Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

यज्ञसेन: सपुत्रश्न शाल्वश्व॒ वसुधाधिप: । प्राग्ज्योतिषश्न नृपतिर्भगदत्तो महारथ:

Transliteration

yajñasenaḥ saputraś ca śālvaś ca vasudhādhipaḥ | prāgjyotiṣaś ca nṛpatir bhagadatto mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—রাজা যজ্ঞসেন পুত্রসমেত, এবং বসুধাধিপ শাল্ব; আর প্রাগ্জ্যোতিষের নৃপতি মহারথী ভগদত্তও (সেখানে) উপস্থিত ছিলেন।

Word by Word

• यज्ञसेनः: Yajñasena (Drupada)
• यज्ञसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सपुत्रः: together with (his) son(s)
• सपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शाल्वः: Śālva
• शाल्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वसुधाधिपः: lord of the earth (a king)
• वसुधाधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राग्ज्योतिषः: the (king) of Prāgjyotiṣa
• प्राग्ज्योतिषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राग्ज्योतिष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृपतिः: king
• नृपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगदत्तः: Bhagadatta
• भगदत्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yajñasena (Drupada)
• sons of Yajñasena
• Śālva
• Prāgjyotiṣa
• Bhagadatta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the public recognition of rulers and great warriors in a royal assembly, implying that power, lineage, and martial standing function as social capital; such acknowledgment shapes alliances and responsibilities under kṣatriya-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues an enumeration of notable kings present in the assembly, naming Yajñasena with his sons, Śālva, and Bhagadatta of Prāgjyotiṣa, described as a mahāratha.