Shloka 26
कथं भोजस्य पुरुषे वर्गपाले दुरात्मनि । समावेशयसे सर्व जगत् केवलकाम्यया,दुरात्मा कृष्ण तो राजा कंसका सेवक है, उनकी गौओंका चरवाहा रहा है। तुम केवल स्वार्थवश इसमें सारे जगत्का समावेश कर रहे हो
kathaṃ bhojasya puruṣe vargapāle durātmani | samāveśayase sarvaṃ jagat kevalakāmyayā ||
Shishupala said: “How can you, driven only by self-serving desire, place the whole world’s reverence in a man of the Bhoja line—an ignoble, wicked fellow, a mere keeper of the herd?”
शिशुपाल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how public honor and moral judgment can be distorted by personal desire or factional interest; it also illustrates the ethical danger of slander—condemning a person by hostile labeling rather than by fair assessment of conduct.
During the royal assembly context, Shishupala publicly challenges the honoring of Krishna, portraying him as unworthy and accusing the decision-makers of including ‘the whole world’ in that honor out of selfish motives.