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ŚB 10.50.3

Devanagari

स तदप्रियमाकर्ण्य शोकामर्षयुतो नृप ।
अयादवीं महीं कर्तुं चक्रे परममुद्यमम् ॥ ३ ॥

Text

sa tad apriyam ākarṇya
śokāmarṣa-yuto nṛpa
ayādavīṁ mahīṁ kartuṁ
cakre paramam udyamam

Synonyms

saḥ — he, Jarāsandha; tat — that; apriyam — unpleasant news; ākarṇya — hearing; śoka — sorrow; amarṣa — and intolerant anger; yutaḥ — experiencing; nṛpa — O King; ayādavīm — devoid of Yādavas; mahīm — the earth; kartum — to make; cakre — he made; paramam — extreme; udyamam — endeavor.

Translation

Hearing this odious news, O King, Jarāsandha was filled with sorrow and anger, and he began the greatest possible endeavor to rid the earth of the Yādavas.