Shloka 15

मायासभायां दुर्योधनस्य अवमान-प्रसङ्गः

Duryodhana’s Humiliation in the Hall of Māyā

Devanagari script

ततश्रैदिपुरं प्राप्तौ संकर्षणजनार्दनौ | यादवौ यादवीं द्र॒ष्टं स्‍्वसारं तौ पितुस्तदा

Transliteration

tataś caidipuraṃ prāptau saṅkarṣaṇajanārdanau | yādavau yādavīṃ draṣṭuṃ svasāraṃ tau pituḥ tadā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Having heard this news, the mighty Yādava heroes Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma) and Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) set out and reached the city of the Cedi land. At that time they went there to see their paternal aunt—the Yādava lady, their father’s sister.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• चेदिपुरम्: to the city of Cedi (capital)
• चेदिपुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेदिपुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तौ: having arrived
• प्राप्तौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Past active participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• संकर्षणजनार्दनौ: Sankarshana (Balarama) and Janardana (Krishna)
• संकर्षणजनार्दनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकर्षण + जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• यादवौ: the two Yadavas
• यादवौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• यादवीम्: the Yadavi woman (their paternal aunt)
• यादवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun), Parasmaipada (usage)

• स्वसारम्: sister (here: paternal aunt, father's sister)
• स्वसारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पितुः: of (their) father
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Yādavas
• Cedi (Caidī)
• Cedi capital city (Caidipura)
• paternal aunt (father’s sister; a Yādava lady)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kula-dharma (duty toward family): even powerful leaders like Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa honor kinship obligations by visiting their paternal aunt, showing respect and maintaining familial bonds amid broader political events.

What is happening in the narrative?

After receiving certain news, Balarāma (Saṅkarṣaṇa) and Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) travel to the Cedi capital (Caidipura) specifically to meet their father’s sister, described as a Yadava woman.