यवनोऽयं निरुन्धेऽस्मानद्य तावन्महाबल: । मागधोऽप्यद्य वा श्वो वा परश्वो वागमिष्यति ॥ ४६ ॥
yavano ’yaṁ nirundhe ’smān adya tāvan mahā-balaḥ māgadho ’py adya vā śvo vā paraśvo vāgamiṣyati
- yavanaḥ
- foreign barbarian
- ayam
- this
- nirundhe
- is opposing
- asmān
- us
- adya
- today
- tāvat
- as much
- mahā-balaḥ
- greatly powerful
- māgadhaḥ
- Jarāsandha
- api
- also
- adya
- today
- vā
- or
- śvaḥ
- tomorrow
- vā
- or
- para-śvaḥ
- the day after tomorrow
- vā
- or
- āgamiṣyati
- will come
“This Yavana is besieging us already, and the mighty King of Magadha will soon arrive here, if not today then tomorrow or the next day.