [of] ten thousand elephants; ahan — killed [hatavān]; nṛpa-śiraḥ-aṅghrim — he who used to place his foot on the heads of defeated kings [i.e., Jarāsandha (nṛpa-śiraḥsv aṅghrir yasya tam jarāsandham)]; makha-artham — [he did so] to facilitate the Rājasūya sacrifice [which could not have taken place without the latter’s defeat (tan-nirjayaṁ vinā rājasūya-makhānupapatteḥ)]; [upon his death (taṁ hatvā)]; bhūpāḥ — the kings; āhṛtāḥ — who were being held captive; tena — by him [Jarāsandha]; makhāya — for a sacrifice; pramatha-nātha — [to] the lord of the goblin horde, Mahā Bhairava; yat — [were] thereby [(yasmāt); (yataḥ)41]; mocitāḥ — freed; tat — [and] on this account [(tasmāt); for this reason (tat-tato hetoḥ)42]; anayan — they brought; balim — tributes; te — [to] your; adhvare — Rājasūya sacrifice.
Translation
By His prowess, your younger brother, the honorable Bhīma, who possesses the dynamic will and strength of ten thousand elephants, killed Jarāsandha, who used to place his foot on the heads of defeated kings. He did so to facilitate the Rājasūya sacrifice [which could not have taken place without the latter’s defeat]. Upon Jarāsandha’s death, the kings who were being held captive by him for a sacrifice to the lord of the goblin horde, Mahā Bhairava, were thereby freed, and on this account, they brought tributes to your Rājasūya sacrifice.