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 said: “Jaṭāsura, the king of the Madrakas; Kuntī; the Pulinda chief and the king of the Kirātas—likewise the Dravājas together with the ruler of Puṇḍra, and the kings of the Pāṇḍyas and the Uḍras together with the ruler of Andhra—all were assembled there.”

Word by Word

• जटासुरः: Jatāsura
• जटासुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटासुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मद्रकाणाम्: of the Madrakas
• मद्रकाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्रक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुन्तिः: Kunti (a king named Kunti)
• कुन्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुलिन्दः: Pulinda
• पुलिन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• किरातराजः: the king of the Kirātas
• किरातराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरातराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• द्रवाजौ: the two Dravājas
• द्रवाजौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रवाज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• सह: together with
• सह: Karna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• पुण्ड्रकेण: with Puṇḍraka
• पुण्ड्रकेण: Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्ड्रक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्ड्योड्रराजौ: the Pāṇḍya and Oḍra kings (two kings)
• पाण्ड्योड्रराजौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्ड्योड्रराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• सह: together with
• सह: Karna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• आन्ध्रकेण: with the Āndhraka
• आन्ध्रकेण: Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आन्ध्रक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Jaṭāsura
• Madraka (Madrakas)
• Kunti
• Pulinda
• Kirāta (Kirātas)
• Dravāja (Dravājas)
• Puṇḍra
• Pāṇḍya
• Uḍra/Oḍra
• Andhra

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.