Shloka 10

मागधगिरिव्रजप्रवेशः — Entry into Girivraja and Jarāsandha’s Protocol Inquiry

Devanagari script

सर्वमूर्धाभिषिक्तानामेष मुर्धश्नि ज्वलिष्यति । प्रभाहरो<यं सर्वेषां ज्योतिषामिव भास्कर:

Transliteration

sarvamūrdhābhiṣiktānām eṣa mūrdhaśni jvaliṣyati | prabhāharo 'yaṁ sarveṣāṁ jyotiṣām iva bhāskaraḥ ||

Translation

Über allen Königen, die durch königliche Salbung geweiht sind, wird dieser Prinz als der Erste erglühen. Wie die Sonne, die alle anderen Lichter überstrahlt und ihnen gleichsam den Glanz nimmt, so wird er den Prunk aller Herrscher verdunkeln.

Word by Word

• {'sarva': 'all, entire', 'mūrdhābhiṣikta': 'one who has been anointed on the head

• a consecrated king', 'mūrdhaśni': 'foremost, headmost

• standing above others (lit. ‘at the head’)', 'jvaliṣyati': 'will blaze, will shine forth', 'prabhā-hara': 'one who takes away/overpowers radiance

• eclipsing splendor', 'ayam': 'this (person)', 'sarveṣām': 'of all', 'jyotiṣām': 'of lights, luminaries', 'iva': 'like, as', 'bhāskara': 'the sun'}

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa
• bhāskara (the sun)
• mūrdhābhiṣiktāḥ (consecrated kings)
• eṣa (this prince/rajaputra—implied referent)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the sun as a moral-political metaphor: true excellence and rightful stature naturally outshine others. It frames supremacy as a function of inherent merit and destined prominence, not merely external ceremony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīkṛṣṇa is praising and forecasting the unrivaled eminence of a particular prince, declaring that he will stand above all consecrated kings and eclipse their splendor, just as the sun outshines other lights.