बध्यमानं हतारातिं पाशैर्वारुणमानुषै: । वारयामास गोविन्दस्तेन कार्यचिकीर्षया ॥ ३१ ॥
badhyamānaṁ hatārātiṁ pāśair vāruṇa-mānuṣaiḥ vārayām āsa govindas tena kārya-cikīrṣayā
- badhyamānam
- in the process of being tied up
- hata
- who had killed
- arātim
- his enemies
- pāśaiḥ
- with ropes
- vāruṇa
- those of the demigod Varuna
- mānuṣaiḥ
- and those of ordinary humans
- vārayām āsa
- checked Him
- govindaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- tena
- by him (Jarāsandha)
- kārya
- some need
- cikīrṣayā
- desiring to fulfill
With the divine noose of Varuṇa and other, mortal ropes, Balarāma began tying up Jarāsandha, who had killed so many foes. But Lord Govinda still had a purpose to fulfill through Jarāsandha, and thus He asked Balarāma to stop.