Text 9] The Pandavas Retire Timely 777

the Lord ceased from chasing the demon as soon as both of them saw that
the demon was given shelter by a devotee like Arjuna. The demon, feeling
obliged to Arjuna, wanted to do him some service to show his gratefulness,
but Arjuna declined to accept anything from him in exchange. Lord Sri
Krsna, however, being pleased with Maya for his taking shelter of a
devotee, asked him to render service unto King Yudhisthira by building a
wonderful assembly house. The process is that by the grace of the devotee
the mercy of the Lord is obtained, and by the mercy of the Lord a chance
to serve the Lord’s devotee is obtained. The club of Bhimasena was also a
gift of Mayadanava.

TEXT 9

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TASHA THT TT TT: |

THEM: THTATTAAT AT
TATRA HOTA 11S

yat-tejasa nrpa-siro ‘nghrim ahan makhartham
aryo ‘nujas tava gajayuta-sattva-viryah

tenahrtah pramatha-natha-makhaya bhupa
yan mocitas tad anayan balim-adhvare te

yat—whose; tejasa—by influence; nrpa-sirah-anghrim—one whose feet are
adored by the heads of kings; ahan—the great; makhartham—for the
sacrifice; aryah—respectable; anujah—younger brother; tava—your; gaja-
ayuta—ten thousand elephants; sattva-viryah—powerful existence; tena—by
him; ahrtah—collected; pramatha-natha—the lord of the ghosts (Maha-
bhairava); makhaya—for sacrifice; bhipah—kings; yat mocitah—by whom
they were released; tat anayan—all of them brought; balim—taxes;
adhvare—presented; te—your.

TRANSLATION

Your respectable younger brother, who possesses the strength of ten
thousand elephants, killed, by His grace, Jarasandha, whose feet were
worshiped by many kings. These kings had been brought for sacrifice in
Jarasandha’s Mahabhairava-yajiia, but they were thus released. Later they
paid tribute to Your Majesty.
