Shloka 17
सेनासमागमः — The Convergence of Armies
कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यो भोजान्धकुकुरै: सह
kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyo bhojāndhakukurāiḥ saha
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Kṛtavarmā, the son of Hṛdīka, also came together with the Bhojas, Andhakas, and Kukuras—signaling the gathering of Yādava-affiliated clans whose loyalties and alliances would bear ethical weight in the unfolding conflict.
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how collective identity—clan, lineage, and alliance—shapes moral responsibility in times of political crisis; who joins whom is not merely strategic but ethically consequential in the Mahābhārata’s dharma-centered narrative.
The narrator lists participants assembling: Kṛtavarmā arrives accompanied by the Bhoja, Andhaka, and Kukura groups, indicating the mobilization and alignment of Yādava-associated forces within the broader pre-war developments of the Udyoga Parva.