Shloka 24

Sabhā-praveśa, Dāna, and the Courtly Convergence (सभा-प्रवेशः दानं च)

Devanagari script

जटासुरो मद्रकाणां च राजा कुन्ति: पुलिन्दश्च॒ किरातराज: । तथा<<ड्रवाज्ौ सह पुण्ड्रकेण पाण्ड्योड्रराजौ च सहान्ध्रकेण

Transliteration

Jaṭāsuro madrakāṇāṁ ca rājā Kuntiḥ pulindaś ca kirātarājaḥ | tathā Dravājau saha Puṇḍrakeṇa Pāṇḍyoḍrarājau ca sahāndhrakeṇa ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Da waren Jaṭāsura, der König der Madrakas, Kuntī, der Häuptling der Pulindas und der König der Kirātas; ebenso die Dravājas zusammen mit dem Herrscher von Puṇḍra, und die Könige der Pāṇḍyas und der Uḍras zusammen mit dem Herrscher von Andhra — alle waren dort versammelt.“

Word by Word

जटासुरःJatāsura

मद्रकाणाम्of the Madrakas

चand

राजाking

कुन्तिःKunti (a king named Kunti)

पुलिन्दःPulinda

चand

किरातराजःthe king of the Kirātas

तथाlikewise

द्रवाजौthe two Dravājas

सहtogether with

पुण्ड्रकेणwith Puṇḍraka

पाण्ड्योड्रराजौthe Pāṇḍya and Oḍra kings (two kings)

चand

सहtogether with

आन्ध्रकेणwith the Āndhraka

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Jaṭāsura

Madraka (Madrakas)

Kunti

Pulinda

Kirāta (Kirātas)

Dravāja (Dravājas)

Puṇḍra

Pāṇḍya

Uḍra/Oḍra

Andhra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the breadth of the political world drawn into a major royal event: many kingdoms and tribal polities are named together, implying that rulers share a collective responsibility to uphold order and right conduct (dharma) in public life.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator lists various kings and regional leaders who are present/assembled in the context of the Sabha Parva’s courtly-political developments, functioning as a roll-call of participating powers.