Shloka 14

Śiśupāla’s Protest Against the Arghya to Kṛṣṇa (शिशुपाल-आक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

शिशुपालो महावीर्य: सह पुत्रेण भारत

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | śiśupālo mahāvīryaḥ saha putreṇa bhārata, vṛṣṇayo nikhilāś cānye samājam ūrmmahārathāḥ |

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «يا بهاراتا، إن شيشوبالا ذا البأس العظيم جاء إلى ذلك المحفل الملكي ومعه ابنه. وإلى جانبه اجتمع جميعُ آلِ ڤريشني وغيرُهم من عظماء فرسان المركبات هناك».

Word by Word

• शिशुपालः: Shishupala
• शिशुपालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशुपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महावीर्यः: of great valor
• महावीर्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• पुत्रेण: with (his) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वृष्णयः: the Vrishnis
• वृष्णयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निखिलाः: all, entire
• निखिलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निखिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समाजम्: assembly, gathering
• समाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उर्महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• उर्महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (address)
• Śiśupāla
• Śiśupāla's son
• Vṛṣṇis
• other Mahārathas
• royal assembly (samāja)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A public dharmic forum like a royal sacrifice draws together allies and rivals alike; true kṣatriya conduct is tested not only in battle but in restraint, honor, and proper behavior within an assembly where status and precedence can provoke conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the arrival of key participants at Yudhiṣṭhira’s sacrificial gathering: Śiśupāla comes with his son, and the Vṛṣṇi heroes and other great warriors assemble—setting the stage for the later dispute in the sabhā.