O king, that foremost of all powerful men, the self-controlled lord Shauri (Krishna), that best of men, that slayer of Madhu, ever de:oted to truth, the younger brother of Haladhara, knowing that the king of Magadha was destined to be killed in battle by Bhima and not by the destroyer of Madhu, did not at the command of Brahma desire to kill that foremost of all powerful men, that hero as powerful as the tiger, that warrior of terrible valour, king Jarasandha.
तं तु राजन् विभुः शौरी राजानं बलिनां वरम्। स्मृत्वा पुरुषशार्दूल: शार्दूलसमविक्रमम्॥ सत्यसंधो जरासंधं भुवि भीमपराक्रमम्। भागमन्यस्य निर्दिष्टमवध्यं मधुभिर्मधे॥ नात्मनाऽऽत्मवतां मुख्य इयेष मधुसूदनः। ब्राह्मीमाज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य हन्तुं हलधरानुजाः॥