Shloka 7

Nārada’s Account of the Kaliṅga Svayaṃvara: Duryodhana’s Seizure and Karṇa’s Escort

Devanagari script

शृगालश्न महाराज: स्त्रीराज्याधिपतिश्न यः । अशोक: शतधन्वा च भोजो वीरश्न नामत:

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | śṛgālaś ca mahārājaḥ strīrājyādhipatiś ca yaḥ | aśokaḥ śatadhanvā ca bhojo vīraś ca nāmataḥ | śiśupālaḥ jarāsandho bhīṣmako vakraḥ kapotaromā nīlaḥ sudṛḍhaparākramī rukmī ca |

Translation

নাৰদে ক’লে—মহাৰাজ, শৃগাল নামৰ এজন ৰজা আছিল, আৰু ‘স্ত্ৰী-ৰাজ্য’ৰ এজন অধিপতিও আছিল; অশোক, শতধন্বা, ভোজ আৰু বীৰ নামৰ এজন বীৰো আছিল। তদ্ৰূপ শিশুপাল, জৰাসন্ধ, ভীষ্মক, বক্র, কপোতরোমা, নীল আৰু দৃঢ় পৰাক্ৰমী ৰুক্মীও আছিল।

Word by Word

• शृगालः: Śṛgāla (proper name)
• शृगालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृगाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराजः: great king
• महाराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्त्रीराज्याधिपतिः: lord of the kingdom of women
• स्त्रीराज्याधिपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीराज्याधिपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अशोकः: Aśoka (proper name)
• अशोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतधन्वा: Śatadhanvā (lit. 'having a hundred bows'; proper name)
• शतधन्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भोजः: Bhoja (proper name)
• भोजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरः: Vīra (proper name / 'hero')
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नामतः: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• शिशुपालः: Śiśupāla (proper name)
• शिशुपालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशुपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जरासन्धः: Jarāsandha (proper name)
• जरासन्धः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीष्मकः: Bhīṣmaka (proper name)
• भीष्मकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्रः: Vakra (proper name / 'crooked')
• वक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कपोतरोमा: Kapotaromā (lit. 'having pigeon-like hair/feathers'; proper name)
• कपोतरोमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपोतरोमन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नीलः: Nīla (proper name / 'blue, dark')
• नीलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुदृढः: very firm/strong
• सुदृढः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदृढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पराक्रमी: valiant, mighty
• पराक्रमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रुक्मी: Rukmī (proper name)
• रुक्मी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śṛgāla
• Strīrājya (women’s kingdom)
• Aśoka
• Śatadhanvā
• Bhoja
• Vīra
• Śiśupāla
• Jarāsandha
• Bhīṣmaka
• Vakra
• Kapotaromā
• Nīla
• Rukmī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as an ethical reminder through enumeration: many rulers attain power and notoriety, but their names ultimately stand as examples assessed by dharma; fame is unstable, and moral consequence outlasts political might.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is speaking and reciting a catalogue of kings/warriors—Śṛgāla, a ruler of the ‘women’s kingdom,’ Aśoka, Śatadhanvā, Bhoja, Vīra, and others such as Śiśupāla and Jarāsandha—within a broader Shānti Parva discourse that uses historical-epic exempla to instruct on righteous conduct and governance.