Shloka 32

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

भोजराजन्यवृद्धैश्व पीड्यमानैर्दुरात्मना

Transliteration

bhojarājanyavṛddhaiś ca pīḍyamānaiḥ durātmanā

Translation

«Y ellos—junto con los ancianos entre los Bhoja y los nobles kṣatriya—eran oprimidos por un hombre de mente perversa.»

Word by Word

• भोज: Bhojas (a people/tribe)
• भोज: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्यवृद्धैः: by the elder nobles/warriors
• राजन्यवृद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्यवृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• पीड्यमानैः: being oppressed/harassed (by)
• पीड्यमानैः: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural, शानच् (present passive participle)

• दुरात्मना: by the wicked-souled one
• दुरात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhojas
• rājanyas (Kṣatriya nobles)
• vṛddhas (elders)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power used to oppress the vulnerable—especially elders and respected members of society—is marked as adharma; righteous rule is measured by protection, not domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa describes a situation where elders among the Bhojas and royal Kṣatriyas are suffering oppression at the hands of a single evil-intentioned person, highlighting moral disorder and the need for corrective action.