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ŚB 10.50.30

Devanagari

जग्राह विरथं रामो जरासन्धं महाबलम् ।
हतानीकावशिष्टासुं सिंह: सिंहमिवौजसा ॥ ३० ॥

Text

jagrāha virathaṁ rāmo
jarāsandhaṁ mahā-balam
hatānīkāvaśiṣṭāsuṁ
siṁhaḥ siṁham ivaujasā

Synonyms

jagrāha — He seized; viratham — who was deprived of his chariot; rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma; jarāsandham — Jarāsandha; mahā — very; balam — strong; hata — killed; anīka — whose army; avaśiṣṭa — remaining; asum — whose breath; siṁhaḥ — a lion; siṁham — another lion; iva — as; ojasā — forcibly.

Translation

Jarāsandha, with his chariot lost and all his soldiers dead, was left with only his breath. At that point Lord Balarāma forcibly seized the powerful warrior, just as one lion takes hold of another.