Shloka 126

मायासभायां दुर्योधनस्य अवमान-प्रसङ्गः

Duryodhana’s Humiliation in the Hall of Māyā

Devanagari script

एकैकस्य नृपस्याड्के पुत्रमारोपयत्‌ तदा । चेदिराजने अपने घर पधारे हुए उन सभी नरेशोंका यथायोग्य सत्कार करके अपने पुत्रको हर एककी गोदमें रखा

Transliteration

ekaikasya nṛpasyāṅke putram āropayat tadā |

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Then, after honoring each of the visiting kings in a manner befitting their rank, the king of Cedi placed his son, one by one, upon the lap of every monarch.

Word by Word

• एकैकस्य: of each (one by one)
• एकैकस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नृपस्य: of the king
• नृपस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अङ्के: in the lap
• अङ्के: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: the son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आरोपयत्: placed/caused to mount
• आरोपयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Cedirāja (king of Cedi)
• the visiting kings (nṛpāḥ)
• the son (putra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights rājadharma expressed through proper reception of guests: honoring each ruler according to status and reinforcing bonds through symbolic gestures of trust and respect.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that the king of Cedi, after duly welcoming the assembled kings who had come to his house, placed his son on each king’s lap in turn as a public mark of honor and affiliation.