SB 1.8.5–6
घातयित्वासतो राज्ञः कचस्पर्शक्षतायुषः ॥ ५ ॥
याजयित्वाश्वमेधैस्तं त्रिभिरुत्तमकल्पकैः ।
तद्यशः पावनं दिक्षु शतमन्योरिवातनोत् ॥ ६ ॥
ghātayitvāsato rājñaḥ kaca-sparśa-kṣatāyuṣaḥ
yājayitvāśvamedhais taṁ tribhir uttama-kalpakaiḥ
tad-yaśaḥ pāvanaṁ dikṣu śata-manyor ivātanot
Synonyms
sādhayitvā — having restored; ajāta-śatroḥ — King Yudhiṣṭhira’s [who is known as ajāta-śatruḥ because his fair-fighting enemy was never born (ajātaḥ suyodhanaḥ śatrur yasya saḥ tathoktaḥ)12]; svam rājyam — own kingdom; hṛtam — that was seized; kitavaiḥ — by the cheaters [or gamblers (dhūrtaiḥ), Duryodhana and party13]; ghātayitvā — having brought about the destruction; asataḥ — of the unrighteous [duṣṭān14]; rājñaḥ — kings [Duḥśāsana and others, employing Bhīma, Arjuna, and others as instruments (bhīmārjunādibhiḥ)15]; āyuṣaḥ — [whose] lifespan; kṣata — was diminished [(kṣīṇam); or nullified (naṣṭam)16]; sparśa — [by] touching [or grasping (grahaṇenaiva)]; kaca — the hair [of Queen Draupadī (rājñā draupadyāḥ keśa-pāśa)]; tam yājayitvā17 — [and] by prompting him [Yudhiṣṭhira] to perform; tribhiḥ — three; aśvamedhaiḥ — horse sacrifices; uttama — with the finest; kalpakaiḥ — ceremonial arrangements; [Kṛṣṇa]; atanot — spread [vistārayāmāsa]; tat — his [the king’s]; pāvanam — pious [pavitram]; yaśaḥ — reputation; dikṣu — in all directions [in the ten directions (daśasu dikṣu)18]; iva — like; śata-manyoḥ — that of Indra [who performed a hundred such sacrifices (śata-kratoḥ)19].
Translation
Having restored King Yudhiṣṭhira’s own kingdom that was seized by the cheaters [Duryodhana and party], having brought about the destruction of the unrighteous kings, whose lifespan was diminished by touching Queen Draupadī’s hair, and by prompting Yudhiṣṭhira to perform three horse sacrifices with the finest ceremonial arrangements, Kṛṣṇa spread the king’s pious reputation in all directions, like that of Indra, who performed a hundred such sacrifices.