Shloka 12
Śiśupāla’s Protest Against the Arghya to Kṛṣṇa (शिशुपाल-आक्षेपः)
द्राविडा: सिंहलाश्षैव राजा काश्मीरकस्तथा । कुन्तिभोजो महातेजा: पार्थिवो गौरवाहन:
drāviḍāḥ siṃhalāś caiva rājā kāśmīrakas tathā | kuntibhojo mahātejāḥ pārthivo gauravāhanaḥ ||
দ্ৰাবিড় আৰু সিংহলসকল, কাশ্মীৰৰ ৰজা, মহাতেজস্বী কুন্তিভোজ আৰু গৌৰৱাহন নামৰ পাৰ্থিৱো তাত উপস্থিত আছিল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the breadth of political participation: many distant regions and rulers converge in a single royal setting. Ethically, it implies that actions taken in such assemblies carry amplified responsibility, since they affect a wide network of peoples and kingdoms.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana is enumerating kings/peoples present in the great gathering, naming the Drāviḍas, the Siṃhalas, the king of Kāśmīra, Kuntibhoja, and a ruler called Gauravāhana as part of the assembled royal company.