राजन्यबन्धवो ह्येते ब्रह्मलिङ्गानि बिभ्रति । ददानि भिक्षितं तेभ्य आत्मानमपि दुस्त्यजम् ॥ २३ ॥
rājanya-bandhavo hy ete brahma-liṅgāni bibhrati dadāni bhikṣitaṁ tebhya ātmānam api dustyajam
- rājanya-bandhavaḥ
- relatives of kṣatriyas
- hi
- indeed
- ete
- these
- brahma
- of brāhmaṇas
- liṅgāni
- the signs
- bibhrati
- they are wearing
- dadāni
- I should give
- bhikṣitam
- what is begged
- tebhyaḥ
- to them
- ātmānam
- my own body
- api
- even
- dustyajam
- impossible to give up
[Jarāsandha thought:] These are surely members of the royal order dressed as brāhmaṇas, but still I must grant their request for charity, even if they beg me for my own body.