द्वैरथे स तु जेतव्यो मा शताक्षौहिणीयुत: । ब्राह्मण्योऽभ्यर्थितो विप्रैर्न प्रत्याख्याति कर्हिचित् ॥ ६ ॥
dvai-rathe sa tu jetavyo mā śatākṣauhiṇī-yutaḥ brāhmaṇyo ’bhyarthito viprair na pratyākhyāti karhicit
- dvai-rathe
- in combat involving only two chariots
- saḥ
- he
- tu
- but
- jetavyaḥ
- is to be defeated
- mā
- not
- śata
- by one hundred
- akṣauhiṇī
- military divisions
- yutaḥ
- joined
- brāhmaṇyaḥ
- devoted to brahminical culture
- abhyarthitaḥ
- entreated
- vipraiḥ
- by brāhmaṇas
- na pratyākhyāti
- does not refuse
- karhicit
- ever
He will be defeated in a match of single chariots, not when he is with his hundred military divisions. Now, Jarāsandha is so devoted to brahminical culture that he never refuses requests from brāhmaṇas.